What's a mom to do when her son winds up with three of the same toys at the end of his birthday party? Philanthropic parents donate their excess goodies to charities while others take the presents back to exchange for fresh loot. Then, there's always that inkling some people have to rewrap the unused gift and pass it off to another child. Regifting might have been considered tacky in the past, but in the current economy, do you think it's appropriate?
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My take on it is, it's excess and isnt needed. If its good enough to be donated, why isnt it good enough to be used for another childs gift, a toy to make a child happy and learn. Technically, its donating whatever way, you just get to choose who its given to.
1Dat picture is so cute?
2I would regift. Children's gifts can get extremely expensive, and if it's something you don't need that would make another child happy, I don't see why not.
3regifting is tacky , end of story .
4I think regifting is tacky. However, I might be willing to just give it to a friend (for no specific occasion) with an explanation that I had received it, but couldn't use it and thought they might enjoy it. No lying or sneakiness needed in that case and the item is still used.
5Neither. It's not clever, it's just ... what happens. It's not like you're giving a used toy. I'd just be sure not to give it to someone who knows the person who gave it to us in the first place.
The other option is to return it, but if you're overloaded with gifts anyway or have a hard time financing gifts for others, it's better than going empty handed.
6It's only tacky if you get caught.
7I don't think it's clever, like Anonymous said, it just is what it is. I think it's tacky if you re-gift where the person who originally gave you the gift will be. Otherwise, how will anyone ever know, and then another child gets joy out of the toy.
8I don't see anything wrong with it. I HATE having to deal with returning stuff to the store, so I might stick a duplicate in the "future gifts" pile. I've only ever had one duplicate, and we just kept it because I figured it was something my son would probably destroy and then we'd have a backup when he was a bit older. And who's to know that your kid didn't just love the toy so much that you went out and bought one for someone else? Is it tacky if you paid for it?
9schnappycat took the words right out of my mouth. I couldn't agree more. It is tacky... but why not give it to a kid on a regular day, and explain to the parent that you can't use it, and thought her child would enjoy it. Than there is no sneakiness, etc going on, and everybody wins in the end!
10giving a gift is not a requirement, it's optional. an appropriate gift is just that, regardless of how you came by it.
11Nothing is more embarrassing (or tacky) than accidentally regifting back to the same person who gave it to you.
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