Re-gifting

So I'm pretty sure I've snapped out a friend re-gifting a present to me.  She's not a close friend, is actually my sister's friend but we've known each other for years and I went to her baby shower last year, and visited her after she had her baby.

 

She came to visit me last week and after she left I opened the present she brought for Ava.  It was a cute unisex AIO size 000 and a creamy coloured fleecey blanket.  I thought that Ava wouldn't get to wear the AIO being that it's too hot and she'll be too big to wear it when it's cold enough too.  The tag (with no price) is still attached so I took it back to Farmers and asked if it was possible to exchange it for a bigger size.  The customer service chick said she hadn't seen this AIO on the racks and went off to check and also got on the phone (to probably talk to the supervisor to see if I was allowed to exchange without a voucher).  She then checked on the computer and said the item was so old it was in their clearance stock worth $1.50.  So they couldn't do any exchange since there obviously wasn't any in their stock.  I was quite embarressed that my friend had pretty much been snapped out for re-gifting - when they are really well off!!

 

She's obviously given me a gift she was given for her son who was born May last year (and they didn't know the sex of their baby so why it was a unisex outfit). 

 

I laughed everytime I think of it.  Have you re-gifted before?  Or have you caught someone else re-gifting to you?

hehe great story! I have only just started doing a bit of re gifting, not within the same circles, and i have only regifted wines so not really noticable things (i hope)

I regifted today!!   I realised that a friend who was visiting who I hadnt seen in ages bought me a birthday pressie but I never gave her one as she was meant to come up to Auckland the weekend after her birthday but never did. I kept meaning to send her something but never got round to it. I remembered about half an hour before she arrived so had a quick hunt and found some foot lotion and a loofah thing someone had given me when Floyd was born (not a close friend)

Ah, nope haven't re-gifted before. It's honestly something I've never actually thought of doing. Although I'm pretty positive we have received re-gifted gifts (geez thats a mouthful!)

Any baby stuff that has been inappropriate (ie, clothes not weather-appropriate) I've just passed onto friends, not as gifts, or dropped off at Plunket/Salvation Army.

It just doesn't sit right with me to re-gift something

I actually probably wouldn't have thought anything of it, if I could've used the gift I was given.  But I can't use it.  Even the blanket... I've had 2 winter babies, and just had my 4th child, so have PLENTY of fleecey blankets.

 

I've re-gifted once before.  We were given HEAPS of coffee mugs for our engagement and wedding, so I re-gifted a set to a friend for her engagement that was a few months after us.  But I know they would've been used and needed.

I re-gift and have no problems doing so. I wouldnt re-gift to immediate family or close friends but have no problem doing it. I have "gift" box that I pick from and I write down who gave it to me so I dont give it back LOL

In these times one must be frugal LOL..

Giving a winter gift for a summer baby is a bit lazy though LOL

lol

I always tell my friends "I thought of you when i saw this, but if you dont like it, then feel free to pass it onto someone who might"

but then again I have known my friends long enough that we tend to regift in our circle of friends and no one is unhappy about it

I did one worse than re-gifting, I gave SS chocolates for Xmas, he forgot to take them, I knew he was flying out overseas and wouldn't be back for awhile so rather than try to get them to him in Hamilton in a hurry (before he left) I kept quiet and ate them.

Wow Booboo that is incredibly rude - how did you find out, did your SIL tell you or did someone come across it on Trade Me?

Booboo that IS rude!

I have a confession to make, my friend from Oz was visiting over new years and had bought her a present for her 30th, we didn't end up catching up so I kept the present for myself In my defence, she hadn't got me anything for my 30th, so it was more of a 'just in case she had something for me' gift. It still sounds bad doesn't it I really like it though!!!

Re kids clothes, I will definitely be doing some re-gifting, we have SO many pretty frilly dresses it's rediculous. She never has worn them and never will, so if any of my friends have girls they will be getting at least one pink frilly dress I think it's fine as long as you don't re-gift to someone in the same circle of friends or family.