quote: NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Wrapping up that unwanted picture frame from last Christmas and giving it to someone else as a gift might not be as taboo as it once was, according to a study released on Wednesday.
The survey of 1,505 American adults, conducted by market research firm Harris Interactive, found that over half of the respondents admitted to "re-gifting" with passing on gifts becoming a far more common and acceptable phenomenon.
I found this interesting: "The study showed that nine percent of people admitted that they re-gifted out of laziness to purchase a new gift and four percent confessed that they re-gifted out of dislike for the recipient."
I have no problem with re-gifting most of the time.
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I have no problem with regifting. I wouldn't regift to a close friend (though I have invited close friends to knowingly come over and have their pick of gifts I didn't want). But those kind of anonymous, social lubricant gifts like picture frames . . . I should keep a picture frame and go out and buy someone else a picture frame? I think the only people who really have a problem with regifting are the folks over at the Hallmark Store.
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I regift all the time. Sometimes I'll get something and think, "this is a pretty good present that someone might really appreciate, but I don't, so I'll save it and give it to someone who is more likely to." Either I already have one, or it's not my thing or whatever. Then, when in need for a thank you gift or something, I'll got through my stuff. My mother instilled a very strong sense of frugality in my mind. I would not be offended to learn that a gift I had given was regifted, as long as it is not given back to ME. Posts: 293 | Registered: Sep 2006
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quote:Originally posted by DaisyMae: Sometimes I'll get something and think, "this is a pretty good present that someone might really appreciate, but I don't, so I'll save it and give it to someone who is more likely to."
I often think that of gifts I think that as long as the item is still new, regifting is completely acceptable. A regifted present can be thoughtful just as much as a newly- purchased gift can be given without much consideration to the interests of a person.
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I don't have to re-gift. I get gift cards for christmas. Therefore, I can get what I want. I'm a very hard person to buy for because I really don't want anything. However, my family and friends insist on getting me stuff.
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