Regifting

[33girl]

Originally posted by pinkyphimu
i actually got something this year that i have considered regifting- a really beautiful gift set from the body shop. honestly, i just don't have any more room on my shelf for more lotions, etc.

What scent is it? Maybe we can help each other here. LOL.

[pinkyphimu]

Originally posted by 33girl
What scent is it? Maybe we can help each other here. LOL.

lol, it is a pedicure set...with the different foot scrubs, a pumice stone, a massager, and lotion. when's your bday? perhaps it will be regifted after all.

[christiangirl]

One Christmas a long time ago, I needed something for my mom's stocking, so I put in a bottle of my own perfume...it smelled really nice and thought she'd like it, even if I'd used some. Well, turns out that she knew the brand--I'd borrowed it from her months before, then forgot it'd been hers in the first place! Oh well, I was in junior high, I was entitled to an airhead moment.

[kansas13]

Originally posted by FSUZeta
i don't have a problem with regifting, IF:

the recipient could actually use the gift

the recipient was not the original giver

a different box is used and

the gift has never been used

I agree with this too. As a teacher, I get lots of things that I have enough of like coffee cups, bath things, and Christmas trinkets. I have a plastic storage box of things that I either have to many of or can't use. In case of an emergency or if I have something that I know the person will like I break open that storage box and go through it. As someone said before it's just like recycling. If I don't use it for awhile I also donate it to charity too!!

[Buttonz]

Originally posted by kansas13
If I don't use it for awhile I also donate it to charity too!!

That's a great idea...and better then regifting in most cases

[33girl]

Originally posted by pinkyphimu
lol, it is a pedicure set...with the different foot scrubs, a pumice stone, a massager, and lotion. when's your bday? perhaps it will be regifted after all.

Oh, I'm not a big pedicure person. I've already got all those things. It would be wasted on me!

Maybe we should have a big GC regift exchange.

[honeychile]

Originally posted by kansas13
I also donate it to charity too!!

I belong to three organizations which have yearly White Elephant sales - two are rather upscale (re: new Anne Klein jewelry at $1.00!). Anything that's in the regifting closet for close to a year goes to one of the sales!

I'm all for a GC regifting swap!

[pinkiebell1001]

Originally posted by 33girl


Maybe we should have a big GC regift exchange.

Haha...good idea Anyone want a ugly baby blue housecoat?:P

[bsp-mich24]

Mary Kay 4-step facial set w/instructions. It's a nice thought but I need a simple process at night. I'm sure I will find someone that uses Mary Kay.

[AOIIsilver]

Believe it or not, the BEST gift that I gave anyone this year was a regift and a truly hideous one at that!

I attended Mr. Silver's work party where we all played white elephant Dirty Santa. Some of the gifts there were obviously NOT white elephant gifts, and the items that I took to exchange were truly nice, but just not our style. Much to my horror, I got a mini "crumb vacuum" shaped like a LAMB...just what I want on my holiday table!
It is really hard to put into words how truly hideous this piece of molded plastic is. Just envision the lamb from "Mary Had a Little Lamb" with a suction mouth. Even now, it gives me the creeps just thinking about it.
As a gag, I gave it to my niece thinking that she could play with it in her doll house. She loved it! Several people in Mr. Silver's family tried it out on the little pieces of thread left over from the nieces' friendship bracelets kits.

Who would have thought?
Silver