DD is going to camp tho summer, and gets on the bus with one other girl. I've become friendly with the mom. Yesterday she asked if I wanted some Uggs her DD has outgrown. Uh, yes! She refused any $. Would you get her a GC as a TY or just say thanks?
Just say thanks. If you have the opportunity to return the favor in the future by offering her something of yours you don't need, go for it. But at least among my friends it's standard to swap things back and forth with no money changing hands. It's just assumed that you pay it forward.
Just say thanks. We have given a younger friend tons of clothes and a bike. They gave me a gift card/thank you note after the bike and it was a little awkward. I tried to refuse it.
If you offered and she refused, then just try to reciprocate in the future, and pay it forward by passing stuff down. With something like Uggs I may offer them back to her after your DD has outgrown them in case she has a younger niece who might want them.
Speaking only for myself, I'm usually just relieved that I got stuff out of my house, and that it is getting used by someone else.
I gave a few bags of hand me downs to a neighbor, and she thanked me with a $60 GC. It was too generous for stuff that I would have just donated anyway, and it felt awkward. (Plus, she had the GC emailed to me, and I assumed it was more Kohl's spam, and then she had to ask me months later if I ever got it.... so awkward. Just say thanks).
I never offer to give something away if I want money for it. I'm usually happy to get it out of my house, and happy to know a friend can get some use out of it.
Post by imojoebunny on Aug 6, 2015 14:13:08 GMT -5
A friend gives me tons of clothes for DS, so I pass on all the clothes they give me that are still good and all of DD's clothes to the next person.
Since the friend gives me literally all the clothes DS needs, I donate heavily to a charity event they host, but in this case, you do not need to do anything.