REGIFTING: resourceful or tacky?

what do you guys think about giving someone something you already have?

for example, when i drove from alaska to alabama i bought a 700min phone card (for emergencies or whatnot) and used only 15min on it. so, now i have a phone card with 685min on it, but i have a cell phone with free long distance so i dont need the phone card. my sister, whose name i drew in our family christmas present exchange, lives in georgia and she said that she would like a phone card for christmas since she and her fiancee only have a house phone and no long distance. in a situation like that, where i have something that is of no use to me and someone else needs it, is regifting okay?

another example (i know i said i wouldnt do this, but then i realized it's JUST a VIDEO GAME): my boyfriend wants the NCAA football 07 game for christmas. well, i have about 15 of my own video games that i will never play (and neither will he) that i want to take to a video game store and use them to get store credit to get him the game he wants. this isnt exactly regifting, i'm using something that otherwise will just sit around and collect dust to get something he wants. if i'm short on cash, and he's still getting what he wants, should there be a problem? he said the problem is that we'd already talked about taking in the games for credit to get the NCAA game, we'd just never gotten around to it. well, now i'm getting around to it and he's accusing me of trying to rip him off on christmas presents!!

well, are they your games? if not, then your basically trading his games for a new one.....

Selling your old games for cash to buy new games is AOK :thumbsup: in my book. Hey its the though that counts right?

well, are they your games? if not, then your basically trading his games for a new one.....

yes, they are games that were given to me (free) by my sister's fiancee. i wouldnt just take his games and trade them in for a new one! then i would be ripping him off!

f it then, trade away!

game swap is totally legit! I think lil sis would appreciate the phone card. Maybe you can get her a lil something else too? Nothing big but maybe a small gesture

Both instances are fine with me. If he gets all pissy about yout trading in the old games, he'll chill out once he sees what you got in exchange for em.

On a side note, you drove from Alaska to Bama?!!!??!!?!?

*pops in DVD*



"East bound and down, loaded up and truckin',
we're gonna do what they say can't be done.
We've got a long way to go and a short time to get there.
I'm east bound, just watch ol' "Bandit" run."


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Both instances are fine with me. If he gets all pissy about yout trading in the old games, he'll chill out once he sees what you got in exchange for em.

well, we've talked about it a lot the past couple of days and he is being very stubborn about this stupid game. i dont know if it's because he knows it's what he'll be getting or because i wouldnt be paying the full price, but he keeps saying that "it wont be a present." so what i think i will do, to prove my point that a gift is a gift and it's the thought that counts, is buy the game full price and give it to him. and then give him the games i would have traded in for it.



On a side note, you drove from Alaska to Bama?!!!??!!?!?

yep, i drove from alaska to alabama. to be with this guy who doesnt want me to get him what he wants for christmas. man, i knew the south was "different", but this is too much!!

weird, how did u meet this guy?

we met at a party in alaska. he was in the air force and is from alabama which is how i ended up here.

interesting

Um, neither of those struck me as regifting. And both seemed pretty reasonable...especially if you are financially strapped right now. Granted if you aren't, something small additionally would be nice, but both of those situations seem fine to me.

I though you were talking about regifting like Frank the Tank style. That is only good when it's in a movie with Will Ferrell, any and all other instances...no good. (which is why I stopped giving my uncle presents...true story)

If he's accusing you of ripping him off on Christmas presents, get a new boyfriend. The selfish prick.


Fuck I hate Christmas.

If he's accusing you of ripping him off on Christmas presents, get a new boyfriend. The selfish prick.


Fuck I hate Christmas.

+1

If he is going to act like that, give him coal. No, literally. See how his attitude turns around... and if it doesn't, you should turn around and walk right out the door.

i knew the south was "different", but this is too much!!


Thats Bama, come on to Tejas, we know how to treat our women (for the most part) :icon16:

I agree with those 2 above. I say don't get him shit for being a crybaby. For christ sakes, you drove from Alaska just to be with him!!! For me that'd be the gift that keeps on giving. Please tell me you had cruise control.

haha! yep, i used cruise control as often as possible and i had a copilot, except when i drove from central to southern california. truth be told, that was my favorite part of the trip. partly because i was high as f##k, and partly because i didnt have to make conversation!!

as far as his gift goes, i decided to just return the games and get store credit on a gift card. that's what i'm gonna give him, along with the vent visors. but i think i'll fill a stocking with coal and give him that first.

or maybe i'll return the vent visors and get him something he doesnt even want or need. which is what he did for me for my 21st birthday (last month). guys, unless your girl asks for it, DO NOT get her a bath set gift basket. it practically screams, "i didnt listen to you when you were telling me what you wanted," or sometimes, just, "i'm an idiot." really.

And you're with this guy....why?

Haha, I almost said what I got Chris for Christmas on here. I'm dumb.

Anyway, regifting is completely ok if it's something you know they want and it's like, something new that you have that's just laying around. And trading in games is ok too.

And you're with this guy....why?

I was thinking the samething. I hope you're not gonna be co-starring in an episode of Cops anytime soon.

Get him a copy of Hustler and a bottle of lotion and say have a fun night, dick.

another example (i know i said i wouldnt do this, but then i realized it's JUST a VIDEO GAME): my boyfriend wants the NCAA football 07 game for christmas. well, i have about 15 of my own video games that i will never play (and neither will he) that i want to take to a video game store and use them to get store credit to get him the game he wants. this isnt exactly regifting, i'm using something that otherwise will just sit around and collect dust to get something he wants. if i'm short on cash, and he's still getting what he wants, should there be a problem? he said the problem is that we'd already talked about taking in the games for credit to get the NCAA game, we'd just never gotten around to it. well, now i'm getting around to it and he's accusing me of trying to rip him off on christmas presents!!

Smartassery aside, if I pulled something like that with my girl, she wouldn't get me jack, and I'd be getting the couch treatment for a while. If he was a true gentlemen, he would be telling you that your presence and company alone are more than enough for the next twenty Christmas's.

Morons like that piss me off. Seems no one knows how to treat a lady anymore. "Ripping him off on presents"?? That alone should be more than enough reason for him to get a slap in the face as his only gift.

Immature twat.

Smartassery aside, if I pulled something like that with my girl, she wouldn't get me jack, and I'd be getting the couch treatment for a while.

Same here brother. My wife doesn't always get me stuff I ask for, but I don't really care. It shows that she pays enough attention to know what other things I like and she gets me something nice still that she picked out. I'll spend 10x the amount on her gifts as she does on mine, but I wouldn't say I'm being "ripped off" on gifts, thats the most immature thing i've ever heard. Christmas isn't about video games. She could re-gift something, give me a giftcard, or just make me a clay pot, its not the gift itself that makes it special. Tell him to grow up.

If it's useful for the recipient, even if not "brand new", everyone wins. Besides, as stated earlier, not everyone has the spare cash to buy "new" at times. If the recipient has an issue with that, tell them you'll take it back, and so friggin' sorry I don't have the $$ now to do the "brand new" thing, I just thought of you and what might be helpful or useful. Beyond that, tell 'em, bah humbug, I'll stop thinking of you.

Example, I have [well, had] a nice basic Sony DVD player that I rarely use [used]. Great shape, fully functional. Not too old. My mom has wanted a DVD player for awhile now. She can't afford to get one herself, I have one I don't use enough to keep. See where I'm going here? Yeah, it's not "in the box", it's not new, but it gives her a player I can't afford to buy with circumstances as they are for me right now. And it gives her a player she has always wanted.

Win-Win situation.