will you sell something you received as a gift from your friend?

I might regift something I suppose but not sure about selling something.

Hi, something you do not need, maybe it is useful to others. So maybe you could sell them.

As long as your friends are not aware of it, I don't see how it would hurt anything to sell the things. I mean if you're not going to get use out of them it makes sense. I would just take care not to let my friends see that I was selling them. Hopefully, they are not aware of your ebay account, or they at least don't look at it often to see what you are selling.

Oh heck, if I sold on ebay those things would have been the first things to go..books and cd's from 10 years ago...of course I would have no problem not selling them...10 years ago??...going.//going///gone//LOL

Hi I think its okay to sell the things which you are not using anymore that too after these many years. I know we will have some attachments with them but instead of leaving them to spoil in the store room we can sell/give to any such people who need them. I think that better way of using the things. I don't see anything funny or strange about this.

each of us are different in opinion, if you want then you can.... but for me there is a big respect on gifts and I would never sell or through gifts that I receive... I keep them as memory of the one who has given them to me...

First gifts are something to be treasured.The cds may be sold for cash which can be used to solve other pressing challenges.As for the books,why not form library.those books may contain timeless wisdom that may serve someday

hello scubapro! gifts from my dear friends and family i hold very dear. if time would come where it would loose its preciousness then i prefer not to sell them but i would rather give them away to someone whom i know would treasure it like i did. i sell only those things that i bought or paid for my self. i have sold a freeZer and a memory card i bought from AmaZon.com through Ayosdito.com. i had fun doing it

Hi, I think there is nothing wrong in selling old things which may be the gifts given by our friends. we have already used that things many times and cds and books we can not use again and again. You have kept the things for 10 years is a very long time. you are not a strange person. you are going to do is right.

Hi scubapro. Well for me, we have to be practical in life. We don't really need to be keeping things we think we don't need anymore. It's either we give it to others, donate it or sell it. We just don't have to let the people who gave us know that we are selling it since it will hurt them. For sure they're doing the same thing to. Only there's one thing that can't be sold coming from our friends and that were the wonderful memories we had with them with gift giving or receiving and many experiences. Have a great day!

I think it is okay rather than you threw them to the trash. If you think do not convenient, you can also give them to other friends that need the stuff. I never sell my old stuff if it gift from my friend, I always offer to other friends, because I think it is a good idea than I sell them.

I don't usually sell what friends or ex friends gave me, but I throuw them away :D But you had a nice idea! I will do the same :D

For me I won't sell them, because in the first place they just give them to you, and it has a sentimental value or it has a good memory. Give importance to the things that they gave you, what if they will know that you sell the gift that they gave your friend to you? What would be there reaction?

For me, I won't sell it. Maybe because I am a sentimental person. But if it's really needed, like you need urgent money and all you can sell are the stuffs given by you then I don't have a choice, but as much as possible, I want to keep things that was given my friends or my love ones as a gift.

Sometimes I find it hard to make that decision. On one hand I want to keep those things because they remind me of the giver and because I appreciate the fact that they gave me those gifts. On the other hand I don't like to keep things that I no longer need or use. Someone once gave me some advice about this topic and he said: "Instead of keeping everything you have received, choose one thing from each giver and let those things represent the giver. That way you still have something that reminds of you of each giver and there is less clutter in your home". I try to follow advice. I keep some gifts and I let go of other gifts if I don't need or use them anymore.

Hi, it is your prerogative since they are belongs to you but I would never sell it, I prefer to give it again to someone else

I would never sell something which a friend had given as a gift. A gift from a friend, in my opinion, has to be highly respected and cherished, no matter what that gift is. I would not sell it, even if I be tempted to sell. A gift from a friend is perhaps the most valuable thing in the world. When you look at that gift, we could feel as if we are looking at the friend himself. Selling the gift of the friend is like selling the friend himself.

If you don't use it anymore it is okay to get rid of it. If you never see the friend's anymore they won't know anyway. I should follow my own advice and get rid of a lot of things friend's gave me. I still see them all the time though and they would know. I keep them for sentimental reasons, but I am running out of space and should get rid of a lot of things!

I use to keep everything then it started to pile up, I did not use and it just sit around with no purpose but a memory ..now I mainly keep just pictures and when someone gives you something you have to let go sometimes and others can use it if you are not. a good idea is if a gift is given take a picture of who gives it to you and take notes. material things either go to waste or sits around drawing dust because you do not use it. and you cannot take it with you when you leave this world. so let others enjoy it also and put to good use when an item sales you just gave them money that they needed..

hi, scubapro. we accumulate things as the years pass and even if they are of no use, we have a tendency of keeping them for sentimental values. if you have plenty of space in your house, this is ok. however, if you have a small place, it is a necessity to throw/give/sell these things. i don't think that you need things to remember your friends. memories will always remain in our minds, even without having material things to remind us. if you have the possibility to earm money from those things that you've hoarded thru these years, why not? use the money to buy something that you need.