AIBU - Do you re-gift unwanted Birthday / Christmas presents?

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As the title suggests - I would be interested to know who re-gift unwanted presents and who thinks it's unreasonable .

Yes - if it's not something I can use and I know it would suit another friend/relative.

Regifting is not a nice thing to do and I would think someone was cheap if they did this.

On the other hand, passing something that you've received but don't particularly like to someone who you think would appreciate it (and as long as the person who gave it to you wouldn't find out) is fine. Just as long as it's a "bonus" - not their birthday or Christmas present.

I use bubble bath in the shower or for handwash, it's soap.

It's not soap, it's detergent.

I think regifting is fine, as long as it is something nice

My sister doesn't drink alcohol (doesn't particularly like much of it and has a potentially dangerous physical reaction). If someone who didn't realise this gave her a bottle of Bailey's or Talisker for her birthday I imagine her first thought would be "well that's merry's/h's Christmas present sorted!"

And we would be delighted with the present. Even if we happened to find out its provenance, because we're not spendthrift wastrels.

I mean, obviously nobody wants regifted tat, but that's because nobody wants tat. If you can't think of anything useful or aesthetically pleasing to the recipient, then don't get anything.

Of course! Especially with children’s presents - DD often gets given duplicates or something she isn’t much into, so I regift (making sure it isn’t obvious to the original parents etc.!)

Surely everyone does? And much better and less wasteful than chucking it away or filling up the charity shop. It’s like the modern equivalent of the school tombola

Don't see an issue if you know the person you're regifting it to will like it.
I get bought a lot of prosecco, very nice ones (so I'm told) and will regift them to a couple of friends that I know really like it.
I'll keep the odd one for our drinks cupboard for when we have guests, but otherwise I'll use them as gifts.
I wouldn't regift tat though.

It also wouldn't bother me to receive a regifted item as long as the person doing it thought I'd like it and wasn't just trying to palm it off on me to save buying me something I'd actually like.

Charity shop

I re-gifted a set of handcreams from my mil to my mum. Apart from that I don’t regift, I donate unwanted gifts to the charity shop.

Oh I forgot I also regifted alcohol to my mil (I’m teetotal)

I used to be such a coward about this.

Now, I check the packaging for any hint of personalisation and pass it on - charity shops, raffles, prize draws and re-gifting.

Or, I might actually like and use it and then keep it.

Yes absolutely if it’s a nice gift for the person you want to give it to - we had a duplicate set of puzzles for my DC’s birthday that they’d previously had last Xmas so they’ll be given to someone else this Christmas!

@Anonymous48

Regifting is not a nice thing to do and I would think someone was cheap if they did this.

On the other hand, passing something that you've received but don't particularly like to someone who you think would appreciate it (and as long as the person who gave it to you wouldn't find out) is fine. Just as long as it's a "bonus" - not their birthday or Christmas present.

Gifts aren’t about the money, they’re about the thought. If you were teetotal and were gifted a really lovely bottle of gin that you knew I liked then I’d love to receive that from you for Christmas. Because you saw it and thought of me.

It really doesn’t matter that you would normally spend eg £20 on me; I don’t want that £20, I want acknowledgment that my friend knows me and gives me things they’ll know I’ll enjoy.

I'm happy to regift. Usually around this time of year a local charity runs a Christmas present appeal and I often donate them to those.

Yes. Re gift, sell, or donate.
My partners family are notorious for giving gifts with no relevance to us/horrific taste that we just won't use!

TheSpiral
I'm interested in your phrase catholic taste and what it means. Do you have a cupboard full of plastic hail Mary's like my family

yes

I absolutely hate re gifting !! My MIL does it every year ... her birthday is in December so I know she just fobs us off with a load of tat she doesn't want ! ... then I have to trudge it all down to the charity shop .. I find it thoughtless and cheap ... different if she said " oh .. here you go .. do you want any of these things ?.. if not can you give them to charity ?" .. but not to package it all up ...

I re gift toys that are duplicates for very similar.
My close family I can explain and ask for receipts do exchange but H's and friends I can't.
I also take clothes back and exchange if they don't fit or aren't to mine or DC's taste. I am also not bothered if other people exchange as I would rather they have something they like

Toiletries that I won’t use go in the food bank trolley in Tesco.
Clothes I will either use as a base layer if suitable or the go in my gardening clothes pile.
Anything else I won’t use or want goes to the charity shop. I never regift as with my memory I am likely to giv e it back to the person who gave it to me in the first place.

I regift almost all the tat my parents give to us to the charity shop... Other than that I'd normally only regift if it was something that I knew the recipient would like and often on a "just because basis".

For me it depends on the gift. Something good but not to my taste does get regifted, but I make a note who gave me what, and make sure it never goes back to the original giver. Otherwise stuff I don't want gets sold or charity shopped.

A lot of things I got for Christmas used to go straight to the charity shop because I don't like much clutter and already have as much as I can stand. Now I don't really do Christmas any more, but the couple of people I give gifts to, I like to choose something they'll really like so regifting isn't an option for that reason.

I tend to put all wine, chocs and biscuits received from customers in the local food bank at xmas, because they are rarely my cup of tea.