regifting

DeltaBetaBaby · #1 03-12-2002, 08:03 PM

Okay, I don't know/care if we have discussed this before, so remember that this is chit-chat.

Have you ever re-gifted? What did you give to whom, and why?

Have you ever recieved an obvious regift? How bad was it, and what was your reaction?

I know a lot of sorority girls regift things to their littles that they got from their bigs, but that is almost acceptable. I am talking about birthday, christmas, valentine's presents.

James · #2 03-12-2002, 08:11 PM

I don't think I have ever received, as a gift, a former gift of someone else.

I can't imagine doing it.

Is this common? It seems tacky.

PenguinTrax · #3 03-12-2002, 08:11 PM

This is stretching the regift concept, it's almost too unbelievable to describe, LOL...

Jon's parents hosted a party in our honor right after we got engaged. A lot of people brought gifts, which was great for the most part. A neighbor of Grandma & Grandpa was invited, these folks are known as the first to arrive, the first to hit the buffet and the last to leave. Not to mention, they never throw anything away.

Cut to 'after the party'..

We are opening all these gifts - crystal, Judaica, money, the whole bit. We get to this one box, with a card from above-mentioned neighbors. Jon takes off the gift wrap and there is this ratty, waterstained, mildewy box marked "Anchor Hocking Drinking Glasses - your free gift from (can't remember the name - some gas station)." The box is filled with these dusty old BROWN glasses. Just horrible - they had to be from the 70's or something. Grandma and Grandpa were just horrified - the rest of us just laughed and laughed at the absurdity of it all. We ended up giving them to Grandma's maid. I wrote the nicest thank-you note, highlighting how much the glasses went with our everyday dishes (Royal Doulton Cinnabar - they have beige & gold in them), etc. etc. When we saw them a few months later, the neighbor lamented that the glasses were one-of-a-kind and she couldn't get us any more to complete our set!

LXAAlum · #4 03-12-2002, 08:35 PM

A couple of items come to mind:

We received five, count 'em, FIVE toasters for our wedding...we kept two, and did give the other three to other friends for their wedding...I wonder how many times they had been wrapped and passed on before our wedding as well?

Secondly, we gave a set of beer glasses to my sister-in-law for Christmas - two years later, we received the EXACT same glasses from them for Christmas....the price tags were still on the bottom!

Something else we do - no exactly regifting, but, fun - it's called the junk box - full of anything and everything. It's been passed through the family for years, and things are always added - electronic parts, bottle caps, old keys, etc....makes for an interesting find....

volgirl2376 · #5 03-12-2002, 08:53 PM

I only re-gift when there is no chance that the person who gave me the gift would ever meet the person I re-gift to.

For example - my sister-in law, who I love as a real sister, tanks out on good christmas gifts. Not because she has bad taste, but since she lives in another state, and we dont see each other that often, she doesnt really know my taste. One Christmas she gave me some beautiful picture frames - in gold. Well I tend to decorate in chrome/silver - so anything gold would totally clash. So a good friend of mine that I work with, had a birthday and I knew from being in her home that these picture frames would be perfect. They were all still in the original boxes (no price tags) - and along with the other items I bought her, she absolutely loved them...Even a year later, I see them in her house and in her office at work. So I dont feel "tacky" or whatever James said - just passing a beautiful gift that wasnt my taste on to someone who would want them.

James · #6 03-12-2002, 09:07 PM

No, you got it right, I wrote: tacky.

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Originally posted by volgirl2376
So I dont feel "tacky" or whatever James said - just passing a beautiful gift that wasnt my taste on to someone who would want them.

volgirl2376 · #7 03-12-2002, 09:13 PM

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Originally posted by James
No, you got it right, I wrote: tacky.

Meeeee-ow

James · #8 03-12-2002, 09:17 PM

LOL

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Originally posted by volgirl2376

Meeeee-ow

Peaches-n-Cream · #9 03-12-2002, 09:19 PM

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Originally posted by volgirl2376

Meeeee-ow

LOL! I don't think that it's tacky to regift if the gift is unused and will make someone happy.

James · #10 03-12-2002, 09:21 PM

Its not tacky or unusual as long as you would be willing to tell the person where you got the gift.

Peaches-n-Cream · #11 03-12-2002, 09:25 PM

Whoops. Thanks, James.
Why should I tell? Anyway, for the record I have never regifted. That's too Seinfeld for me.

LeslieAGD · #12 03-12-2002, 10:16 PM

Yes, I have regifted, but only when it's something I think other people would want/could use. For example, a lot of times I get cute bath lotions, candles, or picture frames as gifts and I forget to use them. Then someone's b-day rolls around and I just give them that in order to save myself a trip to the store to buy them something similiar.

Hootie · #13 03-12-2002, 10:52 PM

I have a grossly funny story about regifting that happened to me this past Christmas.

My dear friend has worked for Victoria's Secret for over 3 years now and this past August she moved to Dallas for a new management position in the company. Well my other best friend and I have come to expect something sexy and sassy from her every Christmas...as she loves to use her discount to buy for us!

Well this Christmas since she moved, she left our gifts with her mother in town when she came to visit in October. So my friend and I went for a quick visit to pick up our Christmas presents and bolt (otherwise her mom would talk our ear off). So my friend's boyfriend is driving us home and we're anxious to see what she's bought us this year...of course we could tell it was Victoria's Secret by the bag!

Well since we were in the dark I couldn't really tell what it was but I found a pair of black silk pajama pants and a sexy silk top to match. My friend got a cotton pair.

So my friend's boyfriend drops me off, and I say Adios and run inside to call Will in Austin to tell him what I got. Well as I'm talking on the phone I'm digging through the bag with one had to pull the items out. Suddenly I pull out a black cotton thong. I thought, "OH my, I didn't see this in the car...how thoughtful." Then I looked at them and noticed there wasn't a price tag on them and that there was a weird bleach-like stain inside. I immediately threw them on the floor. I couldn't believe my friend would give me a USED PAIR of THONGS!

Luckily I found out later that my friend's mother had done laundry and often stuffs extra things in her victoria secret bags....and mine just happened to be one of them!

Whew...so glad I didn't wear those!

Hootie

ADPiSweety · #14 03-12-2002, 11:59 PM

I don't think its tacky if you obviously don't like the gift but you know a friend who does. For one of my sisters bday gifts I gave her this beautifully presented basket with her fave scent from Bath and Body works. This scent makes me gag. Its soo overpowering I hate it. So I said I'll never use it. She loved it!

I don't know if she knew or not, hmm..but sometimes you just toally can tell though!

squirrely girl · #15 03-13-2002, 12:03 AM

hmmmmm...regifting.

my family has this horrible little gift exchange every year. basically you bring something that is wrapped and you play something like musical chairs with all of the gifts. well, i somehow managed to get this absolutely awful candle holder in the shape of a church as a prize from where i worked 'bout a month before. i felt kinda bad, but i used that stupid candle holder as my musical gift. i didn't feel half as bad though when one of the other musical gifts ended up being a knitted kleenex box holder. heh heh.

marissa