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Old 10-28-2007, 09:04 AM   #1
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If you buy gifts from yard sales, do you find yourself feeling guilty and want to spend more on a person to make it seem right?
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Old 10-28-2007, 09:32 AM   #2
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no because i would generally only buy them for my kids and as long as i know they will love and use it i don't feel guilty in the least.. heck my kids beg to go to goodwill and salvation army they love the thrill of the hunt to see if we find a great bargain...dh says i'm raising cheap kids i say money smart!!!!
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Old 10-28-2007, 02:38 PM   #3
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stevesgal, Yes I do feel guilty about things like that. I have been looking for a specific toy for my sons christmas (push car---he's 14mo now)---but I am afraid that I'll see it as a $15 toy rather than a $40 toy if thats what I get it for--you know? Atleast this is what I do when buying for someone else (we have a $20 limit at my inlaws) and if I can get a $20 gift for $10---I feel like I need to buy something else and feel like I cheated them by not actually spending $20. I am trying to readjust my thinking---but its hard. I usually just spend the $10 but fret over it!!
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Gosh, my goal is to find $50 gifts for $25. It is hard at times to not feel you are cheating them, but then I look in the stores at the same thing and remember, this is what it costs. I will say, I usually do not buy presents from yard sales for others, unless they are NIB. So, the only people that end up with a few yard sale items are my kids.
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Old 10-28-2007, 05:30 PM   #5
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Nope -- I don't feel a bit guilty! I don't buy gifts based upon price anyway. I really enjoy finding things that people will like -- sometimes that means expensive, sometimes it means cheap!

I really dislike getting impersonal gifts. I would rather not receive a gift at all if I am only getting one because someone felt an obligation but doesn't know me well! If I have to give a gift to someone I don't know well, I will usually make cookies or some other kind of treat . . . .

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Old 10-28-2007, 06:24 PM   #6
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Nope -- I don't feel a bit guilty! I don't buy gifts based upon price anyway. I really enjoy finding things that people will like -- sometimes that means expensive, sometimes it means cheap!




If you found a $100 item on clearance for $20, would you feel guilty about it? Of course not!!! It is the same principle.
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Old 10-28-2007, 11:44 PM   #7
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I don't feel guilty either. I've been able to find some great retired Home & Garden Party pottery pieces, on ebay for less than 1/2 of what I'd have paid ordering from a party. My mom collects baskets, and anytime I find a nice one at Goodwill or a yard sale, I'll pick it up, and use it as a gift container for her birthday or Christmas, etc.
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I would much rather give a gift that is personal and meaningful, whether it is at my dollar limit, or way below.....The actual price you pay for something does not affect its worth!
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Old 10-29-2007, 08:06 AM   #9
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Not at all...why would I?

Although, when I have a set amount to spend, and I get something on sale...I will get something else to spend the amt of money that I designated. That's just the way I am. So if I decide to spend $50 on a family member, and I find something marked down from $50 to $30...I'll still spend $20 more dollars. But that's me. I'm weird that way!
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Old 10-29-2007, 10:28 AM   #10
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stevesgal, Yes I do feel guilty about things like that. I have been looking for a specific toy for my sons christmas (push car---he's 14mo now)---but I am afraid that I'll see it as a $15 toy rather than a $40 toy if thats what I get it for--you know? Atleast this is what I do when buying for someone else (we have a $20 limit at my inlaws) and if I can get a $20 gift for $10---I feel like I need to buy something else and feel like I cheated them by not actually spending $20. I am trying to readjust my thinking---but its hard. I usually just spend the $10 but fret over it!!
I can see where you are coming from with this thought. Like with the inlaws, you're given a $20.00 limit, and usually you aim for $20.00.
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