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I'll accept the gift and try to make us of it. If I can't and it's clear that some thought was put into the gift then I'll still keep it. It would be rude if I didn't.

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A Re-gift is one of the rudest things to do.

Not if it's for a person you don't care about and if that person doesn't know! 🤣

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Lol yes I second this ^_^ But normally I return it for a gift card instead. Or if it's ugly clothing or something I either donate it or give it to the cats...

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i usually pretend i love it and then never use it. I always feel bad though. like that wierd singing beer thing.....it was just wierd.....

There was this one time when I bought someone I knew for some time a really really really nice gift. It costed my like 120 dollars. And all I got for it was a thanks and a hint that they thought it was a fake 'cause they didn't think anyone would spent that much money on a gift to someone they didn't really know that well. And they just threw my present in the freaking drawer without ever even using it once. >:-( >:-( >:-( That made my christmas so freaking freaking frak!!!!! I felt like an idiot......it was almost like.......I thought I was their friend and they didn't think me as their friend. So now I stopped giving gifts all together. Yay!

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this is not about cannibalism...please get back on topic

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I think it is exactly the topic. I see nothing wrong.

I usually just put it somewhere and forget about it 😐

Dump it in my basement and forget about it. Thankfully I usually only get cash so I don't have to worry about not liking it.

I could care less about what some term "social etiquettes". I'd re-gift it(to someone who really would have some good use for it), sell it off or try to find a way a use for it.

Dumping an item somewhere in my house is only a waste of space and materials, since things do degrade or get outdated after some time. Quite some time ago, we were clearing the apartment and there were so many items that we'd shelved away but were now useless: would put total minimum value at their height of usefulness at around US$1,000. They included stuff like premium organisers, lots of electronics(we'd no use for most of them), etc. If we'd done something with them, maybe we wouldn't need that many boxes and cabinets.

I always accept gifts despite how I don't like it...I can find uses for it eventually...

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Thankfully I usually only get cash so I don't have to worry about not liking it.

Same here...

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I could care less about what some term "social etiquettes". I'd re-gift it(to someone who really would have some good use for it), sell it off or try to find a way a use for it.

Dumping an item somewhere in my house is only a waste of space and materials, since things do degrade or get outdated after some time. Quite some time ago, we were clearing the apartment and there were so many items that we'd shelved away but were now useless: would put total minimum value at their height of usefulness at around US$1,000. They included stuff like premium organisers, lots of electronics(we'd no use for most of them), etc. If we'd done something with them, maybe we wouldn't need that many boxes and cabinets.

eek, better sell those electronics, they go out of style pretty fast. From 200 dollars to 1 cent on ebay.

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I think it is exactly the topic. I see nothing wrong.

Who wants a free (insert undesired gift) ?! 😁

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That's why I ask people for small things or cash.
My friends ask me for what I want, so I seldom, if at all encounter these kind of situations...
I don't like surprises, not for birthdays, christmas, or for any other events, people know and consider that...
I do the same when I give gifts. I ask them for what they'd like, give money, or go shopping with them for a present.
But of course, I don't buy every person I know gifts, I'm not that generous.
Sounds heartless?...
The friends I cherish are more than happy to get money and a handmade card. So am I.

Also I don't usually throw things. I just can't... And I do care for "social etiquettes", or just personal ones.
Even if I get something I don't like I just sulk and stash it somewhere...
But those things I usually get from relatives. Relatives who don't know they are supposed to bring money. 😁

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put it somewhere, and forget about it

that's pretty much what happens with all my presents, even the ones i like...

Same here. xD

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I'll accept it but I probably may not use it.

It's someone's present after all even if I have absolutely no interest in the present. They put the effort in getting them for me, instead of nothing at all. I rarely buy anything for anyone because I just don't know what to get them. Therefore if someone gives me, for example, a piggy bank for some reason. I'll probably still have it sitting somewhere on my table 5 years from now, just because it's a present.

Moving doesn't sound like it would be easy... 😐 😳 But what do you give since you don't know what to give? Do you give up and give a gift card (to even just a department store) or gasp, nothing? 😲 😐

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There was this one time when I bought someone I knew for some time a really really really nice gift. It costed my like 120 dollars. And all I got for it was a thanks and a hint that they thought it was a fake 'cause they didn't think anyone would spent that much money on a gift to someone they didn't really know that well. And they just threw my present in the freaking drawer without ever even using it once. >:-( >:-( >:-( That made my christmas so freaking freaking frak!!!!! I felt like an idiot......it was almost like.......I thought I was their friend and they didn't think me as their friend. So now I stopped giving gifts all together. Yay!

If you don't mind me asking, what was it?

And NightSwan sounds sort of cold, but I guess it's okay that she and the gift giver usually know where either person stands. 😐 😳 But as for "etiquette", I have doubts that she (and a lot of people on the internet) would please Emily Post's daughter. I know I wouldn't please Emily Post's daughter in terms of etiquette since if a person sits down for a cup of tea or coffee and adds cream/whitener and sugar and stirs it, there are several areas to screw up these easy tasks. (Some might be able to just sidestep the whole matter with taking the drink straight up or black, but there are probably other areas that a person would mess up though.)

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put it in under my bed if the buyer wasn't a really close friend of me. if the buyer is a really close friend of me and buys me something i don't like, then he/she is in a big trouble. he/she shouldn't have brought me a present i wouldn't like, he/she should have known me better if he/she is a really close friend of me.

And I thought NightSwan was harsh! 😲 aneste wins! God help aneste's husband the day she gets married! (Yeah, I know the exclamation use was at 100% but it's the correct tone for my answer. 🤣 😳 )
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put it in under my bed if the buyer wasn't a really close friend of me. if the buyer is a really close friend of me and buys me something i don't like, then he/she is in a big trouble. he/she shouldn't have brought me a present i wouldn't like, he/she should have known me better if he/she is a really close friend of me.

I keep them. Honeslty, I haven't gotten that many present I didn't like. Everyone knows me pretty well, so they usually tend to get me something I like. And if they can't think of something I like, they get me something they know I'll get a kick out off. Gag gifts are the best! 🤣 But, they purchased the gift with me in mind, so I don't have the heart to get rid of it even if I loathed it. And I definitely couldn't pawn if off to someone else as a gift cause... that just feels kinda cheap. Not as in, cheap, cheap, but as in, I didn't even take the time to get a present that makes/made me think of them in one way or another.

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I keep them....But, they purchased the gift with me in mind, so I don't have the heart to get rid of it even if I loathed it.

The thought is nice, but I have no interest in keeping things around that I have no need of or use for and get no enjoyment out of. 😐 I have more than enough stuff that I really DO like/use/enjoy; adding more stuff that I don't really want around...? Not happening. Of course I try not to hurt people's feelings, but there's no way I'm going to clutter up my house/life with unnecessary and unwanted stuff.

As for passing on the gifts, I don't think it's "cheap" when it's something you know the other person would really enjoy. I mean, if someone gives me a lovely knitted scarf and I simply never wear scarves, but I know my sister loves scarves & wears them all the time, I'll give it to her. 😃

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