why do people look at the price when you give them a gift ?

Hi rakesh..., I'd give a gift based on two factors: 1)what I believe would make the recipient happy 2)on what I can afford. I wouldn't bother tearing off the price tag because if he or she is a friend, a friend would understand. If I talk about a gift that was given to me, I'd talk about it with pride. The price is not an issue because it was given with love and thoughtfulness. Have a great day, rakesh_07.

Hi! maybe because they measure the friendship with the money and they think, that the more expensive the gift is, the more you respect him/her, but I think these are people, who don't deserve to be our friends. I say friends, because i don't think some of my relatives will do something like this, for them is not the gift that what is important, for them the respect is the most important!

Hi rakesh!^^ I'm one of those people who remove the tag price before I wrap the gift.^^ The primary reason is I don't want the person, whom I'm giving the gift, to know the price. Sometimes I buy cheap gifts so I don't want them to know how cheap the gift is. ^^;; And yes, you can say that I don't want them rating my gift. I'd be embarrassed, rather than scared, if they know that the gift is cheap. I don't know, maybe this is because here in our place, there's a subtle belief that the more extravagant the gift is, the better. And even if I don't like that belief, I'm affected by it. Especially if I know that the person to be given the gift likes extravagant gifts and is outspoken and tells right away that she wants this and that and might even openly complain on a cheap gift. .

i do have the habit of tearing the bar code of the things that i will be given as a gift. i don't really sure why i did that. my mom also did that. i asked her once and she said that it is just not polite to give a gift with the price tag still on it. so i never really know what is the real reason is. but i think it is logical somehow

I, myself ask for it as well. HAHAHA

No. you have to judge that what your friends think about you. if your friend give you a low priced gift then you will sure that he doesn't care about you. If he/she give you a high priced gift then I ensure you that he/she cares about you very much.

Sometimes people look at the price in order to see how much they should spend on that person next time, when it is their birthday or something but some people can simply afford to spend more on on presents than others. If I gave someone an expensive gift I would not expect an expensive one in return, especially if I knew they could not afford it. I would prefer to give and receive a cheaper present but it be something I know that person likes, like a bar of favourite chocolate etc.

Because for some people who actually receive the gift, they are very conscious of where the item was purchased. Like for me and my hubby, we do not look at the price but I look into what it is and how I will appreciate it. I would rather get something I really like from a little note to a simple snack I like to eat rather than something expensive that I would not use all the time.

Me too.I always look at the price when I would give a gift.Surely, I have to adjust the price with my pocket.I choose something though it's cheap but it's proper as a gift.I don't care that they rate my gift.

I am one of the people who looks at the price tag first before deciding to give it as a present. I even do that when buying for myself, it has to be within budget. I check if its reasonably priced for its quality, and sometimes spend big-time when I want to. Every gift also has a meaning for me, I think of it as what I would have wanted to receive. But I remove the tag, because I'm not sure how the person might perceive it.

yes i think some people look at the price of the gift that we give to them . i think thats a wrong attitude . we should only look at the love and the affection they have on us when they goft a thing and not the gift price . we should be happy with whatever we get as a gift . a

Ya Rakesh. Even i have seen ppl giving more importance to the price of the gift and rating them based on it. I will say they are the relatives (Elder ones especially) who does all these. As far as i know, my friends are not like that and rather i m not like that. I never even bother to see the price tag. And all the important gift collections of mine are only greeting cards.. They mean a lot to me. I love them. Also, i never bother to remove the price tag when i gift someone because i have only gifted my friends :)