DS is hoping to get an Xbox for Christmas and has been talking about it at school. Suddenly, out of the blue, one of his mates turned up with a wrapped christmas pressie last week and handed to him at school. It is 3 Xbox games, as mate is selling his Xbox to buy a PS4. We are all a little bit stunned and not sure how to handle this. The games are obviously 2nd hand, but having looked up the titles online, they go for about £8-£10 each, so this is around £30 value of games and DS has given him nothing in return. I suggested we get a £10 gift voucher for the mate to put towards some other game for his new PS as a thank you gesture - we don't really want to start the "buying mates a pressie" scenario, and had the mate said to DS he had some games to get rid of, he would have offered to buy them (he has previously bought and exchanged games from another lad), rather than make a present issue of them.
Maybe we are taking this all a bit too seriously, but finding it a little embarrassing, especially if the mate in question tells his parents "I've given XXX 3 of my games" and we have done nothing in return. I know you don't give presents necessarily to receive, but its the fact he wrapped them, and even put in his christmas card to DS "I hope you like your present", that has made it a bit too much ...
Any advice appreciated please, thanks