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Regifts are pretty obnoxious!!
We received a terrible one for our wedding. DHs friend/groomsmen gave us the Crate and Barrel Shop Card ($50) which is what you get when you return something and get store credit. Since they had registered at C&B, they clearly returned something and had that and gave it to us. The worst part is that we spent $3000 traveling to South America for their wedding just 5 months before our own!
My Nanny does it all the time we just expect it from her now!!!
I got a gift card for my birthday this year that was supposed to be $100, well, i went to use it, and the balance was $85 something....UGH! lovely!
@PitBulLover: We got one of those too! If you have a credit at a store, at least use it to buy something off the registry or...something.
I understand there's no obligation to send a gift, but I think that these people went through all this trouble to package this bowl and send it cross-country...and now it's our problem! I don't want to regift it again but I don't know what to do with it. It's kind of a weird size bowl, pretty small. FI suggested I write in the thank you note "We can't wait to use it to serve peanut M&Ms", haha!
not yet... but someone got me a (pretty cheesy I might say) wedding photo frame that is... a tiered wedding cake. I *might* be regifting that to the next wedding we attend... ;-)
I think I got one that was a martini shaker set with two glasses. I didnt even have martini glasses on my registry and it was totally random. I did want to get a shaker though so it did cmoe in handy.
@PitBulLover: geez! they could have at least took that and bought something with it!
At our engagement party one of my moms neighbors gave us a teeny tiny food processor in a beat up box that they usually give away when you like open a bank account. She is notorious for doing stuff like this, they stopped inviting her to the annual ladies gift exchange because every year someone ended up furious that they got stuck with her "gift".
At our wedding we got some hideous jar thingy that you might see at a Drs office filled with candy. Idk if it was regifted or found in the clearance bin at TJ Maxx but we left it in our hotel room for the maid to throw away.
We recieved a $100 Visa gift card that had expired 2 years prior. We just laughed about it.
One of DH's friends gave us a carousel picture frame (the frames were where the horses should be and spun on the poles), we tried to return it to Target... the copyright was from 2004. Needless to say they didn't carry it anymore.
We have a Sunday school White Elephant gift exchange every year, I know what we're bringing.
We received a crystal bowl that wasn't at all our style (along with an. . . interesting windchime). We looked online and found it was from Bergners (Carson's, Yonker's, Herberger's, etc). When we tried to return it, there was a huge hubub as they tried to find a price. Turns out the line had been discontinued years ago. . .they did offer us a penny for the bowl (which we decided to keep)
I think we're going to pass it on to our friends who are getting married soon (who know the story of how we got it)--along with a real gift of course!
@joy2011: lol, that seems like one of those objects that might have to make the rounds.
when DH1 and i got married, we got one of those horrible cake stand/punch bowl convertible things that are like $10 new, and the box was all beat up and retaped and everything. i regifted it again to my friend for xmas, only after telling her about it and her saying, "i might be able to use that if you don't want it," first. if nothing else, these things and go to goodwill.
I think we might have gotten a couple - one of my friends gave us a pizza cutter, pizza baking sheet, and grater (all things we had registered for at BBB and already had a couple of the items). I think they were all from Target - no tags, no gift receipt, soooo we'll be donating them as they were fairly cheap and older looking and since we had already been given the nicer ones we registered for. Just annoying because it basically becomes a pointless gift, we can't return it, and don't want it.
It honestly looked like one of them went through their parents' house to see what wasn't really used that much, lol.
That's why I give cash or buy from the registry and include a gift receipt. That way, either way, the couple can get whatever they need :)
At my engagement I got a LOT of obvious regifts.
We had a traditional Greek village engagement party and the whole village was invited-I think around 500 people came through the course of the day...
We got a lot of beautiful gifts, and many many re-gifts. I didn't mind at all, but it was noticeable!
my mom's older neighbor gave us a hurricane lamp? its basically a wood base, place for a candle and a glass around the candle. it was in a beat up old box with white tissue paper around it. i'm sure she just had it laying around. its... pretty but unnecessary.
a cook book with those really obvious 1970s pictures the publishing copy right was 1977 and it came with a cutting board and a knife set that had light foam around it that was brown and obviously been sittting around for a long time. so i washed the knife set that came with the cutting board and the knives immediately rusted. but the cutting board is cool haha
@Knubbsy-Wubbsy: A white elephant gift! Great idea. I couldn't think of a good place to unload these gifts because whileit's a perfectly nice gift, I'd feel bad regifting it for another wedding or smething.
My aunt gave me a cutting board I saw her daughter-in-law open at her bridal shower and say she didnt like =) then somehow magiacally i got the same one at my shower. . . and dont like it. . . weird haha
@MaraBeth: Dh thought of it when we opened the gifts. We also have a good gift and bad gift for each couple. I'm not sure what this qualifies as, so I'll probably make cupcakes in a jar or something. Last year I offloaded a hobby horse with antlers on our teachers and they loved it (they have kids).
i got a cake stand and silver serving knife- not sure if it was regifted or bought at a consignment shop...
@bree72: Haha, what did you write when it was time for the thank you card, just curious!?
We got a wine coaster and a horse wine stopper, neither of which did we register for or are in our style. It was a nice gesture but we have no idea where it came from and if we will be able to return it!
I had a lingerie bridal shower and received a *used* teddy from FI's cousin. Maybe that doesn't technically count as "regifting" but it was pretty horrifying. I wondered why it didn't have any tags on it, but I brushed it off. Then after I opened it she was like "yeah, I just had a breast reduction surgery so it doesn't fit me anymore." Yeeeah...that particular gift is still in the bag at my apartment.
@swanks4tw: lol
Ok I completely forgot about what happened at my bachelorette. My MOH did the panty thing where you get a pair for your honeymoon, anniv, kids etc and assigned each of the girls a pair. My one friend got assigned the sexy honeymoon pair, completely forgot and at the last second threw in a pair she had gotten as a gift (with a weird merkin detachable thing haha). She told me this when I opened them and promised to find me another pair when she had time. I still give her sh*t about giving me used panties.
Oh we got a TON of regifts! I wasn't too upset about any of them honestly bc it was all pretty decent stuff, but not really our taste.. which is why guests should stick to the registry..
One was a real silver platter which I'm sure was expensive, but it was already tarnished and very ornate/antique looking which totally clashed with all of our modern things. And of course the box was for something else entirely, so clearly a regift. Another gift was a pretty but clearly cheap blue and white chinese vase and it was just stuffed into a gift bag that was too small for it. I had to laugh because i imagined the giver going "Crap! I'm about to attend a wedding and I don't have a gift!" then looking around the house and saying "This will do!" and stuffing it into a bag.
We got a digital photo frame from my MIL's friend, who I like very much. This woman did nothing short of wonderful for us for my shower and wedding- baking delicious cookies and other treats. I'm sure she'd be mortified if we told her what was up with that photo frame (I won't!)
The frame had obviously been purchased and used by someone else and there were some "less than tasteful" pictures from the prevoius owner on it...along with a big giant black hair stuck in the one corner.
Altho not technically a "re-gift" on her part since she bought it directly from the store... it was definitely put to good kinky use previously. DH and I assume that when it was reburbished, they failed to wipe the memory clean. OOps!
Lol, I know... it was awful. After everyone else left, my sisters and I just laughed and laughed about it. My mom was in the middle of trying to say I should just wash it and it will be fine and she couldn't even finish her sentence, we were all laughing so hard. Who thinks it's ok to regift undergarments? Really...
@swanks4tw: Haha, I thought my crystal bowl was a bit of a disapointing gift...at least it wasn't used lingerie! That's just weird.
The only obvious regift that I can think of is the iron we got from DH's great grandma. It was in a gift bag with the dirrections, no box lol. I don't mind because she is really old and doesn't really get out to shop much any more and it is a really nice brand new one.
Yes! We got a set of beer mugs that were in the old Macy's Cellar packaging from like 20 years ago and the white box was even starting to yellow. We LOL'd a little bit, but they're AWESOME mugs and we love them!
Ok- I haven't had my wedding yet, but my worst re-gift was for Christmas last year, my cousin gave me a cordless phone. When I plugged it in, it had 17 missed calls on the caller ID!
Besides that, I had previously told her that the only reason I had a home phone number was for the enterphone system in my building. I only use my cell phone for talking to people.
We just got another one! Maybe it's kind of regional, because we've only gotten these obvious regifts from one part of my family who all live in the same state. This cousin sent us a regifted Mikasa silver frame for our engagement, and she just sent us a Lenox ceramic bud vase for our wedding. I tried looking up both online and they've been discontinued for years!
Like I said, I know it's the thought that counts...but I have no idea what to do with this stuff! I feel like it's the type of thing people think is a typical wedding gift, but it's totally not our taste.
my grandparents are notorious for giving us stuff they have laying around. I've recieved a bag of rubber bands, a sack of coins, a box of nails, a box of threads...LOL. You get the idea. So, I expect nothing less for my wedding from them! I think it's adorable actually.
I have mixed feelings about re-gifting. If you have something that you've NEVER opened or used, but that you don't like/need and you know someone who would like/need it and that person NEVER saw this item in your house/didn't see you open the gift, then it is acceptable to give it for Christmas or birthdays. I re-gift only under these conditions. A lot of the time, I'll get gifts that I never open, especially those bath sets with the lotion, loofa, shower gel, and body spray. If the scent isn't one I particularly like, I'll re-gift. I'd NEVER re-gift something I'd opened or used, that'd be embarrassing.
For weddings, it's different though. I am a firm believer in shopping from registries. People register for things for their homes. Everyone has his or her own preference and style when it comes to towels, pots and pans, appliances, etc. If you give someone something from your home, how do you know they will like it/need it/don't already have it? Even if you just get someone a cheap thing off of their registry, they will be greatful because they WANTED it.
Anyway, last night was my birthday. FCIL very obviously regifted a picture frame to me. I do not like the picture frame, at all. I really didn't want nor did I expect her to bring me a gift. Now, I'm stuck with this picture frame that I don't like. I don't want to regift it because it is so obviously a regift that I'd be embarrassed to give it. I, of course, have an image of how I want my home decor to be. This frame does not represent that style. It is very "grandma". It is like frosted glass, heart-shaped, with frosted glass flowers in the corner. I am sure FCIL will be wanting to know where the frame is when she comes to my future home, too. I know she doesn't have a lot of money, but I just wish she wouldn't have brought me anything! I am trying to remember if she got the frame at her shower, because she got a lot of stuff she didn't register for at her shower. She regifted FMIL this disgusting scented candle, like wood smoke scent (who would buy that), that she got at her shower. That's why I am believing this picture frame came from that.
We did! It is a crystal looking bowl. It was just wrapped in a bag no label or sticker or anything on it to tell us what it is other than a glass bowl. We just laughed about it and it is now sitting in a closet.
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We received a gift yesterday that was obviously regifted...it was a small crystal bowl we didn't register for and that is not our taste at all. It had clearly been opened before. I do believe it's the thought that counts and we hardly know these people, so it was nice of them to send us something, but it's just so obvious this is something they already had lying around!
Have you received any presents that are obviously re-gifts?