Definitely, I did a gift exchange at a party 2 years ago and got a pair of men socks. What do I do with that? Fortunately, my coworker included a receipt so I could go exchange it for a gift card.
Ohhh good point Yinglan 🙂 I hadn’t thought about that kind of gift exchanges, that are rather unpersonal! Good for you for getting the gift card instead!
Hehehehehe, I guess you just have to be careful remembering who gave you the bad presents not to regive them to them 😉 Or maybe that could be a (not so) subtle message? 😛
As I told Paula, you just have to be careful, unless you want to let the people who gave you disappointing gifts know, just how special you felt when you received them 😛
I’m sincere in thanking whoever took the time to buy the gift, even if I privately think it’s awful. If I regift, I make sure it’s not given to someone else who is acquainted with the first person too. It can be tricky!
no, I never have. If someone took the time to purchase or create a present for me I kept it. I still have the horribly double-FISH vase someone gave me at my wedding. Looks like two catfish slapping each other with their tails. *shudders*. It is in the living room.
I’m the same, Madame Suze! A couple of birthdays back, my brother and his boyfriend gave me this insanely ugly lamp (and I mean it… In Lampworld, this lamp would have to be the kindest lamp ever to make lamp friends… And it would probably make lampbabies cry). And did I get rid of it, or at least hide it in a closet? Nope! It is still in the livingroom. I even found a purpose for it; I realized that if a thief was to break into our apartment, if he saw The Lamp, he probably wouldn’t bother looking for anything worth reselling. LOL
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Yes, not reimbursed but exchanged. Only because the giver said that I could!
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I might do it, if the person told me it was fine… But in general, I just appreciate what’s being given to me 🙂
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That’s good thinking.
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At Christmas because it didn’t work
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Hehehehehe, yeah that’s a very good reason to get an exchange 😉
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Definitely, I did a gift exchange at a party 2 years ago and got a pair of men socks. What do I do with that? Fortunately, my coworker included a receipt so I could go exchange it for a gift card.
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Ohhh good point Yinglan 🙂 I hadn’t thought about that kind of gift exchanges, that are rather unpersonal! Good for you for getting the gift card instead!
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Oh definitely, a gift card is much better. At least I get to pick the gift.
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No. I just hide them away to regift or toss out!
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Hehehehehe, I guess you just have to be careful remembering who gave you the bad presents not to regive them to them 😉 Or maybe that could be a (not so) subtle message? 😛
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I’m more a re-gifter.
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As I told Paula, you just have to be careful, unless you want to let the people who gave you disappointing gifts know, just how special you felt when you received them 😛
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I’m sincere in thanking whoever took the time to buy the gift, even if I privately think it’s awful. If I regift, I make sure it’s not given to someone else who is acquainted with the first person too. It can be tricky!
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no, I never have. If someone took the time to purchase or create a present for me I kept it. I still have the horribly double-FISH vase someone gave me at my wedding. Looks like two catfish slapping each other with their tails. *shudders*. It is in the living room.
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I’m the same, Madame Suze! A couple of birthdays back, my brother and his boyfriend gave me this insanely ugly lamp (and I mean it… In Lampworld, this lamp would have to be the kindest lamp ever to make lamp friends… And it would probably make lampbabies cry). And did I get rid of it, or at least hide it in a closet? Nope! It is still in the livingroom. I even found a purpose for it; I realized that if a thief was to break into our apartment, if he saw The Lamp, he probably wouldn’t bother looking for anything worth reselling. LOL
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