Gift-giving: do you remove the price tags?

Every time. I would never give a gift with a price tag unless it is a book as they often have the rrp printed on them and there is nothing you can do about that. I never want any one to know how much or how little I paid for a gift. I was taught to never discuss money with anyone and never let any one know this as it detracts from the gift.

My parents always did the same thing and I do as well. I don't like to share with the gift recipient how much I spent on them. Some people may think you spent too much or not enough. Some times if you leave the price on they may think you are showing off how much you have spent. I think that the price spent on the gift is not as important as the thought behind the gift.

I always remove the price tags. I don't think that the person who receive my gift needs to know how much a gift costs. In our familie we have deceided to give gifts with a max price. That is fair I think. When you find a pressent that is much cheaper becaurse it's on sale the person who is the receiver is just lucky I think. I always ask in the shop if it's oke becaurse your not always allowd to do this when you want the person has to bring it back to the store when he or she already has it.

Yes we always remove the price tags off any gifts that we buy. Whatever gifts we give to our family and friends are well within our budget at the time we but the item. The recipient might know the monetary value of the gift but that does not mean they need to whether we actually spend $1-00 or $100-00 on them. As you say there are times when we can but something which has been substantially reduced on sale. That means someone could easily get something worth $200-00 but we have in fact only spent $100-00. We believe that all gifts should be given and received in the context that they are given. That is a special gift which has been especially chosen for a special event or occassion. A gift is in the joy of giving or receiving and has nothing to do with the cost ior value of the item. If what we spend on any particular gift is so important then the person does not deserve to receive anything at all. We have discussed in the past what we woiuld do if we bought something the recipient already had etc. We decided that, if by some strange chance the person already had the item or it was the wrong colour/size, then we would offer to return the item and exhchange it for something suitable. In fact I can only think ofone person who has ever left the price tags on things that they gave as gifts. That was my ex-wife's grandmother. She intentionally used to leave the price tags on because she said people should know the amount of money that she had spent on them. But then she was a really strange woman about so many things. lol

Hello, mommyboo. I do remove the price tag, from every gift that I buy. Nobody will never know the price of what I give them. Unless they search it for themselves. But I think it is rude to show the price tag. Why? Just to be able to say that you have spend x dollars on the gift? Just to impress the person? Nah, I'm used to removing the price tag. My mother also does it, and so does my father. So I guess I just learned with them. Since they all remove the price tag, I will keep the habit. Respectfully, Munhozmib.

I for one person would remove the price tag,if I had wanted them to know the price,then I would better give the money or a gift card.If the reciver think it's necessary to know the price of a gift,then they might as well check it out at the store... Just my thought.

Personally, I always try to remember to remove the Tags from stuff I get people as gifts as I do not think it is necessary for people to know the price you paid for something, or where you might have bought it from for that matter as well. Why should it make such a Big deal if you get a gift that someone paid $25 for, and you might have only paid $5 for theirs. Personally, too much is put on gifts I think. It should always be the thought that counts the most as well.

Well, as I rule I take the price tag out. Gifts shouldn't be about price but the joy of receiving them - or giving them. I think long time ago when things were different I didn't want it to be shown that I used to spend too much on the gifts. Now it's the opposite, I have to really find that clearance sale LOL Regardless I think it is in good taste to take out the price tag, and I still do it.

To me, how much a gift costs is immaterial to the receiver. What truly matters is how much thought went in to decide what the gift should be for that person. For that reason, I never leave the price tag on the gift before I give it away. What's more important is how the receiver values and appreciates what he/she receives, and that determines how much the gift is really worth. You can spend $400 on buying a gift, and if the receiver opens it and expresses disappointment with what's inside, then that gift is devalued straightaway. Even letting the person know that the gift costs $400 won't increase its worth once it is devalued.

Yup, I would remove the price tags; we have been doing these for quite a while. The recipients of the gifts seldom ask about the prices, but if they do, I'd tell them. However I am not too keen about having the prices still stuck on the presents for all to see!

hiiii....ya i do remove the price tags ....but its ridiculous why we do this because gifts are given out of affection and money dont have any role in this....but still i feel removing tags is needed more than not because there are people who see the gifts given from the cost point of view and they don't think of the loads of affection that is there in it........

Hi mommyboo! I think that it is rude for someone to even think about what the price might be that a gift cost! So of course I take the price tags off! Especially if it happens to be an article of clothing that might not fit! Then I keep the tags in case it needs to be returned. But, basically I don't buy clothes for anyone because I don't want to have them return it! I try to buy gifts that are right for the person I am intending it for so there won't be any returning and no wondering about the price! Except for my bf, he always wants to the know the price of everything!

I always remove price tags/black out the prices. I'll leave UPC codes on if I think there's ANY chance they'll need to return it, but I just think that Christmas should be about appreciating the thoughts and the gifts rather then thinking about how much someone spent on you! I even took the prices off my 1 year old daughter's Christmas presents and she has no clue about money yet! Occasionally I get presents from people with the price tags still on and it just makes me feel awkward. I don't want to think/know how much they spent. I'd rather just appreciate that they thought of me around the holidays at all. But it's kind of hard to think that way when the price tag is staring you in the face!

i think majority of people would take off the price tag before wrapping the gift and giving it to someone else. i know i would. i like the reasons you gave. Even if the present was worth hundreds of dollars, i would still not let the recipient know about the price. When you give someone about the present, it's about the thought and the gift. I should not be about the price.

I would say depending on the price, if its pretty expensive then I would leave the price tag on the gift but if its pretty cheap then I would take it off since I dont want anyone saying of how cheap I am for not spending a lot of money on them which is probally true lol.

Definitely remove the price tag. Leaving it on just isn't done, for whatever reason. I would be horribly offended to receive a gift with a price tag on it. It would either say to me "you're not worth much", or "This is what I think of you. How much do you think of me?" I don't care how much or how little a person spends on me. It is the thought that counts and to be quite honest I'd just as soon receive a hand made gift as a bought one.

I always remove the prices from gifts, no matter the occasion or who the gift is for. The important thing is that they got a gift, it shouldn't matter what I paid for it or where I got the gift

I always try to remove the price tag. The giving of a gift should be more important than the price. Getting a gift for someone says you care about that person. Keeping the price tag on, to me, says you're trying to impress.

Of course I remove the price tags. Just for the fact that I do not think that it matters how much I have paid for everyone's gifts. I do not expect expensive gifts from anyone but to me it does not matter if they bought me a gift for a dollar.

I definitely remove the price tags! I don't want people to know if I got things on sale or not.. that's for me and my checkbook to know! Ha! But really, it doesn't matter the price but for some people if they see the price of your gift they might think you didn't care because you didn't spend too much.