What are your thoughts on regifting?

It is usually pretty tricky to regift an item that you don’t like. Chances are your recipient won’t like it either.

You hit the nail on the head!

I have no issue with re-gifting or receiving something that is being re-gifted if it is genuinely something I know someone else or myself would love to have.

I have had people ‘gift’ me stuff that I KNOW they really just want to unload in a rather manipulative fashion.

One of the best was a friend that gave me her Easter Ham carcass because she thought I might want to make ham and beans. hahahaha

I SO picked up on that one immediately…translation…” I really don’t want to put this ham in my trash so HERE ya go!”

Stupid little games people play, sooo, I just tossed it into the woods for the wildlife to discover. haha

There’s no problem with regifting as such as long as you apply the same sort of logic as you would to purchasing someone a gift. For example if the gift is something you don’t like but your friend will why hang on to it?

I am all for it. Many times when I regift the person knows. I don’t use candles much, and so when I get them I give them to a friend or family member who would want it. I tell them straight out, “I received some candles, do you want them?” I have regifted without the person knowing, and sometimes it is sort of because it will save me money, and maybe I feel like why am I having to give this person a gift? Someone at work who I barely know, I don’t know these things come up, but it is never something I think is horrible, but I may not know what they really like. Again, it would be candles, a frame, something along those lines, that they can give to someone if they don’t like it. I really think some gifts are probably regifted several times lol. The item of course would be brand new, and my stashed gifts are usually pretty good. The one negative is not having a receipt for them to return it of course, but I am in the same spot, because if I had a gift receipt I would have returned it.

If I get a gift I already own especially from out of town relatives, I would re-gift them. I once got 3 digital frames for Christmas and had no problem re-gifting these rather expensive items.

I’ll regift without a second thought if all the circumstances are right. Perfect example: I received a Christian icon as a gift one time (and I’m not religious); I had no trouble rewrapping it and giving it to my very “Christian” mother-in-law. It’s nothing I wanted, nothing I would have spent money on, and something she would want.

@picante Did she know it was a regift?

No—but I’m not sure that would have mattered in this case.

@picante Woth my MIL I give her many things that were given to me that I don’t use, but she almost always knows it is a regift. She is one of the people I give things to that I am not using if I think she would like it. I don’t give it to her on an occasion though typically, it’s just because I know she would like it.

I do it.

If it’s something given me I don’t like or can’t use more of then I don’t feel bad at all to pass it along to someone else I feel will welcome it. The only time I’d hesitate is if the person I’d like to regift to knew in advance that item had been given to me because the thought would pop up whether I’d given the gift out of laziness or well intent. To me, any item I gift, I want the receiver to only think positively and to feel good.

I do it all the time. And mainly because I receive items I do not need or use. I say I’m sorry to those who give them to me but I pass them to persons who actually will use them [or have a practical use for them]. If the persons who gave me the gift gets offended I just tell them they don’t really know me or else they would have bought an items I’d use.

I think it’s much better than letting an unwanted present waste away in your home unused.
I’ve regifted and I wouldn’t be offended at receiving a regifted present.
I’d also hope that if someone didn’t like a gift I gave them, they’d pass it on to someone it would better suit rather than just tossing it in the closet.

I’ve given away things that I haven’t and probably won’t use. But never as a gift per se. More like Hey, do you like this? If you do, you’re welcome to it.

But only for things that I think someone hasn’t put a lot of thought into. Unfortunately, I feel obligated to keep those.

For gift-giving occasions like birthdays and Christmas, I love finding or making the perfect present. Saving money is never an issue, because I can just make them something. And timely convenience isn’t an issue either because I’m notorious for giving presents super late. Though I always say that it’s really just super super early. :P

@Coloma A ham carcass?? That beats all I’ve ever heard.