ANCHOR LEAD IN:
WELL THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS OVER AND IF YOU'RE LIKE MOST PEOPLE, YOU
PROBABLY GOT AT LEAST ONE GIFT YOU WON'T USE! BUT INSTEAD OF STASHING
IT AWAY IN A CLOSET NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN, YOU MIGHT THINK ABOUT RE-
GIFTING IT!
IT MAY SOUND TACKY, BUT MORE AND MORE OF US ARE DOING IT!
_________ HAS A HEADS UP THAT MAY HAVE YOU RE-THINKING THE RE-GIFTING IDEA.

TRACK ONE Length: 05
CAROL VARN HAS A BASKET OF STUFF SHE CONSIDERS LESS THAN PERFECT
PRESENTS FOR HER…

SOT
KEY @ : 05 Carol Varn, Regifter
"You do end up with a lot of things that you either aren't going to use or are duplicate."

TRACK TWO Length:05
SO SHE'S FOUND A SIMPLE SOLUTION…SHE HAS HER GIFT-KEEP ON GIVING-BY RE-GIFTING.

SOT
NO KEY
"I've done it a few different times."

TRACK THREE Length: 13
SOURCE: Money Management International
GO AHEAD…ADMIT IT. YOU HAVE TOO! AND MOST LIKELY YOU'VE BEEN A
RECIPIENT OF A RE-GIFTED PRESENT AS WELL…WHETHER YOU KNOW IT OR NOT!
ACCORDING TO A RECENT SURVEY NEARLY FORTY PERCENT OF US HAVE REGIFTED…AND ONLY A THIRD OF US DO IT TO SAVE MONEY.

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NO KEY
"We've become a national of recyclers"

TRACK FOUR Length: 09
BARBARA BITELA (bih-TELL-uh) HAS WRITTEN A BOOK ON REGIFTINGSHE SAYS IT'S FINE TO DO-IF YOU DO IT RIGHT. RULE NUMBER ONE MAKE SURE IT'S SOMETHING YOU KNOW THE PERSON WILL LIKE. ASK YOURSELF:

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KEY @:02 Barbara Bitela, Author, Regifting Expert
"How well do you know the recipient?"

TRACK FIVE Length:05
THEN, BE SURE THEY'RE NOT THE ONE WHO GAVE YOU THE GIFT TO BEGIN WITH. ONE WAY TO STAY SAFE:

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NO KEY
"Leave the tag on from the person who gave you the gift."

TRACK SIX Length: 03
ANOTHER RULE-DON'T USE THE GIFT AND THEN GIVE IT AWAY.

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KEY @ : 53 Barbara Bitela, Author, Regifting Expert
"You get a necklace in a box, you wear it once, you put it back in the box-that's a no, no."

TRACK SEVEN Length:04
AND ALWAYS RE-WRAP THE ITEM.BITELA SAYS SOME THINGS MAKE MORE SENSE THAN OTHERS TO RE-GIFT.

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KEY @ : 1:03 Barbara Bitela, Author, Regifting Expert
"A good candidate for regifting would probably be jewelry in the box, wine, candy is ideal."

TRACK EIGHT Length :04
CAROL SAYS REGIFTING DONE RIGHT SAVES MONEY--AND MAKES SENSE.

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NO KEY
"It is really wasteful to just have something that's brand new, very usable to sit and not be used."

ANCHOR TAG:
OUR EXPERT ALSO SAYS FAMILY HEIRLOOMS MAKE WONDERFUL RE-GIFTED ITEMS. IN THAT CASE, OF COURSE IT'S OK IF IT WAS USED.

SOURCE INFORMATION
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Barbara Bitela
916-735-1287 (O) 916-772-1588 (H)
or WG FRANCHISED AGENT: ED SILVER
AT: 723-2794
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Barbara has been nominated for her first EVVY Award (2006), a national contest which spotlights entertaining projects by self-published authors (The Art of Regifting). Bitela's third book, The Art of Regifting presents the 'go to' etiquette, albeit funny, regifting guide for those who simply must know how and when to regift.

ADDITIONAL SOURCE INFO FOR TRACK THREE
SOURCE: Money Management International - Regifting and Holiday Credit Card Use Survey was conducted in November 2005 by Knowledge-Based Marketing. There were a total of 1,117 respondents. Results were weighted by demographics so they are
representative of the US population as a whole Holiday Credit Card Use Survey Results
* More than half (54%) of surveyed consumers do not find regifting rude
* Nearly 4 in 10 (37%) people have practiced regifting
* Women are more likely to regift than men (41% vs. 33%)
* Women 35-54 years old are most likely to regift
* Regifting is more practiced among those who are college educated
* Nearly 3 in 10 people have not yet regifted, but are considering it
* A third (33%) of consumers have neither regifted nor considered it
* More than half (53%) of surveyed regifters state that they regift because they know the recipients will like the item given One third (33%) of regifters do so to save money