tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257017.post-1161039074659420322006-10-16T18:49:00.000-04:002006-12-18T02:36:09.820-05:00Having a problem giving a gift to someone else (ie regifting)?<br />Noticed the following article.<br />HALF of Americans say they do it.<br />So go ahead and regift it!<br /><br /><a name="ContentArea"></a><br />Half of Americans say they re-gift<br />POSTED: 2:33 p.m. EDT, October 5, 2006<br />NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) -- Wrapping up that unwanted picture frame from last Christmas and giving it to someone else as a gift might not be as taboo as it once was, according to a study released Wednesday.<br />The survey of 1,505 American adults, conducted by market research firm Harris Interactive, found that over half of the respondents admitted to "re-gifting" with passing on gifts becoming a far more common and acceptable phenomenon.<br />In fact 78 percent of consumers who were polled felt that it was acceptable to re-gift some or most of the time.<br />Nancy Wong, a spokeswoman for Harris Interactive, said she was surprised by the number of people who admitted to re-gifting.<br />"It's not something I've thought about and when I saw that nearly half had done it -- 52 percent have re-gifted and or would re-gift -- it's quite a significant number," Wong told Reuters.William Ruskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04171535444809687261noreply@blogger.com