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To regift or not to regift? That is the question a recent national survey conducted by Bookoo.com, the world's funnest darn tootin' yard sale community, asked respondents as they prepare for the holiday shopping season. According to Bookoo's 2012 Holiday Regifting Survey, the holidays are the most common time of year for people to regive presents that they previously received from someone else. While frowned upon by some, a whopping 92 percent believe it's completely acceptable to regift items, and more than 87 percent believe they too have been a recipient of a regifted item. And, with shoppers looking to save more and spend less this holiday season, more than 62 percent plan to regift an item to a friend, neighbor or colleague for the holidays.
While most respondents suggest sticking to more commonly acceptable regifted items, including home decor pieces, antiques, books, toys and jewelry, others shared rather untraditional, less desirable regifted items that they received in the past, including:
- Two year old fruit cake
- Box of chocolates with bites taken out of several pieces
- Monogrammed items with someone else's initials
- Used toilet seat
- Electric toothbrush
- False teeth
- Fingernail clippers
- Outdated old desk calendar
- Items the recipient had originally given to the gifter
- Toys with broken pieces
- Gift cards that were partially used
