Question:
Which is worse in your opinion: re-gifting or returning?
anonymous
2011-12-27 06:54:46 UTC
Which is worse in your opinion: re-gifting or returning?
Ten answers:
anonymous
2011-12-27 07:45:09 UTC
If you're a "save the planet" person, eitherof those choices are better than just keeping something you just can't (or won't) use. Energy and raw materials were used to make the item; to just allow it to gather dust or hold on to it for a few years before throwing it out is wasteful.



Return it to the store, or give it to someone who would/could use it, or donate it to Goodwill.
Gerry S
2011-12-27 07:41:23 UTC
Both are typically about ill-matched gifts. They are simply different approaches. If someone is in dire straits, financially, then returning may be about finances. However, most folks returning gifts take the money and buy something they wish they'd received, so they are basically correcting a bad gift. Re-gifting is a bit awkward, but if it's a better match for the other person, then it can be a thoughtful use of a poorly-matched gift.



Nothing wrong with either, so long as the original recipient understands the loving thought behind the poorly matched gift.
anonymous
2011-12-27 09:03:50 UTC
i think its better to return something the regift something. First of all returning doesnt mean you werent grateful for the thought, maybe it just wasnt right for you. Maybe it was the wrong size or it was a duplicate. Both my brother and i got my mom the same coffee maker this year (we live in different states) should she keep them both and not get something else she loves because we didnt comunicate? I DONT THINK SO... ITS HER GIFT



however REGIFTING.. is lazy. its saying that not only do you not appreciate the effort and thought put into someone wanting YOU to have something but that you are too LAZY or CHEAP to get someone else something they would WANT. Instead you get them something laying around your house. No effort no thought. Id hate to be a regifter. i care more about my friends then that
SBM
2011-12-27 06:55:49 UTC
Dude you kidding? Returning a gift is the worst thing that could ever happen to ya or anyone. When you buy someone something worthy with all your heart and soul and love and it gets returned. Man, worst feeling ever. Breaks the heart on its place!
Ed
2011-12-27 06:57:06 UTC
Re-gifting is the worst. At least returning it you get some money back.
anonymous
2016-11-30 12:53:32 UTC
whilst my bf broke up w/ me he did no longer provide me decrease back the provides i gave him. he only decrease back the failings I easily have in his house... he additionally gave the the video games that he gave as a modern... n he gave it to me in man or woman. he grew to become into going to furnish me decrease back the Wii in effective condition we offered for the different on our 2d Anniversary yet i instructed him to maintain it coz I haven't any Wii Console. which comes right down to how i felt approximately it. i grew to become into devastated yet i think of it rather is only suited that u save the failings he gave u. there is no longer something incorrect to be pals w/ him down the line. i'm nevertheless pals w/ my ex as much as now. if u provide him decrease back the presents he gave u, make beneficial u clarify why ur doing this n wish that he will understand what u'r dealing with.
ThisIsIt!
2011-12-27 07:47:39 UTC
Once you've given someone a gift, it is their decision what to do with it. There should be no strings to a true "gift." You've given something to a person to do with as he or she wants. If you don't like what they did, that's tough. It was theirs.
anonymous
2011-12-27 06:56:52 UTC
I think it depends on the gift and who gave it.
anonymous
2011-12-27 06:56:18 UTC
.. I've regifted.. And returned... I say niether
AGM
2011-12-27 07:42:46 UTC
regifting


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