Tell the truth--

[elmosmom]

If you received a gift that you did not want, need or like would you give it to someone else as a gift?
If we're being honest here I have to say yes, I have done it several times. I try to excuse myself by calling it creative Christmas recycling.

 

[Octoberbride03]

Yes, I have no shame in saying i would regift something i got if i didn't wanna keep it. I would however make sure all previous cards were removed from said gift b4 regifting it to somebody else.

I myself just got a "recycled" gift as a weding present. Avery pretty Mikasa frame. Complete with the card from the original gift giver LOL.

Maureen

 

[DizzieDizney]

I have yet to receive a gift I don't like or have no use for...but if I did I suppose I would give it to someone else as a gift, if I had someone to give it to.

 

[faithinkarma]

Yes, if I was absolutely sure the original giver would never find out. I would hate to hurt anyone's feelings.

One year I received a lovely book of poetry from my ex sister in law. It was the same one I had given her the year before, inscription and all. I never let on that I noticed.

 

[siouxsieQ]

I could never regift. I don't have a problem with people that do.
I just can't do it.

 

[KathyFP]

I never have.

 

[believe]

I don't usually regift, but I do see if someone in my family wants it.

 

[Serena]

I would have to keep it and find a way to use it. They always ask where is it, why aren't you wearing it, etc, etc.

 

[skuttle]

Nope...can't do it. One shelf in my old closet at my mom's house is still full of wedding gifts we received and won't use/didn't like and we've been married 3 1/2 years.

If you do regift...please be careful. For our wedding, we received a small picture frame and in the box we found a "Happy Secretary's Day" card.

 

[browneyes]

Nope, never done that.

 

[GailT]

never give a gift t someone that I got and did not like. I have a GF that does that and I find it discusting. I just dont use it, to me that is being cheap and not polite.

 

[Chattyaholic]

I think the ONLY time I ever "re-gifted" was after our wedding, 28 years ago. We received EIGHT blankets as gifts. We kept two that we really liked, and put 6 on a shelf in the closet. Since we were "just starting out" and really didn't have much extra money we gave those extra blankets as gifts when we got invited to weddings. I always double-checked our gift registry in our wedding book, to make sure we weren't giving one of the blankets to someone who gave US a blanket for our wedding though!!!

I don't recall doing it recently though, or at all since our wedding. If I receive something I don't like/won't or can't use, I just "put it away."

 

[accomp]

Nope.

 

[RUDisney]

I have, but usually, I try to return the item if I can.

My sister received a silver ice bucket for a wedding gift with $25 worth of quarters in it from our aunt and uncle. Hmm... do you think it could have been a regift since they had their 25th anniversary (silver anniversary) the week before the wedding, and since there were all those quarters that totaled $25 in it?

My sister was just glad that it wasn't monogrammed for my aunt and uncle.

 

[FOJMO]

Yes, I've done it before and I would do it again. It's usually something given to me by someone not very close to me and very generic. Like the statue I just received from someone in our department here at work. The gift-giver gave one to just about EVERYONE (must have bought a couple of cases of them) and so it really didn't seem like anything that was specially selected for each person. Thoughtful, though not particularly something I would use or display. I would probably only regift to a person that was not particularly close to me -- sort of as a token gift.

 

[Lewski709]

This is one of my favorite ways of saving money!!!! ABSOLUTELY!!!!!

 

[Kirby]

Yes, I have. But I'm real careful what I regift.

By the way, I believe there's going to be a regift exchange after the first of the year for any one interested.