Design Crafters

In the situation where the Christmas gift is broken and it was shipped from the sender and not from a store, then things get a little trickier. You are then faced with the dilemma “should I tell them or not?”

Some people would tell you to simply tell the giver thank you and not mention it was broken.  This is for a few reasons. First of all, this can be a little awkward if you’re not extremely close to the giver.  Second of all you (the receiver) are risking offending the giver or making them feel obligated to send another gift, when that wasn’t your intention at all. Depending on how you present it, they may even feel you’re being ungrateful.

Now on the flip side, other people would feel that it’s bad manners to let someone’s money go to waste like that, especially when they could have had it replaced at no additional cost. A perfect example of this is when my friend Sarah received a defective Christmas gift she chose not to tell the giver because she felt it would be too awkward.  A couple years later the gift giver found out and was extremely upset that Sarah didn’t say anything. The giver had apparently spent a lot of money on that gift and could have exchanged it for another one within 90 days from the time it was purchased. She felt like all of her money went down the drain.

As a gift giver, send a gift receipt whenever possible.

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