Gift certificates
I don't really like the idea of gift certificates. Everyone has different tastes, and unless you are absolutely sure that the recipient of a gift certificate will enjoy shopping at a particular store, you should just give cash!
Hash and I accumulated a lot of gift certificates from our wedding. We've used up everything... except this stupid store where we'll never ever shop at! The funny thing is, 4 people gave us gift certificates to that same store... so we have about $300. (Since I plan to re-gift that, I can't share the name of the store!)
Anyway, bottom line, unless you give a gift certificate for a nice salon/spa, or stores that you know are popular (ie. Hbc, Ikea), please just give cash. It's not like the gift certificate cost you any less.
posted by Hash & Hana at 3:17 PM
5 Comments:
Hana Hana Hana,
You're not so bright now are you! :)
You said you've up all the gift certificates you got for the wedding except the one that you want to re-gift. So even if you don't tell us what store its from, whoever you gift it to will know you're recyling it!
Let's just hope they dont read your blog.
wow. how ungrateful.
I wish I knew who anon #2 is.. they'd be getting the gift certificate!
LOL, re-cycle gifts, that is sooo brown...Yes, i'm guilty of it too
I'm so curious to know that store now!
To Anonymous: Though Hana said she doesn't like the idea of a gift certificate, she also did mention that they can be a good idea when they're from a popular store. So it very well could be that the person who gets the re-gift likes the store or assumes its a popular one.
Seeing as how 4 different people managed to get Hana and Hash gift certificates from that same store, I'm sure it's not a tiny obscure one that no one has heard of. There's nothing wrong with re-gifting. Isn't it the thought that counts?
She's not being ungrateful, but making a realistic point. I'm sure at one point or another we've all received a gift that we didn't like, and though we graciously thank the gifter for the thought, we know inside it'll soon be a re-gift! Hana just spoke her mind, which many of us wouldn't even bother doing.
[Sorry Hana, I just wanted to write all that to back you up :)]
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