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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2014 14:34:49 GMT -5
My DHs family have a thing MIL calls "shopping the house". It's gone on for generations and isn't exactly re-gifting but kind of. This year DH got a little wooden cigarette box that was his great grandfathers from his mom. His grandma would always pay attention if you commented on something in her house you thought was neat and pass it to you for a birthday or Christmas maybe. I thought it was a cool way to pass on family mementos before they had to argue about them later.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2014 14:54:39 GMT -5
I will regift new gifts but not used. So, sometimes I get a duplicate of something I already have. Like I got a brand new rice cooker so I think I will probably regift that because I already have one. I trade you one bottle of Cupcake sparkling white wine (or two if you good negotiator) for your rice cooker Dinner guest ask me to get sparkling white wine, but they were not feeling up for drinking, so never opened them. I don't drink WHITE wine and sure Goodwill does not take wine. Had to fix that to say White Wine. Everyone know I drink wine since sangria thing. And it gave me headache. Not going to start drinking at 9am again. Turn out as a bad decision.
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Post by Value Buy on Dec 26, 2014 15:01:16 GMT -5
When we opened presents from our wedding, there was a card inside a present that was addressed to the couple who gave us the gift. It listed the couples names, and wished them years of wedded bliss.
My wife sent the first note back with our thank you to the couple who regifted their present, saying thank you for the gift, and asked them to also forward our thanks for a gift to a couple who they did not even know, and tell them how generous they were.
You have to admit, my wife has a sense of humor.
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Post by Bonny on Dec 26, 2014 15:07:35 GMT -5
I will regift new gifts but not used. So, sometimes I get a duplicate of something I already have. Like I got a brand new rice cooker so I think I will probably regift that because I already have one. I trade you one bottle of Cupcake sparkling white wine (or two if you good negotiator) for your rice cooker Dinner guest ask me to get sparkling white wine, but they were not feeling up for drinking, so never opened them. I don't drink WHITE wine and sure Goodwill does not take wine. Had to fix that to say White Wine. Everyone know I drink wine since sangria thing. And it gave me headache. Not going to start drinking at 9am again. Turn out as a bad decision. LOL, even my MIL doesn't get me going THAT early!
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Post by taz157 on Dec 26, 2014 16:33:53 GMT -5
I trade you one bottle of Cupcake sparkling white wine (or two if you good negotiator) for your rice cooker Dinner guest ask me to get sparkling white wine, but they were not feeling up for drinking, so never opened them. I don't drink WHITE wine and sure Goodwill does not take wine. Had to fix that to say White Wine. Everyone know I drink wine since sangria thing. And it gave me headache. Not going to start drinking at 9am again. Turn out as a bad decision. LOL, even my MIL doesn't get me going THAT early! So you start drinking at 9:01am...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2014 16:06:58 GMT -5
My friend is a primary school teacher. She got literally 20 boxes / packages of chocolate from her class. She gave our son 3 for us when he was there last week. We opened one, one is damaged so we'll eventually eat that one too, but I will probably regift the third at some point as a hostess gift, either when DH and I are invited to someone's house for dinner or when I go to a book club meeting.
We also got a box of After Eights during Christmas that I will probably bring into work for the staff.
I am wondering about something though. I got two very nice skincare gifts but I have extremely allergic, dry skin, and I am very careful about which brands I use. I'm debating whether to try them or give them away. If I do, I wouldn't rewrap them and give them as if I had bought them, I'd be open about it, as in, I can't use this, would you like it? If DD were here I probably would have "regifted" them to her.
I'm not sure that even counts as regifting though, if you are open about it.
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