For the most part, I remove the tags. I never do with my husband's gifts. He doesn't even look at the price. I never did with my parent's gifts either. It made it easier to return them, if need be.

I give a lot of calendars out as extra gifts. I get them in the Hallmark Store...the pretty Thomas Kinkade ones that cost $17.99. The price is printed right on the back of the calendar. I don't bother to use a marker to scratch off the price.

If I'm real close to a person, I don't bother. I bought my nieces some matching Barbie pajamas and slippers from Macy's, and left the tags on. Their mother knows what these things cost anyway.

Not really, since mostly I'm just giving to family and I don't care if they know or not. If the tag is easy to remove, I'm more inclined.

I take the sale price off and leave the original price on. :D

Do you take the price tags off gifts that you give?

ALWAYS!! I don't want anyone finding out how cheap I really am. :lol:

:joke:

But yeah, the only thing I don't take the prices off of are cards, because I don't want to ruin a nice card by scribbling on it.

Always. I think it's kind of tacky if it's left on because it's about the gift, not the price.

Yes.

Mosty, I take off the price. Unless it's not a sticker, then I just leave it because it looks worse with a big scribble on it.

Sometimes I do... it depends on how cheap the gift was that I purchased... :lol:

Now-a-days, I only shop for my wife, so she basically knows how much I spend on her because she gives me an allowance. lol I am the bread winner, and I get the allowance. lol

Yeah. If it's printed right on the gift, I won't scratch it out, but I always tear/peel off the price tag. My mom doesnt and the first thing my dad does when he opens a gift from her is say, "OHHH $10.99!" or whatever.

I always do if possible. Otherwise, I cover it neatly somehow...I don't like the smear, so sometimes I just glue something over it.. Sometimes it just depends on whom the gift is for....if it's just something small, sometimes I don't really care I guess.

I don't get offended or anything when the price is still on when someone gives me something....I figure if they were kind enough to get me a gift, that's all that really matters :)

I always try to.

Yes, I always do. Or at least cross out the price if I can't remove the tag. My dad did ask me how much I paid for the gifts I bought him because he loves to hear about "super deals". Luckily I could tell him because I did get his gifts for good deals and I didn't mind telling!

with family, no; i get them the same things every year anyway (cd's for my brother and a calendar for my dad). i got a $50 cd set for a really good friend this year and i made sure to take the price tag off of that....he's really hard on himself about how good he is to me in the first place and i didn't want him stressing about how much more i spent on him than he did on me, because i'm sure he would.

I do it all the time.

I don't usually take price tags off, most of the time they are impossible to get off especially in certain stores. <_< Not mentioning any stores names. :p

Almost always!!!

Always. I think it's kind of tacky if it's left on because it's about the gift, not the price.

Yeah same here.

it depends who I'm giving it to. For example:

I got three pins for 3 different people. They cost $5. 2 were for secret santa people and 1 was for my best friend. I didn't scratch the price off of her's because she knows that i'm a cheap mofo.

Always. I think it's kind of tacky if it's left on because it's about the gift, not the price.

So since it's not about the price, it makes no difference if it has a price tag on it. It's about the gift.

I always take off the price tag.

So since it's not about the price, it makes no difference if it has a price tag on it. It's about the gift.

Unfortunately some people are going to base their opinion of the gift on how much it cost. I don't want people thinking I'm either really cheap or got them something I spent way too much on. It totally makes a difference.

I always remove the price tags. I don't know why people leave them on. Is it to boast about how much they spent on a gift? I want the gift recipient to focus on the gift itself and the thought behind it instead of how much was spent on it.

I always remove the price tags. I don't know why people leave them on. Is it to boast about how much they spent on a gift?
Not with me. For example, I have two little nieces (sisters). I wanted to get them something that I know they would like and not duplicate someone else's gift. I asked their mother what I could buy them, and she told me that Macy's has Barbie matching PJs and slippers. She even told me how much they cost. When I was wrapping them, it didn't occur to me to take the price tag off. I just assume it's easier, if for some reason, they have to be returned. The kids are too young to even read the tags.

My husband wouldn't look at a price tag if his life depended on it, so I don't bother taking them off his gifts.

Those are two examples of leaving tags on that have nothing to do with boasting.

People know what's spend of gift cards and gift certificates too.

I take them off.

I take them off.
Hi there! Long time. I hope you're having a nice holiday season. :frosty: :candle:

Hi there! Long time. I hope you're having a nice holiday season. :frosty: :candle:
Hey! Thanks! This is my first Christmas on my own, so it's been different. I hope you had an excellent holiday season aswell and got great gifts. :) One of my new year's resolutions is to use SitcomsOnline as much as I used to.

Always. I think it's kind of tacky if it's left on because it's about the gift, not the price.

That's how I feel about it, too.

My mother had four kids. When we were kids, the prices came off because of the Santa deal. As we became teens, it was a lot of clothes, perfumes, electronics, music, books, etc. She left the tags on because she had to wrap at least 60 gifts, and those were just the ones for us.

My mother was neither boastful nor was she tacky, thank you very much.

My mother had four kids. When we were kids, the prices came off because of the Santa deal. As we became teens, it was a lot of clothes, perfumes, electronics, music, books, etc. She left the tags on because she had to wrap at least 60 gifts, and those were just the ones for us.

My mother was neither boastful nor was she tacky, thank you very much.
yeah my mom doesnt take off the price tags when it comes to us. she has all those presents to wrap, and we all know we're treated equally present wise so i dont see what the big deal is.

Usually I do. Sometimes I forget though. :lol:

My mother had four kids. When we were kids, the prices came off because of the Santa deal. As we became teens, it was a lot of clothes, perfumes, electronics, music, books, etc. She left the tags on because she had to wrap at least 60 gifts, and those were just the ones for us.

My mother was neither boastful nor was she tacky, thank you very much.


Right on!

I was just explaining what I thought of it and why I personally don't like to leave the tag on. We all have different opinions and of course I didn't expect everyone to agree with me, but I just wanted to make that clear. I wasn't trying to offend anyone in this thread. :)

Chris, I agree with you. I always take the price tag off. Now with Jonathan, it really doesn't occur to me, but with everyone else, even my parents, I always take the tags off. It's not cause I think they'll make a big deal out of the price, or because i'm worried about them seeing the price, it's just what I have always done. I think it's good etiquette I guess (not to say those who don't do it have bad etiquette).

If it's something I want them to be able to return if necessary, I will just rip the price off and leave the barcode tag on there. A lot of clothes items come w/ the price perferated (is that the right spelling?) so you can easily take them off with out messing up the tags. With clothes, a lot of times i'll include the gift receipt with the gift, just in case I got the wrong size.

Now if it's something like Janice mentioned, those calendars that have the price printed on, I do not worry about them. But if it's possible, I usually take the price off. Just habit.