was anyone else specifically raised to understand that leaving the price tag on a gift is rude. because i remain so vigilant about this even when it doesn’t matter at all lol
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Yesterday I frantically enlisted my wife's help to scratch the price tag off the bottom of a gift *bag* because I had trimmed my nails too short to do it and I had an ingrained sense that it was rude to even leave evidence of how much I spent presenting a gift.
I think my generation was focused on it because price tags were adhered with an adhesive six to seven times more powerful than a spot weld. You spent an hour trying to get one off, so you there was no way you'd just "forget" to do it for the next gift.
I'm not sure if it's to make sure they don't think you spent too much and are humbled by your generosity or they can't know you cheaped out and are offended at your meager offerings, it was not made clear
i obsessively get rid of the price. i've unwrapped something when i realized i left it on. i also will explain how i got a deal on something if it seems outside an agreed-on price cap
Listen honey, in college I worked at a boutique store that sold wedding china and jewelry. My job was wrapping gifts. We fucking used every method possible to remove every trace of a price tag. (Nail polish remover, denture cleaner, and toothpaste are all your friends)
I still do that. Your mom and my mom might have learned it from the same fastidious scout leader or home ec teacher, it’s got a junior high etiquette vibe.
I was but I tend to forget about it during the process of buying/wrapping/etc, so the way it usually manifests is I notice the tag still on a present somebody opens and I go 🤦♂️ (and of course the recipient doesn’t care at all bc why would they)
yessss lmfao when my parents would pretend to be santa and leave my presents outside so they were cold i’d be like damn even santa takes the price tag off what a nice guy
Yes, it should always be removed. If it can’t be removed, then black it out with a Sharpie. NOBODY MUST KNOW THE COST, for to leave it would be the ultimate Suburban Mom Sin: Tackiness.
I've got a relative like that, and she'll tell you the story about finding it and how she also used her employee discount so it was even less. We adore her.
not the same, but reminded me: my mother to this day checks the price on the back of greeting cards upon opening the envelope. Often before reading the card. I blacked out the price for a while just because
Was raised to think that doing so is not only rude but also trying to some how brag. I generally don't because I'm a cheap ass and try to find things at discount pricing
i always take them off b/c i want people to think i conjured it out of thin air instead of buying it at a store. i realize this is insane but it doesn't stop the shame i would feel if i left evidence of something so pedestrian as exchanging money for goods on a present for somebody
When I was a teen, Mom gifted me a "gold" necklace/charm. Left tag inside the box & made a big fuss about "OH! LET ME GET THAT OUT OF THERE..." After wearing for a week, my neck turned green. No flipping way she spent the $49.95 on that tag.
IDK If it was "rude" but I was definitely taught from early on that gift-giving etiquette required removal of all indications of price (price tags, sale/clearance tags, bar codes, etc.).
Yes but have since given way to the “it’s the thought that counts”. if I gift something and the recipient is only concerned about value… they next get a needle point “GFY” to hang in the kitchen
It is even worse when you marry into a culture where not only would you leave the tag on, you include the receipt, and it is acceptable to exchange your gift if you don't like it. AND tell the people who originally gave you what you exchanged it to. I will never feel ok with this.
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Disturbing levels of no self awareness
you're not more knowledgeable than them on themselves, you could get a bad gift once in a while, atleast let them return it if so
why stick them in regifting hell when you accidentally ge the same thing for them that someone else did
I don't see the big deal
It is in face, not a big deal
You get it
Makes it easier for the retail employees!
The satisfaction of a deal is part of the gift.
I’d get upset if the price tag was impossible to get off or they put it in a stupid spot, cuz then I’d be forced to use a sharpie