I don't really see a problem with it.
As long as you don't try to gift it back to the person who gave it to you. Having said that, the problem I have with shit gifts is that they're usually too shit for me to pass on, as I wouldn't like anyone to think I had actually seriously bought them for another person. Does that make sense?

Anyway, my presents are usually ace. I put a lot of thought into what I think a person would like, and choose accordingly. I don't go "Oh, she likes Dr Who, therefore she will be happy with any old tat that has Dr Who on it." Which apparently is the thought process that goes into choosing presents for me.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 15:53, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I try and think hard about giving gifts.
I find that with most people I know, it's not the cost of the thing but how appropriate it is to them that is important.
( girlinthehole, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 15:55, Reply)

^ this
I have had friends actually go teary-eyed with the thoughtfulness of a gift that cost £5, and been deeply unimpressed with the lack of originality or indeed thought process that has been put in to a gift that costs 10 times that.
(berk, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 15:57, Reply)

oh this this, I've only gotten teary eyed once from a gift and it was the thought that mattered most
one friend of mine goes crazy for christmas and birthdays and spends so much money it's ridiculous but most of the time I could care less about what she gets me because it's all crap
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:01, Reply)

was it mace?

( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:04, Reply)

no. twat.

( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:07, Reply)

twot

( Kroney, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:10, Reply)

twaht

( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:11, Reply)

I made my mum cry once
Her first birthday after her mum died, I took a load of old photos of her family (mum, dad, brother, sister, and her) and made them into a really cool montage thing. When she unwrapped it she cried, and I felt dead guilty.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:11, Reply)

after my cousin died my dad had his picture lasered onto a plaque
one for us and one for my aunt, and he made me give it to her and she let out a little squeally cry and I felt horrible and it made me cry too
gawd, why are we always crying? crying is shit
( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:13, Reply)

Because women are weak.

( Kroney, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:25, Reply)

*shakes fist*

( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:27, Reply)

^This
I've been given stuff that cost nothing that choked me up and extravagant gifts that I'd rather not have had, because they were what the giver would have wanted, rather than what I want.

Best recent gifts I can remember were a Bike saddle, a Mug and a tiny little badge.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:00, Reply)

what did the badge say?

( Lisette von Falcon, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:11, Reply)

MTFU
The Mug said I *heart* Tea and the saddle was a Brooks B17
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:15, Reply)

I lost my MTFU badge on Saturday night.
Gutted.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:18, Reply)

Being gutted over the loss of a MTFU badge is like crying over spilt milk.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:20, Reply)

I suggest you man the fuck up.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:25, Reply)

But I loved that badge, man.
I think I have a spare somewhere, though.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:26, Reply)

I'm pretty good at picking gifts out for people, I think.
Conversely, I am probably the easiest person in the world to buy for, for which the missus is eternally grateful as she detests shopping with a passion.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Thu 7 Jul 2011, 15:59, Reply)

People buy me joke presents, like zimmerframes and stuff.
The joke lies in the fact that I'm in peak physical condition.
( Kroney, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:13, Reply)

when you have some terrible
dibilitating disease next, we are going to offer no sympathy whatsoever. NOt even a *there there*
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:19, Reply)

I actually really rarely get sick,
it's the killer immune system that I'm sure I must have mentioned before.
( Kroney, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:20, Reply)

one day, kroney, one day

( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Thu 7 Jul 2011, 16:26, Reply)