YOU OPENED IT, SO NOW GET RID OF IT MANY WAYS TO DEAL WITH UNWANTED PRESENTS.Byline: JULIA M. SCOTT Staff Writer The hubbub of Christmas Christmas [Christ's Mass], in the Christian calendar, feast of the nativity of Jesus, celebrated in Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches on Dec. 25. In liturgical importance it ranks after Easter, Pentecost, and Epiphany (Jan. 6). has subsided, and all you can think about is how to unload To remove a program from memory or take a tape or disk out of its drive. that ill-fitting red sweater from Granny Granny cantankerous matriarch of the Clampett family. [TV: “The Beverly Hillbillies” in Terrace, I, 93–94] See : Irascibility . Not to worry, there are plenty of options: return, regift or resell re·sell tr.v. re·sold , re·sell·ing, re·sells 1. To sell again. 2. To sell (a product or service) to the public or to an end user, especially as an authorized dealer. . With 57 percent of people receiving gifts they don't like, many will be making these choices in the coming days. ``As a giving society, it's understandable that some consumers just really will never understand what the person they are giving the gift to really does Warren Trotter, better known as Really Doe, is an American rapper from Chicago, Illinois. He is affiliated with Kanye West and his G.O.O.D. Music family and label. Discography Songs
One in three will go the return route, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the federation. So in addition to stores being clogged with shoppers hitting the sales, they also will be packed with people returning items. Making returns should be easier this year. More than half the time -- 57 percent to be exact -- the giver has passed on the receipt. That's up from 49 percent last year. If returning isn't for you, consider regifting. Two out of three people think passing along a present is socially acceptable, according to an eBay survey of 500 individuals in November. ``The whole point of a gift is to make a person know they are remembered and cared about,'' said Marsha Collier Marsha Collier (Born in New York, New York) is a well-known author and educator specializing in training individuals how to use and make money on eBay and online. She is one of the foremost eBay experts and educators in the world. , who wrote ``Santa Shops on eBay.'' So passing on a gift is OK if you thank the giver for the thought. Another popular alternative is selling undesirable or unneeded gifts on eBay. About 40 percent of those surveyed said they would use the online auction house to dump a present. Collier regularly sells her presents on eBay after the holidays. When she feels guilty, she shaves off a few dollars from the sale and donates it to a charity. julia.scott(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3735 CAPTION(S): 2 boxes Box: (1) Points for many happy returns - National Retail Federation (2) What they're regifting |
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