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Re: s/o goodie bags
Your points are taken, but my son would LOVE a gift card! I can think a bunch of items my son would want that are $5 or less. My son is a huge fan of Magic Treehouse books- and they're only $4 a pop. If I were to do gc's, that's all the kids would get, though. I wouldn't fork out more $. It would either be a gc or a bag of crappy toys, lol.
Colleen
We haven't gotten a gift card in a goody bag so far. Our goody bags usually have a pencil, some stickers, maybe a notepad or something and a piece or two of candy. I don't think I've ever spent a whole $5 per goody bag.
I wouldn't mind a gift card, but it might not get used unless it's for somewhere I'm likely to head into during my usual shopping. A toy store gift card would likely end up used for a gift to the next party we're invited to.
Yes. I give out goodie bags because it seems most people expect/want them. And at the place I'm having it at this time, goodie bags come with the cost. I just can't give out just what's in them because I just can't. The toys I'm giving out sell retail for 3x higher than what I pay for them so I can rationalize it because they're really good quality. It's an "old time" toy company. But, most people don't have that option- I've seen what's inside them a few times enough to know that candy and crap are generally in them. I don't want to be bothered so they go in the garbage rather than have a fit over keeping what's inside.
She got one for Christmas from her OT and was soooo excited. I guess my kid is the freak...she "gets" and likes GC.
liz, i have to thank you for this post. i have been laughing all afternoon. i had no idea people took goodie bags (or their recipients) so seriously. this is awesome.
really? really. You really had no idea that people on the nest took (something child related) so seriously? Really. People on the nest.... and something to do with their kids. Okee then.
Word. I was just going to write this. It's only on the nest that people would kvetch about these things. If a goodie bag is the only thing worth complaining about in your universe, consider yourself charmed. = )
Well since I am the only one who suggested a GC in the post below I guess you are referring to me ...
I def did NOT hear about this for the first time from the Nest ... this is not a Nest thing, for me at least.
I can understand how you would think it is "ridiculous" to give a GC .... I just think for all the money spent on "goodie bags" I would rather my kid have a BOOK from B&N or a freaking ice cream cone. I am not talking about a 50$ GC to TRU or something like that ... THAT would be ridiculous to me. I am talking 3-5$ depending on where it was to.
I am not getting the whole assigning a price tag to the items in a goody bag though ... why would giving a GC indicate that??
After reading the responses I think many parents do NOT like the idea of getting/giving a gift card, which is totally fine ... to each their own. I still think it is a cute idea and I would rather that then a bunch of little toys that will just get lost in the sauce at my house ...
Glad I made you laugh though
Virginia
No you weren't. Lol.
Nope...I did too..and I even gave them out at DD's last birthday party!!! The horror!
Yet another reason why I am glad my IRL friends are absolutely nothing like the people on this board.
This.
And, I give them out as favors. LOVE the idea. Makes it SO EASY for me as well. I don't have to put together goodie bags for 20+ kids........
And I'm like TSD - pretty much every goodie bag goes in the trash. I hate goodie bags. It's always full of cheaper crap that breaks easily, only one of my kids gets one (then there is the "sharing" issue), on and on.
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I didn't really mean for the guests. I meant more to the parents that now throw a party for the same group. This month we've had 3 parties for the exact same group of kids. When the excepted norm for gift bags is more in the $2 or $3 range it seems a bit rude to assign a $10+ price to them in a way that it's obvious you spent $200 just on the bags, it seems a bit like an attempt to one up the other parents.
Maybe I'm in the minority, but I'd be stoked to get one-upped if it's coming in the form of a gc for a good dollar. I guess it depends on how much you care about keeping up with the joneses and what age group we're talking. Ethan is going to be 3 in a week & doesn't know a quarter from a five dollar bill. In fact, he'd rather have a quarter to put in Chalkie right now than the bill because the quarter makes noise. So, if someone wants to one-up me with a $5-$10 gift card to somewhere useable, go for it. We're in. And you're still getting yo-yo's, tops, and harmonicas from us.
OK..so I'm not the only one? I can't believe this much thought goes into this lol.
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