Only one who receive gift certificate -sort of a coupon on somethings

you did nothing wrong! and the ones that gave you this know that you are on a pension So they shouldhave bought gifts certs. that would cover it all they are the ones that are thoughtless.!

I hear you suspenseful, I think it's time to ban Christmas...lol

You did nothing wrong .They just was not fair with you.It does not matter what you spent on anyone, i give gifts to all and it does not matter if they give or not.i am sorry that they did you this way,that was mean of them.You are their mom and they did you wrong..You did nothing to deserve that, and i am sorry.

I can tell you exactly where you are going wrong. You are forgetting to be grateful. Think about the people who did not even eat for Christmas. Think about the people who were in hospitals clinging to life. We have to go back to the way we use to celebrate Christmas. Christmas use to be about giving thanks to God for sending his son Jesus to save us from our sins. Did you do this yesterday or were you to busy worrying about how you were going to come up with more money to spend on yourself.

Check out these 2 sites. Maybe you can swap them for something you can actually use or even cash. http://giftcardbuyback.com/ http://www.swapagift.com/ I've never received the kind of gift certificates that you mentioned. Always preloaded gift cards and most times for stores I shop at. If I happen to receive one that I know I'll never use, I give it to someone who can use it.

I dont think that you did anything wrong.... I think that people gave you these gifts because they thought that you would appreciate them. If someone knows that you are a singer and that you like to read or write, then they will think that a gift voucher for music cds would be better than buying you a cd that you would have no interest in. :-)

Hey s, I don't think you did anything wrong-probably those coupons & gift certificates were all ppl could afford & they didn't want to come empty handed. +'s |:)

That seems to be inconsiderate of the ones who gave you those gifts....not to mention tacky. I can see how you feel hurt over this. A coupon for money off when you buy something is not a gift. You might want to return the so-called gifts with a note or tell them personally that you can't afford to spend any money after the holidays for these kind of things since you just spent all your savings buying gifts. Tell them you appreciate the thought but this just isn't useful to you. I would be tempted to not buy for them next year. You could also give them a gift of the same kind and see how they feel...that should get the message across. I know the thought is in giving but this just seems to be a hurtful situation.

I don't think you did anything wrong.....people sometimes just don't think when they give things to others.I would go and list the things on ebay if you can.....maybe you can make a few bucks back that way. I'm really sorry you got such thoughtless gifts.

I know what you mean. those are discount coupons, not gift cards. I mean gift cards are something you can use to shop and not paying a dime as long as it's within the card limit. but a 20% off means you still have to spend the 80%, not a good idea for gifts. even these coupons may not work on some expensive items, or the store will just raise the price before applying the discount, as usual. we got a $ 50 gift cards for grocery and ended up paying $ 48 more because it's available only in expensive grocery store, but if we don't buy everything there we could've just shopped and paid nothing

I don't think you did anything wrong suspenseful. Your family didn't think hard enough to buy you something of importance or meaningful or something you can use over and over again. I might of given the gift certificates back and said that I can't afford to use the certificates and that maybe someone they know might be able to.

If you got these from family members or very close friends, I would gather them together - at the same time. Explain that while you are grateful to get these things, that you can not use them. And then return them. Let them understand how thoughtless they have been, that you don't want to waste their money, but unless they care to give you enough to get an actual book or cd, then you can't accept their, so called, gifts. I got a $100 gift certificate for a shoe store where I knew the shoes were going to cost over $100 - heck, I'd've been happy with less than that. But I was able to go over and get my shoes yesterday (they won't come in for a couple of weeks because I wanted a style they don't carry in house) and it only cost me an addition $40 bucks. I also got $20 at a book store I love to go to. These are not so much off books, I get those things in the mail! So, while it seems rude, it is even more rude to give someone on a fixed income things as useless as those. Take the bull by the horns & EXPLAIN to them how thoughtless their ideas of gifts to you were. You many not get anything next year - but at least you won't be hurt by things you can't use. Or maybe they will improve their gift giving, the skin flints.

Maybe you can sell your gift certificates to other people who you think will be of use to them.

We have a family draw for gifts in our family. Everyone buys one gift and then we draw names and pick a gift from the pile. Instead of opening the gift you can trade it with one that someone else already opened and then they open the gift you picked. This goes on till everyone has a gift so you can end up having your gift traded several times. We, my hubby and I, brought as our gifts, two gift certificates from Sobies grocery store. They got traded several times, seems like everyone wanted one. But they are gift cards that a person doesn't have to spend any money to redeem them. I am surprised by the gift cards you got. You only get money off when you buy something! That is a weird gift card. I feel for you. I don't know why someone would buy that kind of gift card, or did they get them for free.

I don't think it's YOU that's doing anything wrong. It's the people doing the giving that aren't being very considerate. I mean, gift certificates? For discounted prices? What kind of gift is that? Honestly, even though this might sound a little harsh, I would return them with a card stating that I am unable to utilize these at this time, and please use them yourselves or give them to someone else that can afford to use them. Don't request them to apologize or give you something to replace them....just let it go at that and see what happens. Maybe next time they will use their heads a little more wisely and be more considerate of your feelings.

you picked cheapiends ! dont buy the books if you cant afford them!

You received coupons, so you have to buy stuff? Wow! My family knows I really can't afford to even pay all my bills this year. So they gave me gifts or gift cards. I gave a gift certificate to one couple because their DVD player hasn't shown up yet, it's backordered. I wanted to buy a cheap DVD, but they keep back ordering and now it will be March before it comes. So they wouldn't be able to play the DVD and it might not work by then. So the gift certificate was for 2 DVD movies, whenever the darn thing comes in. They don't have to spend money, they're only to a video/dvd rental place, but they get to borrow 2 whenever the darn thing comes in. It sounds like your husand and younger son were very thoughtful. I also must have special soaps without perfumes because I have rosacea. I don't think you did anything wrong. Maybe they thought you bought all that stuff anyway and they wanted to help you be able to afford it better. Maybe they ran out of money for presents. I had a rough time trying to buy for everyone who was buying for me this year. I would have run out of money, but NY State sent my STAR exemption (a refund on taxes, small one) in time for me to finish up Christmas and to make one repair on my car that will make it easier to drive. This was a rough year for me. Usually I have either time or money. If time, but no money, I make gifts. If money, but no time, then I buy gifts. This year, thanks to my accident, I had neither time nor money. Too much time at Drs offices and too much money in gas going to them. So I prayed that some money would come in and it did. I hope I never have another year like this one. If more money hadn't come in, I don't know what I would have done. I still had my husband and one of my brothers to buy for. That's the only thing I can think of, people were tapped out. How do you make enough money to buy the books and cds you have certificates to? I don't know. If I had been given coupons, I would be stuck, too. But we are still both better off than someone who came to me today and said she gave presents to all her family and no one gave her anything, not even a card. Maybe giving each person a hint about one inexpensive book that each one could buy or one CD. Maybe because you have so many interests, they were overwhelmed? You do have an incredible number of interests and so many books you'd like to read. I don't know. I'm only guessing, without asking them, there is no way to know. Take care