Does frugality play a part in your gift giving?

[Masamune]

I open my wallet a little more freely when giving gifts, within reason. But I still set a gift budget and stick to it.

The two gift items I'm frugal about are greeting cards and gift wrap. I'd rather not spend more than $3 for a greeting card, because they're usually read once and soon after thrown away. I'll make an exception if it's a highly artistic card (as in worthy to be framed), a quality pop-up card that I think the person would want to keep, or a unique card from a special place. Gift wrap too just gets thrown away, so I wouldn't spend more than $5 for a standard roll.

[Teacher Terry]

I don’t exchange gifts with very many people anymore as we all are at the stage of life where we don’t need anything. The few people I buy for I tailor my gifts to what they would like. I shop year round at sales.

[mhays25]

Presents are a thing of the past in my family, just a kids' thing. No wasted time, no stuff you don't really need, no wasted money.

[Threestep2]

I enjoy giving gifts and we do so year round. Sometimes something small. Sometimes something over the top.

[gentlearts]

Originally Posted by Tigger84Ag

I like practical things, for our granddaughters birthday we had her SUV tires rotated, oil change , brakes checked, battery checked, fluids topped off. She needed this done more than any gift.

That’s a great idea. I’d like to give my son a car detailing for a gift. They have 2 young children and they sure need it. The problem is, they’re in and out of the car all day, so it would be hard.

[selhars]

^ Look, just give them the gift certificate for the detailing place and let them figure out when they can take the car.

They're adults they can figure it out. -- Or not.

(Find out how long that certificate price is good for. If they never go then THEY have wasted your money. Not you.)

Even if they rent a car for a day while their car is getting detailed, that's cheaper than the detail. They're still getting a good gift of a deal.

People figure out a way to do what they want to do.

[villabella22201]

My family decided decades ago to stop with the gift giving, too many of us. My friends have never exchanged gifts which is great. We go out for a meal for birthdays.