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Friday, November 27, 2009
Is It Wrong....
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- by Jean, on Fri Jun 12, 2009 9:44am PDT
Is it wrong to use a gift card that someone
else gave you to buy a gift for another person?
Let me explain. My birthday was several months ago and I got
lots of great gifts from my friends and family with one item being
a gift card. Well, when Mother's Day rolled around, I
still had the gift card because I had received so many thoughtful
gifts that I didn't need to buy anything.
So anyways, with the economy being the way it is, our family has
had to tighten our spending quite a bit just as everybody else has
and I really didn't have the money to buy my mom a nice mothers
day gift.
So, I did what I thought was nice and thoughtful and used the gift
card to purchase a nice gift for my mom for Mother's Day.
Well, my husband thought this was wrong of me because he said it
was like re-gifting a gift that someone else gave me. He said
that it was wrong because my friend bought the gift for me but I
thought it was fine because my friend will never know, and my mom
will never know.
I only see good coming out of it because the gift made my mom smile
and had I kept the gift card for myself, I would have just used it
on something like makeup because I didn't need anything.
So what do you think? Was I wrong in this situation or was I
being thoughtful to use my gift to make someone else feel
special?
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Posted by Pam Fri Jun 12, 2009 10:38am PDT
I got some stuff to wear for my company Christmas party last year but ended up not using it I went back to the store to return the stuff they only give store credit I got it in a gift card $45.00 so I just used it as a stocking stuffer for my 20yr old daughter. I don't think it's wrong it's hard times these days use any way you can save money. The gift card was giving to you to use as you like to make you happy using it for your mom made you happy so what the hay.....
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Posted by ShakayL Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:00am PDT
That's a wrong thing to do! It's just being cheap and thoughtless. IT'S YOUR MOM!!! Don't be cheap.
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Posted by Lucky Fri Jun 12, 2009 1:32pm PDT
that is not RUDE, that is perfectly fine, you were given a gift to do with what you choose and you chose to spend it on your Mom instead of yourself...that is not selfish or cheap...
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Posted by cresc Fri Jun 12, 2009 2:07pm PDT
its fine. Its not the same as regifting an actual gift that you didn't really like and passing it on to someone else...the gift card is sorta like money that you can do with however you please.
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Posted by Jennifer Fri Jun 12, 2009 4:21pm PDT
Its totally fine! I did the same thing for my b friends birthday, we were really tight on cash and decided to use the money for the weekend trip we were taking so I used my xmas giftcard towards his present. Its better to have used your card than to have gotten your mom nothing at all especially when you would spend it on something of little importance. Money is tight these days!
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Posted by sassy_s Fri Jun 12, 2009 4:42pm PDT
Please girl!! Your husband is wrong. She gave you a gift card. That is money for you to spend anyway you want. I would have done the samething. People are struggling these days. You have to do what you can do. It not like you are giving a half eaten piece of cake as a gift. You were given the gift card to get something that will make you happy right. Did it not make you happy to buy a gift for your mother?
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Posted by sweet_kisses Fri Jun 12, 2009 11:58pm PDT
i think its perfectly fine..i would of done the same if i were you..
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Posted by another hockey fan Sat Jun 13, 2009 6:44am PDT
It's fine. I think gift cards can be used for whatever you want. It's YOUR gift and people generally give them because they don't know what to give you. I also think it's okay to re-gift, especially if you know someone that would LOVE your gift and you have no use for it. If someone gave me a gift that I have been wanting or needing and they didn't want it, I'd have no problem accepting it. I think there is too much silly PC etiquette involved with gifts.
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Posted by Saucey Sun Jun 14, 2009 6:55pm PDT
Absolutely not. The card was given to you so you could get whatever you wanted with it. You shouldn't feel bad using your card to buy your mother a present. That was a very generous thing to do because you used your card for someone else.
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Posted by Lady In Red Wed Jun 17, 2009 3:15am PDT
Totally, totally not not wrong so don't feel guilty at all
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