11 years ago
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Is "regifting" really on the rise??
I came home and unpacked my books and displays from the Virginia Beach Christmas Market Sunday evening feeling completely drained and depressed... after spending Fri-Sun at the Convention Center among 3oo extremely cool "artisans", humbled by their skills and talents, I concluded that I had no business being among the "big guys" trying to sell my book. I had a lot of fun talking with the hundreds of folks stopping at my booth, and discussing the pros and cons of "regifting", and I could write a sequel with all of the great stories I heard. But selling 10 books, a few t-shirts, some magnets and a "Regifting Starter Kit" didn't seem to justify (or even come close to) the rather large "booth fee" that was required. Granted that it was a less-than-stellar weekend for most of the vendors---- hey, we are in a recession of sorts, right??. So what will be will be....imagine my extreme surprise and pleasure when Michelle Singletary, a syndicated Washington Post columnist ("The Color of Money") selected "Regifting Revival!" as her book-of-the-month for December! And equally cool was the number of on-line media sites that print her columns! Now that the number of articles, columns, blogs, and other postings about "regifting" lately has numbered into the several hundreds, it's nice to get some real credible feedback aside from that of your loyal friends and family members (especially Meg and Denise...!!Thank you both so much!!) In any case, not to sound like a complete self-centered whiner, (There are lots of other issues and concerns that we all have... including myself!!) if you get a chance to look at any of the articles, give some feedback to this blog or the website so we can have some interesting discussions.... I think that I have said this before, but the idea of regifting brings out some strong opinions and commentary from both advocates and adversaries. And you all know how I love a good "debate"....!!! Till next time--!
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About Me
- -jodi
- Born and raised in Toledo, Ohio, I began regifting at an early age. My whole family routinely regifted and still does. I never realized it was such a social slap-in-the-face until I was much older and could afford to actually purchase presents for people. But still, I regularly regifted. Friends were offended, co-workers and employees were enraged, and customers and clients were incredulous! Why in the world would anyone want to give someone a gift that they had already gotten? “Well”, I wondered, “Why not?” It seemed to me that there were numerous reasons to resort to regifting when giving a gift was expected. For one, why waste a present that could be perfectly appropriate for another person, just because it wasn’t something that I necessarily needed or wanted, when someone else seriously might be excited to receive it? Plus, it seemed as if some pretty good gifts were getting wasted, when the whole world was working on reducing and recycling our otherwise useless stuff for the protection of our planet. I figured (as my family had frequently found before) that regifting was really the most responsible way for anyone to recycle their unwanted gift waste, once and for all!
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