Is it okay for me to re-gift an item?
Nancy Mitchell: Absolutely, I think it needs times when we thinking about having less of
an impact on our environment, think about re-gifting but here is the
disclaimer; you have got to be extremely careful. Keep a gift log when
gifts come in to you, write down when you received them, what the gift
was, what the occasion was and who gave you the gift. Then if you know
if something you will never use, you don t like it. It is going to sit on a
shelf or it is going to go out to a charity. The next time the truck comes on
your street and picks up the give away material, then put in the special
place and think about re-gifting it. You cannot re-gift a gift that you have
used or has come out of its original packaging. What is wrong with finding
a decent home for that poor gift? It may not be something that you
appreciate; it may be terrific for somebody else. Just be very-very careful
of that it does not go back to the originator, it does not go back to someone
who is close to the originator and would see it in their home, be very-very
careful about that.
Also, if have a very close relationship with someone I would not re-gift.
That is the time when you go out and you find a gift that says the message
that you were trying to convey if you will that I appreciate you, we are
friends, I appreciate your business or in some cases I love you when it is
boyfriend, girlfriend, it is husband, it is wife. You have to consider all of
those options, if you will in the mix before you decided to re-gift. But why
not it is collecting dust on your shelf?