s/o Christmas Gift Debate: Do you regift?

salt78

Matilda's H's assface boss made me think about regifting. Personally, I have never regifted anything. Mostly because I have never really gotten anything so horrible that I wanted to get rid of it, but also I feel like if there is someone in my life that I would regift to, I probably don't like them enough to be giving them a present anyway.

Would you be open to regifting? Why or why not?

Have you done it before? And if so, what did you regift?

I'm assuming that none of us are so tacky that we told the recipient that the gift was regifted.

Regift. 

Sorry I just needed to say it one more time.

marissa_claire

I don't think I ever have yet... but right now I'm sitting on some wedding gifts we don't need.  And some that couldn't be returned.  We'll see what happens!

opalsky007

I have never done it. The only way I think I would is if I got something completely useless to me that someone else could enjoy (like if someone gave me a bottle of wine that I didn't care for, and I took it to a party to share), or did a white elephant exchange.

JanoBean75

I probably have, but nothing major. I'm really easy to shop for, so my close friends and family usually get me something I love. Office gifts like mugs of candy? Yeah, I'll eat the candy and donate the mug to the church rummage sale.

FutureMrsTR

I've regifted bottles of wine a couple times because I don't drink it and I always just grab one before we go to someone's house for dinner or something.  And it's not a really personal gift that someone put a lot of thought into.

I think that's about it.  Usually if I'm given something I really don't want, I either give it to someone (not as a gift, just as a "hey I can't use this, can you?") or take it to Goodwill.

FutureMrsFezz

I never have.  But like you, I've never gotten anything where I hated it so much I have to give it away.  If I didn't like it I just wouldn't use/wear/whatever it.

My BF does this though and she's regifted someone's present and gave it back to the person.  DOH!

akhensley81

I do it. It's not really that I get gifts that are "so horrible that I want to get rid of it".... it's more sometimes I get gifts, but for whatever reason I never touch/use them... and I decide to give it to someone who might be more likely to use it.

Items I've regifted: a gift set of VS perfumes that sat in its box for a year. A nice set of Chronicles of Narnia books that my brother bought me for Christmas one year (that I had just recently also purchased for myself.. don't need 2 sets). A gift set of bath/body stuff I got from H's mom, that had an ingredient in it that I'm allergic to.

waltzingmatilda13

I can't think of anything I've regifted. I think I would feel to horrible about it to actually do it. I'm always afraid that the gift giver is going to ask me about it/want to see it. I usually hold on things for a few years and then donate them to Goodwill.

salt78

I guess I should have added that my definition of "regift" would be wrapping something up with a bow and being all "Oh look what I got for you!"

ohwhynot

I've regifted, I think.  I don't see anything wrong with it - to me, it's not a slap in the face of the giver if for whatever reason the gift doesn't fit you.  If you can't use it but someone else can, why not regift? 

Thinking a bit more about it, I'd regift store-bought gifts, but never a handmade gift.  That would seem to me to be a bit of a slap to the person who made it. 

[Deleted User]

I never have.  I don't think that regifting means you don't like the person though either.  If I got a great gift that I didn't want for whatever reason, but someone else would love it I'd probably just give it to them.   

danieliza1127

I'm pretty sure I have regifted but I'm struggling to remember what.  I know I regifted an iTunes gift card to my niece because she's 15 and is addicted to iTunes and I don't use them at all. 

I don't know, I'm racking my brain but that's all I can think of.

I'm pretty sure one of our wedding gifts was a regift.  It was a Martha Stewart cake stand but the box was pretty worn down and they used to be carried at Kmart but were no longer carried there by the time we received it.  I ended up donating it because I received the cake stand I wanted from our registry and I didn't have much space to keep the Martha Stewart one.

annakb8

     The only things I have ever regifted were stupid sorority stuff I didn't need. My big sister gave me a big basket full of goodies for initiation and I passed pretty much anything that wasn't monogrammed onto my little sister the next year. I actually saw a picture of initiation this year on FB and the freshman who is in my "family" had all of these things passed down to her. I wonder if in 5 or ten years these same useless things plastered with greek letters will still be floating around the house.

   

LDYGTR13

I'm actually regifting a wedding present! We got this crystal 6 in 1 cake plate dome thing that is very much NMS and we got another awesome cake plate dome thing that I liked a LOT better.I have a friend getting married in March that would love the crystal one so she's getting it as a wedding gift from me and hubs. It was non-returnable (bought at a small boutique type store in another state) so I figured I'd just gift it to her.

georgia_bride09

I've never regifted, but I have bought something for myself, only to give it as a gift when I can't afford to also buy a gift. But that doesn't count, I guess.

FutureMrsTR

wow, Georgia.  You really like Christmas.

pinkpinot

I've never regifted but I have sold things I was given & hated on E-bay which is probably just as bad.

georgia_bride09

Mother effer. It took me forever to size that thing last night. And now it's back to being wonky.

IrishBrideND

yes, but never something "horrible." If I got something that I can't use (like an outfit that DD is too big for) I might regift it to someone who can use it.

KentuckyKate

I have.  But I think the gift was regifted to me, first.  H's grandmother gave me a scotch decanter set one time.  She doesn't drive, and she doesn't drink, which led me to believe someone else gave it to her at some point and she didn't want it.  I don't drink scotch, and I don't really like the look of those things sitting out.  So I gave it to my brother last Christmas with a  bottle of Johnny Walker, because he actually is a scotch drinker.

It was a thing like this:

KentuckyKate

Oh yeah, Dani reminded me... I've also regifted every iTunes GC I've ever received.

mica178

I haven't, but now post-wedding, I have a stack of beautiful but not my style crystal stuff in boxes taking up space, and H thinks we should find new homes for them.  We do know people who like this stuff, so at least they'd appreciate it.

Stackeye210

I regifted outfits Jocelyn never had a chance to wear.  Tags still on them.  She just wasn't the right size during the right season for the things. 

baystateapple

One of my neighbors gave me a susi warmer.  I don't eat sushi and neither does H.  She told me that it was a regift (tacky, I know, right?), so I didn't feel bad about re-gifting it (yet again) to my friend who LOVES making her own sushi and went absolutely crazy over it. 

I don't know if I'd make a habit of regifting, though.

Calypso1977

i regift, but only when its a genuinely nice gift and its something i might very well have picked out for the designated regift recipient.  for example, i plan to give my sister a beautiful north face jacket that i know she'lll love.  i got it last year from H's brother and it doesnt fit.  they never gift gift receipts, and i'm pretty sure it was bought at a BJ's so even if i had a receipt, i'm not a member and i cant return it. 

if i received a hideous item, i wouldnt regift it except maybe at somethign like a yankee swap.

MrsMack10612

The closest I got to regifting was what became the joke gift at an annual Yankee Swap.

[Deleted User]

Would you be open to regifting? Why or why not? Yeah, if you don't need it or want it, why have crap set around that someone else can make use of?

Have you done it before? And if so, what did you regift? Yeah, but I don't remember what I re-gifted.

I'm assuming that none of us are so tacky that we told the recipient that the gift was regifted. Hell no, I would never make mention of it.

tenofcups4me

I pass gifts I don't like on to family or friends, but not as an official gift; I just give it to them for no reason if I think they'd like it. I've only once regifted: it was some cheapo Avon body lotions and other crap that someone gave me and I gave it to the wife of a friend for her birthday. I don't especially like her and think she has pretty bad taste in most things so I thought she'd probably actually like it.

arbolita

On WW we're doing a regifting Secret Santa.  It's been a lot of fun, and free, which is a bonus.

mandysmear

I have not.   I think I might have done that with a bottle of wine though.  SOmeone brought it over (it was white) so I brought it to someone else's party.  I don't consider that regifting though. 

squeakyduck

We have a long-running joke in our family about a book that has been re-gifted 4 or 5 times. No one wants to read it, so whoever has it wraps it up and gives it to someone else. (They get a real present too!)

I don't wrap things up and regift them, but I'll give things I don't want/need to someone who does want or need them as I come across them.