http://jacquelinewhitmore.com/regifting-etiquette-to-regift-or-not-to-regift/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:23:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://jacquelinewhitmore.com/regifting-etiquette-to-regift-or-not-to-regift/#comment-673 Ava Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:13:06 +0000 http://blog.etiquetteexpert.com/?p=541#comment-673 My daughter recently recieved wedding gifts from a very well-to-do co-worker of mine for a wedding gift. You could tell right away that these gifts were not NEW by any means. The first one was a plastic ice bucket with matching glasses. The design on the bucket and glasses appear to be from years past, and the ice bucket had what appeared to be a mold stain in the bottom which indicates this item had been used or stored for a long period of time in a damp place. The other item was a silver plated 4x5 size photo book -- again somewhat discolored, full of fingerprints. This, of course is like a slap in the face to the recipient and to me. I can fully understand someone of meager means regifting, but not from someone of her means who could, without any financial difficulty whatsoever, get a new gift to give -- or nothing at all in this case would have been more acceptable. My daughter recently recieved wedding gifts from a very well-to-do co-worker of mine for a wedding gift. You could tell right away that these gifts were not NEW by any means. The first one was a plastic ice bucket with matching glasses. The design on the bucket and glasses appear to be from years past, and the ice bucket had what appeared to be a mold stain in the bottom which indicates this item had been used or stored for a long period of time in a damp place. The other item was a silver plated 4×5 size photo book — again somewhat discolored, full of fingerprints. This, of course is like a slap in the face to the recipient and to me. I can fully understand someone of meager means regifting, but not from someone of her means who could, without any financial difficulty whatsoever, get a new gift to give — or nothing at all in this case would have been more acceptable.

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