Thank you gift for second hand clothes?
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Anonymous
| An acquaintance gave me two shopping bags filled with great quality clothes for my DD that belonged to her daughter which she outgrew. I was thinking of getting her kids a small gift to say thank you. What would be appropriate? |
Anonymous
| I have just done hand written thank you notes. |
Anonymous
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I love getting a photo of the kid wearing one of the outfits. It makes me happy to see the clothes getting new life. Doesn't need to be framed our anything, even email is great. And a hand written note, perfect.
In my mind, this is part of creating a village. Maybe someday I'll need a favor, maybe someday you will. Making everything gift for gift seems to diminish that in my mind, making it more transactional. (Or course if it was a random person on an email list, it may be transactional, but for a friend, I definitely don't expect a gift back. And some of those random people on email lists become friends anyway). |
Anonymous
| Op here. Thank you. I will do a nice handwritten note. |
Anonymous
This is such a nice idea, the photo I mean. But the handwritten thank you is definitely enough and appreciated. I gave away a lot of nice clothes to a friend of a friend and got a wonderful handwritten thank you note. |
Anonymous
| I love when my friend texts me pics of her DD in my DDs old clothes. |
Anonymous
| I’m usually so happy to have offloaded clothes that I don’t need and are taking up room that I’m not expecting anything. |
Anonymous
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My friend gave me a ton of high quality baby clothing for my baby when he was born. Her kid was in the 99th percentile for weight and height when born and just got even bigger as he grew so he skipped over some sizes completely.
I wrote a thank you note and since her son was teething and eating solids, I got him some fun teethers and bibs as a token gift. |
Anonymous
| Gift card for clothing for the kid. |
Anonymous
| I have a friend who regularly gives me big trash bags full of clothes. From time to time I give her a $50 gift card to the store she shops at most. It’s not payment, just a token of gratitude! |
Anonymous
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No monetary gifts.
I love seeing the kids wearing the clothes. Nostalgia or something. So if you don't see them much in person, a text with a picture and how much your kid likes it is great. If they wanted money they would sell. I think it's ok to offer $$ at first. Also my moms that we give clothes to (my kids usually pick) have always said if I ever decide to sell instead please let them know, they would be happy to pay. But heartfelt thank yous are enough. |
Anonymous
I sent 2 boxes of Harry and david pears. It’s up to you, I’m sure they don’t expect anything |
Anonymous
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Just say thank you and move on. I'm just trying to get things out of my house we won't use anymore. I don't want a gift for that - then I have to figure out where to put it.
And we can't eat two boxes of pears before they go bad. Really, just a thank you is plenty. |
Anonymous
| I meet up with an old friend every few months and hand her a few bags of great hand-me-down clothes for her child. When we meet up, she buys me lunch. And I see pictures of her kid in our old clothes. That's all the thanks I need! |
Anonymous
| I buy wine for my friend who gives us clothes |