[bumblebby]

So, anyone gonna fess up to re-gifting?

[moodyonceamth]

I do it!  I would never give something back to someone who gave it to me, but I don't see anything wrong with it if it's something I'm not going to use and I know someone else who would want or need the item.

[bumblebby]

I have done it once. Years ago a friend of mine was on her way over to my place to watch a movie. It was around Christmas. She tells me she has a Christmas gift for me even though we had agreed not to buy for each other. She was 5 minutes away so I had no time to go get something. So, I tell her that I have something for her too.Earlier that day at work we had a secret santa gift exchange and I had received some towels so....guess what I did.Yep, my friend got the towels.

[bumblebby]

When I was getting all of my Christmas decorations out of storage this year I found a few gifts I had received last year that I put away with the Christmas stuff. They are nice items but I have no use for them. Right now they are in a Goodwill pile but it seems wrong because the items are brand new in the box, KWIM??HHhhhmmm, I wonder who would like a veggie platter?

[Flapdoodle]

I hate to see things go to waste, so yes, I've done it before. And if they didn't have use for the gift, hopefully they found someone else who needed it, to give it to.

[Monroe1218]

I've done it once or twice.... you know the gift that is nice, but you have no idea what you would use it for or the I already have one of those..... One year we got a George Forman grill and we already had another one.... dh's sister was wanting one - guess who got it!! 

[LKappy]

I see nothing wrong with it if it is something nice, but not something you want.I would have no problem getting a "re-gift". As long as it's not junk, what's the big deal?

[AnnOminous]

My half brother did this to my two half sisters (his full sisters) some years back.  He and his new wife (who had been living together for like a decade before getting married) re-gifted several of their wedding gifts that they did not want the next Christmas.One sister liked her new kitchen clock.  The other sister wondered why the heck he had given her some wine glasses.  Then they found the wedding card when they open up the package and took the wine glasses out!BURN!!!The one sister still liked her kitchen clock.  They both blamed the "new" wife.

[davsar]

I don't think it is wrong.

[lilkoala3]

As long as your re-gifting a gift that you think the person would like, I don't see anything wrong with it.  Gift-giving isn't about spending money, it's about the thought.

[Wendy-Gale]

when someone gives a gift its yours to do with what you wish

[CatwoMN]

I've done it before and I'd do it again. I used to have a box full of gifts that I didn't want and couldn't return just FOR re-gifting (housewarmings, holidays, etc.) As long as the gift is new in the box, I don't see anything wrong with it. I once regifted a set of beautiful photo albums to an older relative after I inserted some family photos. The albums just weren't my style and it was fun to personalize one of the albums for the recipient. When I moved last, the re-gift box and it's contents went to charity.

[Irocz7]

I don't actually regift but if I get a gift I don't want I will just give it to another friend or family member.  I usually say, "I got this as a gift but it's not really something I want or need, do you want it?"

[Midge]

I don't usually, I figure if I didn't like it...who would? So it either gets donated or sold at the summer garage sale.

[KayEm]

 most of the gifts I give tend to be a collection of smaller things.  Sometimes things that I don't have a use for end up in there.  And sometimes I just find someone who would like it and pass it on.I don't re-gift bad stuff, just stuff that doesn't fit my taste.  If it is bad I get rid of it.

[NJTheresa]

I do it too!. I always put a small tag on it ( who it came from) then I have a pile downstairs( kids gifts too) I also buy thru the year andput it downstairs. That way when something comes up fast I have a gift. As long as it doesnt get back to the person or is given to someone at a place where the giver is then I dont see the problem.

[Mommybruno]

I'm proud to be a re-gifter! As long as it's something I haven't used, opened or otherwise defiled, I figure it's good to go. You just need to make sure it doesn't go back to the person who gave it to you!My feeling is, why waste a gift? If it's something you know you won't use, pass it along until it finds a happy home.

[baltoscrapper]

Its ok to regift, just remember to REMOVE THE OLD TAG.........A few years ago at Christmas, my in laws gave us a ceramic candle holder thingie.  It wasn't really my taste, at all.  BUT, we took it home and I was going to use it anyway, until I opened it and FOUND the gift tag TO my MIL from (who-ever).  Nice, couldn't even take off the old gift tag.  So, I guess it wasn't HER taste either. I still have the stupid thing too. I should just break it! So tired oflooking at it!

I think as long as the item is going to get used, no problem.  we hang onto clutter and pile ourselves with things we dont really love or use. We let that happen because of guilt...why smother ourselves and our precious space with things we dont love or need or want.  The person that gave the gift was thinking of you and thats all that matters..the person is important, not the gift they gave u. unless its an heirloom then I would think hard about whether or not to give it up.

[Flasher]

Proud regifter here, too!  I've done it many times and will most asssuredly do it many more times.  It's amazing how very little my family knows about my likes and dislikes!!!!!Like someone else mentioned, I've got a pile in the closet.  Many of the items in there are brand new, unopened baby toys from Fisher Price, Mattel, etc.  My kids have gotten so many gifts that are doubles or are too young for them.  Around here, you can't easily return items without a receipt, it's rude to ask for the receipt (IMO), so why not give it to someone who would absolutely love it and use it?!?!?!?Every year, my BIL gets me some holiday scent bath set from Bath and Body Works (I know many people like BBW, but I don't).  I've told him I'm not a fan of BBW every year, and he still gets the set.  I guess he figures he'll eventually pick a scent I actually like.  I regift them to my neighbor who absolutely loves all of that stuff.   Everyone wins -- I don't have to store it or throw away perfectly good product and the recipient gets something they like!