Not exact matches
First, when negotiating with national retailers, we discovered there was a business model after all: Even if consumers didn't want to buy
gift cards for friends, we could make money on free
gift cards if
recipients used them.
But Amazon could make up significant lost Kindle purchases this quarter by selling
gift cards that'll ensure
recipients are among the
first to get the new Kindle when it comes out next year.
Just buy the kit, wrap it, give it as a
gift, and the
recipient can activate service from anywhere, anytime — and they get the
first month free!
The
first thing to know about the federal
gift tax is that
gift givers — not
gift recipients — have to pay it.
Now, to buy a
gift bond, you have to
first open a TreasuryDirect Account, have the
recipient's social security number, and finally the
recipient's TreasuryDirect Account number to deliver the bonds.
Notably, cash
gifts or inheritance payments to an ODSP
recipient which are used by the
recipient to purchase a principal residence (a home or condominium, for example), a motor vehicle, or is used to pay
first or last month's rent on a rental unit, are exempt from being counted towards the limit under the ODSP rules.
If you are looking to buy baby
gifts without breaking the bank, I recommend that you
first surf the
recipient's baby registry for items in your price range.
Using both hypothetical and actual scenarios, a group of researchers explored the taboo of regifting in a series of five studies to see how original givers (the ones who gave the
gift first) and regifters (the ones regifting a
gift) felt about regifting.1 In the
first study, participants were asked to imagine that they were either (1) the original giver (who gave a
gift to a friend that was subsequently regifted) or (2) the regifter (who received a
gift and decided to give it to a second
recipient).