Regifting...

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » December 17, 2004 8:47 pm

I gave ya'll fair warning.

How's ya'll feel about regifting?

What's the weirdest thing you've ever regifted?

What did you get that you SWEAR was regifted to you?

Ever get anything regifted to you that you gave to that person?

As for me, I haven't regifted in a LONG time, but I used to do it regularly with those bath/lotion gift set thaingies.

The one thing I know I got was regifted was a picnic backpack. Good idea in theory I guess. All the supplies for a picnic in a backpack. It was regifted to us by BGs cousin. We never used it so we were going to sell it in a garage sale when my friend said she wanted it. We gave it to her.

bananaman · Post by **bananaman** » December 17, 2004 9:22 pm

I don't know how bad this sounds but most of the items that I have regifted were food items. (fruitcake, chocolate, etc) I'm not much of a sweet-tooth.

pbans · Post by **pbans** » December 17, 2004 10:17 pm

I have NO problem with regifting.....giving or receiving!
Christmas is stinking expensive and if you can find a "tasteful" (keyword here) way to reuse something.....more power to you!
I sort of regift all the time, I save baskets from giftsets or whatever and then make new gift baskets out of them.....recycle lots of stuff.

kitty · Post by **kitty** » December 17, 2004 10:32 pm

I once got a gift that still had the wedding card inside...mind you it was to the person who gave me the gift!

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » December 17, 2004 11:04 pm

kitty wrote:I once got a gift that still had the wedding card inside...mind you it was to the person who gave me the gift!

We got one of those, too!

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » December 17, 2004 11:09 pm

pbans wrote: I save baskets from giftsets or whatever and then make new gift baskets out of them.....recycle lots of stuff.

That's not regifting...it's recycling

PHAW Webmistress · Post by **PHAW Webmistress** » December 17, 2004 11:23 pm

I'm not sure I have every been on the other end of regifting - I'd prolly never realize it

but I HAVE regifted but for perfume......people have been kind enough to buy me great perfume complete with lotions and such but I can't wear it as I'm allergic so I do pass that on - usually to my DIL and usually she knows it's a "regift"

TikiTom · Post by **TikiTom** » December 18, 2004 12:32 am

In 8th grade, I had gotten my best friend this $25 gift coin thing that could be used anywhere in our downtown area. Well, the next year, for my birthday, he gave me the EXACT SAME COIN THAT I GAVE HIM THE YEAR BEFORE. Man that p*** me off.

nutmeg · Post by **nutmeg** » December 18, 2004 12:45 am

I have occasionally regifted scented candles that I didn't care for the scent... I usually check with the recipient first and see if they like that scent first... It works well since we all like different ones and someone always likes the ones I don't care for....

No sense letting them go to waste....

creeky · Post by **creeky** » December 18, 2004 5:55 am

I found something stuffed in one of my shoes in my suitcase when I got home from Atlanta last year that someone had been given as a gift and "regifted" it to me - I am just waiting for the right moment to return it

IsleReef · Post by **IsleReef** » December 18, 2004 8:17 am

It depends on what it is............. If its the season all about giving and not receiving, then I would hope some thought was put into a gift.....

nycparrothead · Post by **nycparrothead** » December 18, 2004 9:03 am

I don't regift... But that's cause no one ever gets me anything...

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » December 18, 2004 9:17 am

I've never been a re-gifter.
Not even am I that cheap.

nycparrothead · Post by **nycparrothead** » December 18, 2004 9:18 am

Wino you know wrote:Not even am I that cheap.

Dyslexia is a horrible disease isn't it dude...

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » December 18, 2004 9:47 am

It yes sure is.

12vmanRick · Post by **12vmanRick** » December 18, 2004 5:55 pm

creeky wrote:I found something stuffed in one of my shoes in my suitcase when I got home from Atlanta last year that someone had been given as a gift and "regifted" it to me - I am just waiting for the right moment to return it

dog poo won't last that long

12vmanRick · Post by **12vmanRick** » December 18, 2004 5:56 pm

nycparrothead wrote:I don't regift... But that's cause no one ever gets me anything...

monkey humping - the gift that you can regift

ph4ever · Post by **ph4ever** » December 19, 2004 11:10 am

I've only regifted to one person.

My ex SIL was notorious for giving really cheep stuff to her husband's side of the family (my husband and hers were brothers) and giving real expensive gifts to her side of the family. SO we started having a "contest" within my husband's family on who could give them the cheepest gift. One year they gave us a candle globe - no candle - no - base just the freaking globe. The next year I bought a wooden base that fit the globe on sale for under a dollar and gave the base and globe back to them. I won the cheep contest that year!!

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » December 19, 2004 11:16 am

creeky wrote:I found something stuffed in one of my shoes in my suitcase when I got home from Atlanta last year that someone had been given as a gift and "regifted" it to me - I am just waiting for the right moment to return it

A used sax reed?

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » December 19, 2004 5:09 pm

It's just because of some chance that my memory won't let me re-gift without it getting back to the original giver than I don't do this!

I have no problem if someone passes along something I give if they truly cannot use it or don't care for it.

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