"Regifting"

I agree and disagree with you as well. I have regifted on a couple of occasions. My sister gave me a gift once and I really liked it. I had a close friend that liked it even more and always admired it when she came over. After about a year of this (vocal) admiration every time she came over her birthday came around. I was out of gift ideas as we have been friends many years. So I wrapped it and gave it to her.

I have only re-gifted one thing in my whole life and it was a nice handbag I never did use because it was more like some type of disco bag for night clubbing and I don't go to disco night clubs anymore or when I did I wouldn't carry anything that flashy, but it was a pretty bag, so I gave it to a friend as a gift who liked glittery handbags . But if I get a gift I know I won't use then I usually hold on to it until I find somebody to give it to, somebody who could use it or who likes it.I don't re-gift it, I'll just give it away. But it's rare because I enjoy most gifts that I get :)

I receive a lot of presents that just aren't me. Jewlery, perfume, coach bags stuff like that. It is not cheap stuff and I don't use it and it collects dusts, what a waste of money. So I have two options, 1. Sell it 2. Regift it Which choice is better?

No I do not do this and would never dream of it. I feel the same way you do about it. I buy things from stores and I search dilengently for each and every person as to what I believe and kknow they would like to have or what I've been told they need or want. I believe this to be the correct way of doing it and the best.

I wouldn't regift to anyone unless I knew that the person I got it from didn't mind and the person I was giving it to liked it. I guess in that sense it would be more of a hand me down then a gift, but then I guess I wouldn't regift.

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Not cool. Regifting is just wrong, unless, it is someone that you can't stand, then regift all that you want to.

Sure I regift if its something nice that I don't really need or will use. Why not give it to someone else? If I don't want to regift it I'll sell it at a garage sale or donate it to the thrift store. But yes, I've regifted several times.

Hi! NOpe.I don't regift.I have this thinking that when someone gave you a gift,most likely that person gave it whole-heartedly,probably spent hours roaming in a mall just to look for the best gift for you,spending lots of hours baking something to give you,probably hand-made a novelty item which is also laboriousSo why won't I cherish that gift?I have known that one of my friends is just regifting the fruitcake I gave him which was baked and specially prepared for all my friends.Though we know when you gave something and reaches them,they have all the rights what to do with it but it still hurt when I've learned he just regifted it Huhu.

A lot of instances but let me elaborate first. I really give value to what is given to me as gift. If is given by my love ones I could keep it and put it to my cabinet just to make sure it wont lost and protect from any dust. I want to show to the one who gave it to me that the things they're giving to me were kept and being cared by me. If the gift I received came from prizes, I would share it to my friends that wasnt able to receive a prize.

I re-gift. When I give a gift to someone I hope that they enjoy it, but it is theirs to do with as they please. As a matter of fact I received a gift this year from a friend of mine. She gave it to me after I got out of the hospital from having a miscarriage. Quite frankly, this is an event that I wish not to commemorate in anyway. The gift is a lovely crystal candy dish that I am sure someone I choose to give it to will just love! I had a funny situation come up one year where the same gift got passed around to about 4 different women in my family. It was one of those little houses that you put in a christmas village seetup. It is now a gag that gets regifted every year to someone else. I suppose it depends on how you feel about things when you give them to people. I want them to know the thought behind it. No matter what happens to the object, the thought is still with them.

nice topic :), well i some times re gift ,but personally i dont like this but the thing is the people i regift to ,they are doing the same practice with me :) so its just a formality ... but to those i really love and care about and want to give them gifts from my heart ,i usually go and buy for them .. some times its also a amtter of money involved ,so ...we prefer not to invest and just regift..

I think regifting is ok, sometimes. There are rules for everything, including regifting. There are also websites to tell how to regift items, such as regiftable.com. When you KNOW somebody spent time thinking about the perfect gift for you, you wouldn't want to give it away because you'll actually like it. Many times people buy the same present for everyone just to make it easier on themselves. I personally try to give people the things they would like or can use. Telling somebody you'd rather have something else and asking them to exchange it is like sending a kid to clean their room again because they didn't do a good enough job the first time. I think it's more rude then regifting.

It depends on the gift. If it's something like an unopened original Louis Vuitton bag, I don't think any of my girlfriends are going to complain.

I have only done this a few times. The gifts weren't from family members but were regifted to them. This way nobody really felt badly about it. Never would I tell a person that I wasn't happy with what I received. One of my clients just gave me a slow cooker recipe book that she received. She said she loved the book but wouldn't really use it and gifted it to me. I told her I would make something from the book and bring it to her. That way she could tell her friend that she tried a few of the recipes and that she enjoyed it. I would not regift something that a family member gave me. I find use for it sooner or later.

I have never done it and would like you I deal with it never give it away might stick it in a drawer some whers

that is not always the case. people get stuff for free and give it to me as gifts and sometimes i just cant use it. i have a ton of people to buy for and they will never meet or hang out together, so yup, i regift and am not ashamed of it.

No, I don't rewrap gifts. I feel bad that is horrible. I like picking out gifts anyway and it should come from the heart. Rewrapping is not really from the heart is it?

I'll re gift, even if it's like I brought it, after all I'm giving up something that was of value, if i hadn't gotten something to re gift I would have gotten something of value to me. Most of the time I just put it in the closet and then give it to someone who can use it, not disguised, just something I can't or won't use.

I don't think that is right... is a naughty thing to do.