One in four people receive an unwanted gift at Christmas. But only six percent
of those are daring enough to ask for a replacement. So what are we all doing
with them? Every Christmas you will end up having some unwanted gifts.
When I was younger if I got a shirt I didn't like, I would just probably give it to
charity or something. I will always just get given socks and I only really like wearing
trainer socks, so I just give them to other people, or throw them out,
or use them as cleaning products. You got to smile. You got to be like 'thank you, I love it!' If I don't like it and I feel good with that person,
I'll say 'please, would you mind if we go to the shop and change that because it's not
really my style.' No I was never that cold.
I couldn't handle doing something like that.
I don't know if I should be saying this. Yes okay. So they pulled off a prank obviously, the work colleagues, so
they gave me a - an item from the [******]. I just didn't know what to do with it.
I have one friend, I gave her a t-shirt in a colour that I liked but I don't
think she liked it. It was just her manner, her body language. I always know
that person's tastes. So I've never been in that situation. I would sort of
include the gift receipt in there. If they don't like it, or they want to exchange
it for something else, they can do it themselves any time. You really do
have to think of people and their personalities before you choose a gift.
If you've received something you don't like your best off asking the person
who bought it to return it for you. If you don't want to do that and you've got
a gift receipt, it should be relatively easy to return. Gift receipts usually
allow you to exchange for a different item at the same value. Without a gift
receipt or the original payment card, it's a bit trickier to return unwanted
goods because you're reliant on knowing where the item was purchased from as well
as the goodwill of the retailer to let you return it. It's not guaranteed but
it's worth a shot, so if you know where it's from try
asking politely in-store, or if it's an online retailer
contact its customer service and you might be able to get store credit. For all
your customer rights on returning gifts visit which.co.uk/giftreturns