Have you ever regifted? What do you think of the concept of regifting?

[NJmaverick]

[intheflow]

1. Regifting is great!

I would regift or buy everyone I know used stuff if it were socially acceptable to do so. As it is the world has far too many items not being used/appreciated that will only end up in landfills unless they find the right home. In the meantime, we're producing even more things that are not being used/appreciated. Eventually all these things will end up in a land fill. Regifting = recycling, and it's a beautiful thing!

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

2. I think I might have done that a few times

I always felt like a schlub for doing it. Just seems kinda tacky but if you really don't like or need a gift you've been given and you know somebody who would like it, why not?

My husband is the ultimate regifter...he gets free video games from his work and passes them off to his brother as birthday and Christmas presents. I always tease him about what a sneak he is.

[mikeytherat]

3. Best regift ever: a silver picture frame with the "gifting" couple's names and wedding date on it.

Apparently, they re-gifted the picture frame to us without first taking it out of the box. If they had, they might have noticed it had their names, their wedding date, and a personal note from the original gift-giver engraved on it. I still crack up every time I think about it.

mikey_the_rat

[NJmaverick]

7. My mother once got a bottle of Old Spice from a gentleman friend

that was certainly good for some laughs at our Christmas gathering.

[bluesbassman]

17. Love it! I hope you kept it and put in your picture!

That would be classic. :rofl:

[mikeytherat]

28. A twist of lime to my story - they gave it to us as a wedding gift.

We don't keep it displayed, but we do have our own wedding photo in it.

mikey_the_rat

[Bertha Venation]

4. The only problem I have with "regifting" is the word.

I hate made-up words. (Even though I realize many words in our lexicon are made up.)

Other than that, no problem. As long as the packaging isn't damaged. I don't think it's tacky at all.

[EndersDame]

5. My dads new wife gives me crap just out of a sense of obligation

so in turn i give the crap (usually stuff I dont use like body spray) in turn to other people who would actually enjoy the product

[dugaresa]

12. my husband's step mother gives me the free stuff she gets

like she buys perfume and gets a purse that doesn't suit her, that comes to me.

or the jello molds that came with a bulk packaging of jello, that too comes my way at christmas.

i would prefer nothing.

[EndersDame]

26. Yeah I know the feeling

[UTUSN]

6. It's fine. The item belongs to the original recipient, same as if this person bought it or made it

or themselves, and therefore this person can do what they want with it, including giving it to somebody else.

Besides, there are materialist and power issues with much of bestowing presents, and those who don't buy into the endless cycle have this as a way of disposing of gifts imposed on them.

[UTUSN]

16. Late Edit: Should be "FOR themselves" not "OR themselves" n/t

[Love Bug]

8. As long as the item is unused, why not?

If you can't use it, why keep it stored in a closet gathering dust? Give it to someone who'll give it a good home. Just be careful not to give it to the one who gave it to you.

[hippywife]

9. As long as it isn't some useless piece of garbage

I think it's fine to regift. There's no reason that something you can't use and someone else can should just sit around collecting dust. I do emphasize that the item be something the person can use or would really and truly enjoy it. Not just to get rid of something and save a little dough, ya know?

[jmm]

10. As long as you're putting some thought into it there's nothing wrong with it.

Everybody who knows me knows I've got a ton of allergies so regifting a perfume set to me infront of the person who gave it to you isn't the best idea.

[dugaresa]

11. never - in the case I get something I don't need or want, I give it away

to charity or give it to a friend who wants it and who knows the origin.

edit:

my view of re-gifting is rewrapping something and presenting it to someone as something I may have purchased.

[kimi]

13. It's a wonderful form of recycling

As long as it's appropriate and the giftee didn't give it to you first. That can be awkward.

[fizzgig]

14. i think it's fine as long as someone isn't just foisting useless crap on me

i don't know that i've ever regifted, but i don't think i've ever really had anything to regift.

[Deep13]

15. Good for pro forma gifts. nt

[debbierlus]

18. Depends on what you are regifting...

If you are giving the person something that you know that they will love & use, PERFECT!

[Gormy Cuss]

19. When it's done out of cheapness or laziness, it sucks.

If it's done in such a way that neither the original gifter nor the recipient will be aware of it or the regifter acknowledges that they're passing on something received as a gift it can be fine.

[GreenPartyVoter]

22. For us it happens when we've got zero dollars. The kids went to a b-day party

recently and we had no money for a gift or card. So we printed one out on the computer and they gave a couple of toy planes from a collection they had. (The nicest ones with no nicks or scratches.)

It may have been obvious due to the lack of packaging, but the kid really enjoyed them so I guess it all worked out ok. :)

[Gormy Cuss]

23. That's not "regifting" in the sense of passing on an unwant gift to someone else

and pretending it was purchased specifically for that person. The Seinfeld show made the term "regifting" common for that sort of repurposing.

What your boys did was to give something that they enjoyed to a friend. That's sharing!

[Tuesday Afternoon]

20. yes, I have. It works, if done right.

:hi:

[madamesilverspurs]

21. Sure.

With my allergies I can't have scented items like candles or potpourri, so those go immediately to people who can enjoy them. Such 'gifts' usually come as a promotional item, never from anyone who knows me, so no one is offended. There are some things I won't regift, like the Dobson books from an aquaintance who has become enamored of fundie-ism; since I don't believe in book-burning I returned them to her, explaining as gently as possible that I am incapable of giving him any credibility.

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[GoCubsGo]

24. As long as the gift is something the recipient would enjoy, no problem.

I see nothing wrong with a non-drinker passing along a bottle of wine to someone who does drink. for instance. I have never "re-gifted", as every inappropriate gift I have ever received has been so crappy that I wouldn't consider passing it on to anyone else as gifts. I suspect I have been the recipient of a few.

[snooper2]

25. As long as it's not a used ( x )

fill in the blank :)

[Grey]

27. Done well, I think its fine.

[applegrove]

29. My oldest brother used to regift when he was a kid. I'll never forget getting a Spirograph

set with a few chewed short pencils in the box. Thought it was hillarious at the time. Even funnier when we tease him about it as an adult.

[BlueIris]

30. I do regift from time to time. I think it's okay as long as the gift has significance

to the second recipient and is still in good condition. I'm regifting this Christmas, for my Dad--it's a book I was given new that is in pristine condition and that I know he'll like.