Nearly seven out of ten women admit to regifting according to a study from Money Management International study. It could be even more popular this year as people don't want good gifts to go to waste just because it is something they didn't want or can't use. Care must be taken to ensure that you don't offend the original gift giver. You don't want the original gift giver to learn that you gifted their present and you also can't exactly give a gift with restrictions as the Chicago Tribune's Amy Nathan explains.
Six degrees of gift-giving. Consider all the degrees of separation in your life before you regift. You cannot give a gift with a caveat-"I'd love you to have this scarf, but please don't wear it around Aunt Agnes"-takes a bit of the joy out of giving.
Some have turned the regifting ideas into a clever charity drive this year - see this post about PayPal's regiftable virtual fruitcake. It's sort of viral regiftable gift. UPS also has a virtual regifting website this year called UPS Regifter (via Regiftable Blog)
Susan Koeppen recently shared some regifting tips with Maggie Rodriguez at CBS. She says books, wine, champagne, candles and picture frames are frequently regifted. Susan Koeppen suggests making modifications to gifts so they are a little more personal and no longer the same gift. Regifting gift bags can also be acceptable and practical - just remember to remove the old gift tag. See what Susan has to say in the clip below. You can read more thoughts and ideas on regifting here in a post we wrote about the subject in 2006.
