Re Gifters

[DisneyKing82]

any re gifters on this board?

 

[wdwfan16]

I would only regift if the item was new, something that I already had and it was something I would have bought for that person (basically I keep the gift and give away the item I bought). Otherwise I just give it away to someone who might like it or to a charity.

 

[Lachesis00]

My SIL gave us a decanter set (I think they are called??) from her wedding. We know because the card and a $500 check was inside the box.

I've never regifted but wouldn't put it past myself if it was unopened/unused.

 

[happygirl]

I'm putting on my flame suit.

Yes, I do regift, If I get a gift that I know that I'm never going to use. I might as well pass it on to someone who will use it

 

[mtemm]

have done it once or twice in the past, but mostly we save unwanted/duplicate gifts and donate them at christmas

 

[hegsag]

I'm putting on my flame suit.

Yes, I do regift, If I get a gift that I know that I'm never going to use. I might as well pass it on to someone who will use it

Me too!

 

[hegsag]

My SIL gave us a decanter set (I think they are called??) from her wedding. We know because the card and a $500 check was inside the box.

I've never regifted but wouldn't put it past myself if it was unopened/unused.

OMG...that is hilarious! Did you ever tell SIL about the $500 check? I would have sent her the card along with your thank you note

 

[AlexWyattMommy]

My SIL gave us a decanter set (I think they are called??) from her wedding. We know because the card and a $500 check was inside the box.

holy cow. What did she say when she realized she was out $500?
I would imagine the check was outdated.

 

[robinb]

My SIL gave us a decanter set (I think they are called??) from her wedding. We know because the card and a $500 check was inside the box.

Did you ever tell her she lost out on her $500 wedding present because she didn't like the decanter set ?!

I don't regift. I donate things I don't like and take the deduction.

 

[missypie]

Wow...a "missed" $500 check. Wonder how the original giver felt when the gift was acknowledged but not the check?

The worst I ever got was a "What to Expect When You're Expecting" book with a card inside addressed to the woman who gave me the book.

One time my H got a sweater from his brother that he had given his brother about 3 years prior. They didn't mean it as a joke - they had really forgotten who had given it to them.

 

[Mrs.Toad]

My SIL gave us a decanter set (I think they are called??) from her wedding. We know because the card and a $500 check was inside the box.

Awkward!


I haven't regifted an item as in wrapping it up and handing it to someone as if it was meant for them personally, though I probably would if it was something nice that I thought the person would like. I have regifted some candles (they were nice, I'm just not into candles!) to a gift exchange -- you know, where you pick a gift and then you can steal from other people.

I also give my BIL all my coffee gifts, since dh and I don't drink coffee. Around here Starbucks gift cards seem to be the thing to get people you don't know that well, because I get them often. I don't wrap them up and give them to BIL as a "gift", I just pass them along to him so they don't go to waste.

 

[binny]

Have regifted a couple of times, new things that just arent me.

I got busted though once. My MIl bought some fancy soap once, in a scent I like but Im just not a fancy soap kind of gal. I have 3 kids we use pump soap even in the guest bath, anyway, I used it as a prize for Bunco once. My DD happened to be sitting there watching the winner and she said "OH thats what Grandma gave mommy for Christmas!" doh.

Oh well we all had a good laugh about it.

DS now has a shirt with the recycle logo on it that says "Regift responsibly"

 

[mom2travel]

I've donated brand new, never used toys that the kids have received as gifts to Toys for Tots or other charities.

I don't have a problem with regifting brand new, nice items that the receipient would enjoy - as long as the original gift-giver doesn't know/have her/his feelings hurt - just don't give your unwanted junk to me!!

 

[thewall2k]

I will admit my wife and I did regift an ugly platter we got at our wedding. We weren't really sure why we were invited in the first place, and couldn't attend because we were on our honeymoon. I think we were invited just for the gift so I don't feel that bad.

 

[maslex]

I don't normally regift. But a couple years ago I went to one of those Dirty Santa/Yankee Swap parties. I ended up with a full sized Yankee Candle in a scent that I didn't particularly care for (Cranberry Chutney). While I had a blast at the party I knew that I would have never burned that scent in my house.

My friend's birthday is 3 days after Christmas so I wrapped it up with pretty paper and she loved it. No harm done.

But I don't see anything wrong with regifting if the gift is new and in perfect condition.

 

[missypie]

I've been given a few pieces of Christmasy stuff - platter, bowl, etc. that I can't use. I'd love to re-gift those as hostess gifts for Christmas parties, but I don't remember who gave them to me, so I'm at a risk of doing what H's brother did!

 

[Meriweather]

I have regifted a nice unused item or 2 that I know I would never use.
Other things, I save up for the annual DIS regift exchange

 

[Ilivetogo]

Other things, I save up for the annual DIS regift exchange

Do tell ...

somehow this has escaped me!

 

[Ilivetogo]

I once received a very nice pannini maker machine. Never opened the box. I re-gifted it to a friend but I added to it first ... with a pannini cookbook and a cocktail making book. She loved it!

 

[lillygator]

did you cash the $500 check?