Nexxus~I think that it's fine...that way you aren't paying to have it shipped to you and then you ship to pal (even more economical if it is international).....I've done stuff like that before and my pal has never had a problem with it....I've also had someone who had too many things come up to prepare what she thought was a "good enough" package, and received an email saying that I had a $15.00 credit at Connecting Threads and to go online and use it (she figured that between the $10 limit and the shipping it would be $15)...I thought that one was really different and I really enjoyed that one!!