ReGifting — What you Should Know! Get the Gift you really Want!
The Chief Blonde Remarks: These Bookoo Regifting Top 12 Facts and American Express Giftcards giveaway is part of the the Hoppin’ For The Holidays Giveaway Hop hosted by MamaNYC! Take a look at these facts from a recent survey by Bookoo.com . Once you look over the survey results and learned a little about Bookoo, enter to win one of 2 American Express Gift Cards (Total $100) and get the gift you REALLY want this holiday. Then keep hopping to all the other gifts in the hop on the linky at the bottom.
Top 12 ReGifting Facts (Bookoo.com Survey 2012)
- 92 % of Americans think it is absolutely acceptable to regift an item
- 65% of respondents have regifted items on more than 2 occasions
- Why do people ReGift?
- 63% of people say that someone else will appreciate the item more than they do
- 53.7 % feel they couldn’t use the gift personally
- 87% of people feel that they have received a ReGifted item
- Women tend to regift more often than men (3:1)
- When do people regift?
- Holiday season (62%)
- Birthdays (58%)
- Housewarming gifts (50%)
- Most people wouldn’t regift for Valentine’s Day (8%) or an anniversary (8.5%).
- 62% of people are planning to regift during the 2012 holiday season
- Who do people Regift to?
- friends (63.7%)
- neighbors (45.5%)
- colleagues (34.6%)
- What do people most often ReGift?
- home décor products (63%)
- antiques (63%)
- books (59%)
- How do frequent regifters make sure no one knows?
- re-wrapping the item to look new (53%)
- inspecting the item & removing any gift cards or receipts from the previous giver (50%)
- planning ahead and making sure they do not give the gift to anyone associated with the original gifter (66%)
- Regifting saves Money:
- 55% have saved up to $50
- 28% have saved between $50-$150
- 17% have saved more than $150
About Bookoo
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THE GIVEAWAY
Giveaway runs Dec 13-29, US only.
THE PRIZE
2 Winners will win a $50 American express Card (Total $100)
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There is not one near me, the closest one is at least 4 hours away.
Harrisburg
pa
Waukegan is closest to me
Just the other night, I used a gift I had received in a game we play annually at our family Christmas gathering. Names are drawn from a bowl and that person gets to choose a wrapped gift from the pile before them or steal a gift from someone who went ahead of them. There are nice gifts along with some booby prizes to make the game interesting. Well, I had put my gift in as a booby prize, but my brother actually stole it from my grandfather because he absolutely loved it – a mug that read “I Flunked Anger Management.” I had filled it with candy to make it a little better, but he gave the candy away and kept the mug. No one could understand why he loved the mug so much – my brother is pretty mild mannered. It was quite funny.
Fort Wayne, IN
We are in the process of a PCS & our next base has a bookoo! Colorado Sprigs
My sister in law gave me a blanket that I never used and I ended up giving it right back to her not realizing she was the one that gave it to me in the first place!
Chicago IL. Merry Christmas all 🙂
gifting a starbucks card I wanted to keep
Oswego, NY
I don’t see anything wrong with regifting a new gift especially if it is something you think they would like. Sometimes I re gift things I want to keep, but don’t have enough to give, so that helps.
Pearl Harbor Hawaii!
i cant recall ever regifting but i was once given a shirt that was a regift and i didnt mind at all
Morris,IL
This year since i am not working(lost my Job at Thanksgiving) I regifted a few things that I had received or bought new at garage sales.
Tacoma, Washington
jenhedger at hotmail dot com
I do repurpose but I have not regifted 🙂
Macon, GA is my nearest Bookoo location 🙂
Gainesville, Georgia
philadelphia pa
The closest location to me is at Sheppard Air Force Base, just down the road in Wichita Falls, Texas 🙂