Are you a cheapskate gift giver? Do you recycle gifts? If so, you are definitely not alone, according to a recent BizRate Research survey conducted of online shoppers for comparison shopping search site Shopzilla.
The survey results reveal that 78% of online shoppers said they’d received a recycled gift, with 63% saying a begrudging thank you as a way of being polite. The notion of giving re-gifts, as wellas items purchased at bargain stores, follows along several different possibilities. 62% of those surveyed said they’d rather re-gift then throw something out, while 34% were trying to stick to atight budget. And, of course, there are those who are truly cheap. An estimated 3% said they give recycled or bargain gifts because “they do not like to waste money on items for other people”As for the future, said Shopzilla, “cheapskate gift givingâ€, like an addiction, can become habit forming. 34% of respondents admitted to doing so twice, another 20% re-gifting three times, and 14%admitting to recycling gifts on more than five occasions.
