Last year I started a home business. It took some money for the start up costs but little by little it is starting to pay for itself.
I make a variety of things and I usually pick something and gift it for special occasions. Honestly, it's a lot cheaper than going out and buying something and it's nicer too. Something that costs me $10 to make, I sell for $50. It's all in the time I put into it and the tools I had to buy in order to make it. And since I make everything I can personalize items.
Long story short, some members of my family, inlaws, and orgin, have told me they would rather get a gift card from walmart for $25 bucks each for occasions. They never say what they want, they just want money. I haven't commented back about this. And I have never told them to give my family gift cards, and honestly some of the stuff we have gotten from them are pretty damn cheap and I know for a fact they couldn't have spent more than $5 on it. I've never asked for a gift receipt so I can return items, but these particular people in the past have asked other members of the family for the receipt and returned the items.
I was raised that you never ask for gifts. If someone asks you what you want then you have your opening to suggest things. But you have to wait until asked. If you aren't asked then you take what you get because techinically gifts aren't suppose to be expected. You just say thank you and take it.
It's a lot more cost effective for me to make something for families with multiple members than have to buy $25 gift cards for everyone. But now that word has gotten back to me, I'm not sure what to do. And I am not sure who is being rude here. Me for insisting I gift what I want to gift or them for requesting money? Note: I don't make anything that causes allergic reactions to the recipients, and if I was told, I could modify ingredients or whatever to take care of that problem.