Gift Exchange - Tacky or not??

[rogerwa]

Here's the deal. My wifes family has a gift exchange where we swap names and then we buy a gift for that person. The stated gift limit is $50.<br /><br />This year my wife had her brother in law. His wife had my wife (they are sisters). She bought him a heart rate monitor for working out and because the amount came in under $50 she went and bought him some socks to make up the value.<br /><br />My SIL purchased a skirt for my wife and left the tags on it that showed a sale price of $49.99. She also attached a gift receipt. Well the skirt wasn't quite right and she went to the same store and found a pair of pants for about $50. When they rang her up, the lady wanted another $25. As it turns out, the SIL bought the skirt for $24.99 and passed it off for $50.<br /><br />This is not the first time she has done this.<br /><br />We don't need the money or the value is not that important to us, but we just think it is really cheap and tacky. BTW, her husband is a dentist. Need I say more..<br /><br />What do you think??

 

[Nos4r2]

Re: Gift Exchange - Tacky or not??

She's a cheapskate!

 

[DJ]

Re: Gift Exchange - Tacky or not??

Exchanging a gift is not tacky, especially an article of clothing, due to size etc.<br /><br />Passing off a gift as worth more than it was, is REALLY tacky.<br /><br />Wealth does NOT determine class.

 

[heycods]

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Or was it 50 bucks befour christmas and marked down after christmas. Some rip-offs happen

 

[rogerwa]

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WE had a gift receipt so we got what she paid..

 

[DJ]

Re: Gift Exchange - Tacky or not??

Or was it 50 bucks befour christmas and marked down after christmas. Some rip-offs happen

I'm not sure that would apply. THe store should credit the amount PAID, not the mark down price.

 

[Nos4r2]

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Hey, if you say to her "skirt wasnt quite right so we took it back-but I think the store's put it on sale and will only give us $25 back for it. Can we ask you to go in with your credit card reciept and sort it out please?!'<br /><br />She'd think twice about doing it again.

 

[Kiwi Phil]

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My wife tells me, with taste like your, always leave the reciept in the bag.<br />But passing off a $25 gift for a $50 one, if it was me, I would tell her. Not at all honest.<br />Cheers<br />Phillip

 

[pjc]

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LOL roger! My Wifes family had a tradition of presenting a "shopping list" of items that they wished to be given by the person whos name was drawn from a hat.<br /><br />I thought this practice BS, told my wife so and stated that we (I) give gifts based on what I wish to present to the person. <br /><br />Actually werked out well, and is now received as fine by my wifes family. We do have a gift receipt in the present just in case an exchange is desired. <br /><br /> Go figure.

 

[JB]

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Jehosaphat!!<br /><br />What has gift giving and receiving turned into??<br /><br />I hear so much about returning and even selling "unwanted" gifts. I can see exchanging clothing for a more correct size, but if you don't "want" it, give it back. Maybe the giver has a more grateful recipient to give it to.<br /><br />Now, as to faking what a gift cost and/or the store bogusing the real price . . . .PERGAKLOSICPEP!!! <br /><br />Ohhh, I can hear my Grandma's comment on modern manners. She would have used a stronger term than "tacky".

 

[LadyFish]

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It is tacky IMHO however, maybe the giver found a really good deal and thought it was the perfect for the recipient, in which case maybe she should have bought more to add up to the $50. On the other hand, if the gift exchange has a top limit of $50 then anything less could be acceptable, 'cept for maybe a "regift" OMG. <br /><br /><br />LMAO

 

[RubberFrog]

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There's an idea, regift it to her on her birthday.<br /><br />JB, how would grandma like that?