Is re-gifting OK?

It's rude to leave the tag on but I revift things that I don't personally like but think others might all the time

I agree. If you're gonna regift make sure you inspect it thoroughly!

Absolutely fine. I mean… I would have defo taken the tag off but generally if I’ve got 2 of something or something similar enough then I’ll store it away and regift. Or simply if I’m gifted something that isn’t my cup of tea etc. I have a drawer in my dining room which is literally just where I store gifts that could possibly be regifted!

Just to say—I re-use gift bags if they are in good shape, and it could be the gift was chosen especially for you guys but the label was left from a reused gift bag? Or it could be a re gift and maybe they just couldn’t use it but knew you could, or maybe times are tight and it’s the thought that counts?

@Aimee this is a good point. I reuse gift bags all the time and don’t always check if there’s a previous message in the tag.

It's absolutely OK, I would have made sure I took the tags off though

I’d regive it as a random “here you go” but wouldn’t re-wrap it or anything for a special moment.

I think if the product is new and in good condition there would have been a better way to re-gift, re-gifting is fine if the others are honest about it x

I agree if you’re going to regift, inspect it. But I imagine the other mum was in such a tizwoz of parenting she prob innocently forgot . I think , she gave you a gift! :). She prob tjorght oh my niece/nephew would love that where as my child won’t. Also with cost of living, I don’t see any difference in this vs a gift off say vinted… are you upset because it’s not brand new? Not trying to attack, it’s just perspective… 😘🥰

If it was the gift bag tag, I feel like it maybe was just a reused bag. Not everyone even uses those tags so they prob didn’t think to rip it off. I just saved like 4 bags from my sons bday party yesterday, now I’ll go check the tags and rip them off haha

I save bags all the time to re use. If it was a tag on the bag itself it probably was just a reused bag. If the bag is in good condition and I can use it for another occasion I will. It seems wasteful to me to only use a gift bag once if it’s in good condition. So personally I reuse them and so do some of my family members ( gift bags and fancy gift boxes).

@Lisa No it’s not that at all, honestly. It is new 😂 I just felt like I had put effort into her daughter’s gift and she had just thought “we were given this that we don’t want, that will do for her kid”. She is a really good friend of mine too.

Guys it seems I am being overly sensitive 😂 Appreciate the replies!

I don’t think it’s rude to regift. Especially in times like right now were money is tight for many people. But also a lot of people reuse gift bags so it could have been a gift she picked out with a reused bag/tag. If it was something really used and worn out I would think it was rude but new. No.

I think it’s easy to see it in a bad way, as you said ‘we were given this that we dont want, that will do for her kid’, but maybe the conversation was more positive and like ‘hey we’ll never use this and I think name’s daughter would enjoy this!!” (: