As a general rule I have nothing against regifting. If you get something you don't need or want and can give it to someone who does need it or want it, go for it. Just be sure the original gifter doesn't find out and that the item you are now giving away isn't total crap.
So for Christmas, I was openly regifted a gift certificate. It was for laser hair removal at a location that is not too far from me, but far, far away from the gift-giver. "Okay," I thought, "I'm going to assume the gift giver has the best intentions and isn't trying to imply that I am a hairy monkey-girl." But I just had a hunch strings would be attached to this "gift"--and I was so right.
The GC was for $100 and it was won in a contest. Therefore it had restrictions--like it could only be applied toward a package--so no single session to lose the 'stache. So I called today to see how much it was gonna cost me to redeem this gift. Uhhhh, somewhere in the neighborhood of $600--after applying my $100 GC.
And as much as I would love to have hair-free pits, I just can't justify $600 on that right now. Not with spending more than I should have on my kids' Christmas and student loan payments in the imminent future. So I'm thinking I won't be redeeming this GC (which must be redeemed by the end of Jan., BTW.) And I'm sure I'll have to explain this to the gift-giver when she asks what I had done. Fun!
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