Results: Is it the gift or the cost of the gift that counts?
Published on 04/27/2017
I use a lot of Amazon "discount" sites and groups. This means I get a bunch of my gifts I give people either free or at a very low cost. I normally don't tell people, however I recently told my sister-in-law that her husbands birthday gift only cost me $1.10. The item normally costs $55. She was excited and told me how much he would love it. A week later it came in the mail and I told her I got it in. She said "oh you didn't need to spend that much on him. I know you are having money problems." So to reassure her it's no big deal I told her I got it for only $1.10. Her response was "oh that's cool. What else are you going to get him?" I explained that I wasn't going to get him anything else. It turned into a huge disagreement.
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Would you give something you got for free or at a discount to someone as a gift? Yes
73%
1487 votes
No
12%
238 votes
Undecided
16%
320 votes
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If yes, would you also get them something else to make up for not paying anything for their gift? Yes
19%
379 votes
No
62%
1263 votes
Not Applicable
20%
403 votes
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Last year I won a $150 fitbit from a sweepstakes. I gave it to my SIL for Christmas. She wears it everyday. I told her that fact and that it's not cheap of me to give gifts of things I got for free because they are still worth the price. It's still a $150 fitbit even though I got it for free. Would you give something you won to someone as a gift? Yes
75%
1536 votes
No
9%
189 votes
Undecided
16%
320 votes
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She then said that yes it's a $150 but that I didn't spend $150 on it. She spends actual hard earned money on the gifts she gives. Would you feel cheated if someone gave you an expensive gift, but didn't tell you they didn't actually buy it? Yes
9%
193 votes
No
74%
1507 votes
Undecided
17%
345 votes
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She said I should at least inform people that I didn't spend money on my gifts and that they shouldn't spend any money on me. Would you care if you spent $100 on a gift for someone and they didn't spend anything on you; However, they did give you a gift that is worth $100? Yes
11%
234 votes
No
66%
1341 votes
Undecided
23%
470 votes
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So what is more important.....? It's the gift that counts.
88%
1790 votes
It's how much the gift is worth.
7%
144 votes
It's how much the person spent on the gift.
5%
111 votes
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