Is £15 in a card an acceptable present

[Scabbersley]

For nieces and nephews. SIL is very particular about what we get them and generally what she asks for on their behalf is complicated or expensive. The youngest is now 13 and the oldest 17. I was thinking £20 in a card which is 60. Dh says 15 each which seems tight somehow, but I am in the throes of Christmas madness so can't really see straight. My own Dsis has a dd who I love to buy for as she's happy with anything vaguely trendy.

[purpleunicorns]

I think £15 is perfectly reasonable since there's 6 to buy for, they'll be able to get twice as much in the sales after Xmas anyway

[Jenala]

I think £20 would be better. £15 isn't cheap necessarily but it does feel tight. Perhaps because there's a sense that effort had to be put in to get the right notes iyswim? A bit pernickety. I can't word what I mean properly! A nice crisp £20 just looks better imo. It depends on what you can afford though!

[Scabbersley]

Yes I agree. Dh is very very tight over Xmas, if it was up to him our own dcs would have one hand carved wooden toy and an orange

[Lovemusic33]

I must be tight, I wouldn’t give more than £10 . I have spent £25 on a joint present for niece and nephew, I usually spend £10-£15 each which I think is plenty. I buy for quite a few so I can’t afford to give everyone £20 each.

[irregularegular]

Hard to say really. 15 is a lot for some, not much for others. Depends on how much money you have to spare, how much you normally spend, how much they normally spend on you and yours.

I do think a tenner and a fiver will look very slightly odd. Maybe an Amazon gift card instead?

[doughnutcraver]

£15 is perfectly acceptable.
My brother spends £15 on me and give £15 cash to dc and I'm more than happy with that.

[Avebury]

I think a £15 voucher is better than cash - maybe wrapped with a £1 selection box or something

[4forksake]

£15 is perfectly acceptable. I do the same with my 3 nieces & nephew (ages 16 up). Plus some sort of sweets to unwrap. My 2 DC are getting gifts in return for less than £25 between them. I know you don't give to receive & I genuinely would rather give than receive but this somewhat irks me as SIL definitely looks down her nose when an envelope is opened & checks the notes to see how much is in there. Her face was one year when we decreased to £10 as it's all we could afford. We also had to stop buying presents & resort to money as the ideas we were given for presents were all expensive computer games etc & we just could afford it when we had kids. Rant over & breathe

[Scabbersley]

I don't think they ever go to the cinema and she certainly doesn't like them to have sweets 🙄

[irregularegular]

"She certainly doesn't like them to have sweets". At 13-17? Good luck with that!

[Chasingsquirrels]

£15 is perfectly fine - and it would be bloody rude of them (SIL or kids) to imply that a gift wasn't acceptable.
My 11 & 15 yo's would much prefer cash to a voucher.

Personally I think a £2 selection box and a tenner would be fine.

[Scabbersley]

Sil is really particular which is why I just wanted to do the cash!!

[PoppyFleur]

£15 is fine and if you wanted to do a voucher instead I would go with Amazon. I defy any teen not to find something on Amazon!

[chillimice]

I agree with everyone who said cash, much easier to spend (or get someone to buy something for you on your behalf). We do £10 (sometimes £5) for DNs and mine would be thrilled with £15!

[sweetsomethings]

15 is very generous and kind my kids get £5 off of a few relatives and are over the moon with that . So no it's not tight