to be really annoyed with people that send birthday presents from amazon that you then need to wrap up ?

[mousemole]

Just that really. Both my DC have birthdays in the next 10 days. So far both sets of grandparetns and 1 friend have sent them presents via amzon that aren't wrapped. In total I now have 8 extra presents to wrap.
Obviously very grateful to receive the presents but there is a gift wrap option on amazon so not sure why I should be expected to do it ?
AIBU ?

YABU. Receiving a parcel through the post is all part of the fun of Amazon gifts - my girls get so excited when the postman brings them something, wrapped or not.

Amazon gift wrap is too boring for children anyway, let them open the brown package!

My DS now 23 hates having present gift wrapped, says it is a huge waste, so I use newspaper - the FT, ot the bag it came in when I bought it.

He got his laptop in the Apple store carrier bag, still a big surprise as he wasn't expecting it.

Other stuff was still in the Paul Smith carrier bag too.

Leave it in the box - no need to wrap up. Kids love opening packages from the post.

Runs into thread,

Ducks,

This annoys me too. Although I'd never admit it in real life!

Leaves thread quickly

Well, I think YANBU!

Parking in the city center is £1.20 an hour so even before I've bought the gift, it's cost me that much. Say, 10p for wrapping paper as someone mentioned above and I've only got £1.20 left to pay for a jiffy bag and postage before it's cost me less to send it gift wrapped by Amazon!

Plus, you'll likely find the present is cheaper on Amazon too - thereby saving more money.

I've sent Amazon wrapped presents to friends in the past and was told how beautifully it was wrapped - much better than my battered, taped up bodge job!

presumably £2.50 takes into account the fact that someone has to wrap it too or does a machine do it ?
You still there blowinonabreeze ?!!

£2.50 is extortionate for wrapping, but i know what you mean.

I sell stuff on Amazon Marketplace, and if someone emails me with the purchase to tell me it's a birthday or christmas present, then I wrap it for them with no extra charge.
(it gets you good feedback!)

also, at Easter, we were giving out chocolate eggs with each purchase in the shop, so i put them in with my online orders too.

nicklebabe you are a lovely ebayer !

That is lovely. I've never had any wrapping or free eggs on ebay or Amazon but it would definitely call for super feedback if i did!!

Do the children really care though? I'd have thought it was exciting enough for them to receive a parcel in the post.

thanks!

AlCrowley - try it, pop an email to them to say it's for a birthday pressent. can't guarantee it would work, but it's worth a go!

Either that or I need to get your seller name for next time I'm shopping

well if the consensus is like the op - then bollocks to all those people i have bought presents for off amazon in the hope that they will get there on time - as i am a rubbish organiser.

balls balls balls to the ungratful people and you now have no present instead of one you have to wrap - like wrapping 8 presents - thoughtful presnts, presents people poured over the internet to buy - yes those...is hard.

mousemole - i think you should inform all the people who have taken time to choose, order and pay for gifts for your dc that you are unhappy about the lack of effort they have made.

replace the babe part of my name with books, and you have it.... (two words though!)

[don't tell anyone though]

YABU - agree with others on the point

• it is wrapped up
• it is thoughtful
• its nice to get something through the post.

hear, hear, spangles

custardo, you can send me a present in a cardboard sleeve, i'll love it.

Totally! We end up wrapping all our kids pressies as our families live far away. We often shop for them too with money they send as well. Just appreciate it!

And just for clarity and emphasis - you are being very unreasonable to be 'really annoyed'.

Unreasonable and ungrateful.

I think Amazon is great and it's lovely for the lo's to receive presents. Just not a great fan or brown amazon stamped cardboard. It's clearly my issue that I feel compelled to take it out of the brown cardboard and wrap it in some brightly coloured recylced wrap paper. IMO much nicer for a 3 and 5 year old.

My sister and I have a reciprocal arrangement on this: if we order for each other's children from Amazon, we make sure it arrives it plenty of time so we can wrap stuff for our own children.

I have no problem with this as we both do it, and because, since we speak so often, I'll usually know in advance.

But I'd be rather if a non-family member did it, particularly if they did it without telling me first.

Alibaba, yes I do something similar with my sister in the states - but like you we both agreed ages ago that's what we would do.
What do people do at Xmas ? We live a long way from all our family so understandably they send all the xmas presents via amazon, tesco, elc, whoever really. Would you put the presents under the tree wrapped in say ELC plastic wrapping, amazon cardboard,tesco grey plastic bag or take the present out and wrap in xmas wrapping ? Maybe it's because my LO's are young but once again at Xmas I spent ages wrapping all their postal presents in xmas paper. Just didn't think it would all look very special under the xmas tree otherwise.

Isn't the brightly coloured wrapping paper half of the excitement when you're a child?

They're only little for such a short time, why not make the most of it?!