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what would you do if you bought someone a gift

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Originally posted by: alkemyst
Originally posted by: Bryophyte
My brother-in-law ebayed a gift we gave him. It really pissed me off. Now I only give him gift cards, if that.

no one wants another salad shooter.

It wasn't a thoughtless gift. He has a highly-addictive personality, and since he's off drugs and alcohol, he's turned his addictions toward ebay.
 
Bidding on it would be funny...do it so they don't know its you...and give it back to them.


I've never sold a gift that someone bought...but my mom gave me stuff she's won, and i've sold it on eBay.

 
Originally posted by: Bryophyte
Originally posted by: alkemyst
Originally posted by: Bryophyte
My brother-in-law ebayed a gift we gave him. It really pissed me off. Now I only give him gift cards, if that.

no one wants another salad shooter.

It wasn't a thoughtless gift. He has a highly-addictive personality, and since he's off drugs and alcohol, he's turned his addictions toward ebay.

ok well, how about giving him a gift he wants then?

I tell most don't get me gifts...if they do and I dont want it, I return it...if I can't sell it.

 
send them an angry 5 page letter
send them 14 emails concerning how this makes me feel
send them a video with me crying for 3 hours
write a top40 song about the situation
send them tear stained pillow
commit suicide by building a machine that would continuiously drop the gift on my head until dead. then have blood stained gift sent to person.
 
Maybe I'm missing something..but what's the big deal? If I give someone a gift, and if they don't want it..so be it - I don't want them to hang onto something I gave them just because it was a gift...it's a gift, not a burden.

$0.02
 
If it was given as a gift, then they can do it with it as they wish I suppose. I would definitely take mental note of the situation though.
 
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