Jazzmyn

Do you Re-Gift or have you ever Re-Gifted??

Just wondering as I don't recall ever Re-Gifting as I would probably end up giving it back to the person that gave it to me.....LOL!! I DO however buy NEW(or almost new) things at yard sales for good prices and give them as gifts.

I have a friend that Re-Gifts all the time...well the reason I know that she Re-Gifts is that once she gave me an address book that she had written names in (maybe it wasn't gifted to her...don't know for sure) and then another person gave me a calender that was for the year that ended. The items may not have been gifted to them but I guess it was items they didn't want any longer....I just had to laugh and go on....didn't say anything to them.

Wishing Everyone a Wonderful Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!

Tartan

I do re-gift beauty gift packages as I get beautiful ones but more than I can possibly use. I donate them to my church's outreach cupboard. We sometimes have families that are without personal care products due to fire or hardship.

quiltstringz

I recently got a gift that I will never use, I passed it on to a friend's daughter. It wasn't really a gift to her just a I thought she would use it and I wouldn't

juneayerza

I don't re-gift per say, but like quiltstringz I will pass a gift that I know I will never use on to someone who wants it. There is nothing worse than having something sit in a cupboard for years until it is no longer viable.

Jeanne S

I normally don't regift either. If I can't sell it on eBay, I give it away or donate it to charity.

jeanne49

I don't regift, but like others, I pass things along to people who I know for sure would use the item. There is also a 2nd hand store I frequent that is run by a church group and I give them a lot of stuff, and I also buy a lot of stuff from them.

patricej

re-gifting gets a bad rap because we assume the re-gifter is turning up her nose at the gift.
that might be the case sometimes but there are good reasons for re-gifting.
i get a lot of things that are quite nice, but that i can't use for one reason or another.
by re-gifting, those things find the right home, where they will be loved and used.

ckcowl

I have to agree with Patrice. I receive many items throughout the year I either have no use for or already have. I pass those items on, gift them to people who will use them. My mother is one who ( forgets) where gifts come from, and has been known to give back a gift the next year. It reached a point where we told her, " I'm just going to buy you what I really want, since I will get it back for my birthday " its all in fun, we are used to it. But we have always been taught to ( share) what we have. Keeps the clutter down to pass on what we don't use

jitkaau

I do, as I have very sensitive skin and can't use soaps, perfumes or even the mildest of creams with glycerine in the ingredients. I appreciate the gifts as they save me the trouble of buying any and I sometimes break up the more elaborate boxes into a number of smaller gifts. I'm not embarrassed to do this. Family and friends generally give me fabric to make quilts.

sandy l

I've never re-gifted, but have donated some things that I've gotten.