So who's started to dispose of unwanted Christmas presents already?
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I have. I received a 2011 diary with a rather colourful tartan colour scheme cover. I use work planners so this was surplus to requirements and today I ended up donating it to the local British Heart Foundation shop so that they could resell it for that good cause.
So, have you disposed of any unwanted Christmas gifts and where have they gone?
So, have you disposed of any unwanted Christmas gifts and where have they gone?
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Don't mean to be ungrateful, I know friends and family have put some sentiment into their gift.....but bath sets/lotions & potions/make up are not for me.
So i kind of started disposing of my christmas presents before christmas day actually arrived
I wish I had known this several years ago when I gave my OH's granny something that she had bought for me the year before
I'm the same as you.... I though my mum is a regifter (lol new word there)
I've told my mum this to warn her - but she has been doing it for years and usually has a goody bag of lotions/potions/candles/unwanted stuff ....... If I need a spare thing - she gives me the goody bag to choose from (usually for people that I wouldn't really buy a gift for but feel obliged to do so - e.g. secret santa etc..)
Ouch! I try and make sure that gift items get distributed around the local charity shops so if anyone does spot something familiar, it can just be put down to coincidence but if I'd given all the stuff to one charity shop then it could look a bit suspicious.
Ditto
Yankee Candle - I am giving as a birthday present in January. (I am allergic).
Bayliss & Harding smellies set - Another birthday present.
Razor & Shaving Gel set - Given to my Dad. (Not as a present though).
It has never bothered me if someone has regifted something I have given them. It just means I have saved them going out and spending more money, so in a way I think of it as helping.
Wouldn't you be offended if you spent ages deciding on a gift for someone, spending good money on it, then find out they gave it away or regifted it?
I'd rather the recipient says they don't want it for whatever reason, I'll take it back or give them the receipt so they can get an exchange or refund for something they do want.