Denver, CO, January 08, 2007 --(
PR.com)-- The “War on Regifting” is in its second year.
An informal poll of GarageSaleShow.com website visitors showed that regifting is as enduring as fruitcake, and just as unwelcome. 80% of the respondents admitted regifting an unwanted item within the past year. Many testified that they were both regifter and regiftee. One visitor spoke of the gift he gave a friend last year being sent back this Christmas. “That actually worked in my favor,” he said, “I liked it when I gave it to them. I’m glad they gave it back.” That sentiment is one that is not usually shared by the ultimate recipients of such unwanted gifts.
“Regifting” is the Recycling of the new millennium. According to Wikipedia, “Regifting is the act of taking a gift that has been received and giving it to somebody else in the guise of a new gift.” The practice is so prevalent; a quick Google search shows rules for regifting on such prominent websites as MSN Money, CNN Money, and the Washington Post. Even Emily Post, the quintessential expert on all things proper, gives regifting advice.
They’re the kind of gifts that make you wonder, does this person even know me? Each year, millions of people are affected by the problem of Lousy Holiday Gifts. As one web site puts it, “These are gifts that not even Goodwill would accept.” And the problem is not confined to the U.S. A post on an Australian web site warns, “Be careful if you re-wrap a crappy gift and give it to someone else. No one knows if you repackage a fruit cake from last year, everyone knows if you repackage the puppy.” Worse than Regifting, many of these “awful” gifts are destined for our landfills.
The Garage Sale Show’s annual “War on Regifting” offers Denver area residents the opportunity to find a good home for the “bad” presents. Unfortunate gift recipients have a way to get their unwanted items to people who would really appreciate them. Rather than Regifting those “lame” presents, the Garage Sale Show provides a forum in which visitors may buy, sell or trade items online, and use the cash to buy a gift they really like.
The War on Regifting is environmentally conscious. Providing a venue for selling, or exchanging these unappreciated Holiday gifts is an innovative form of recycling that will keep them from clogging our landfills.
By offering Free Classified Advertising at http://GarageSaleShow.com, the Garage Sale Show is putting its money where its mouth is in the War on Regifting. Of course, sellers can sell just about anything (as long as it’s legal) with the free ads, not just unwanted Holiday gifts. And to help speed the sale process, sellers may include up to 2 photos with each free Classified Ad. The only price for posting an ad is a “coupon code,” which the owners freely post on their website.
The Garage Sale Show, America’s Original Online Garage Sale, provides free classified ads, and a directory of great deals in Denver and around the web. Helping non-profit organizations get their message out to the community is a primary objective, with fundraisers, events and volunteer needs promoted both on the community calendar and on their companion website, http://MileHighCardFile.com.
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