would you send someone's present 2 months after their birthday?

DUKE

I always give my sister her birthday present late as we live miles apart, so she gets it when I see her. She does the same with me too & it don't bother me at all, in fact I absolutely love getting any late prezzies as I feel it's an added bonus.

Torry_Quine

cyantist wrote: »

Oops. I didn't mean to suggest you'd buy any old rubbish just cos it's postable!

It's just recently it was my nephew's birthday and I knew just what I wanted to get, there would be other things he'd have liked but they just weren't as good. But it meant he got the gift a month late. I did feel bad but more thought and time went into that gift than my other nieces and nephews presents and it didn't seem to bother him. I think he was probably pleased to get a present later and he wouldn't have noticed one less present on the actual day when he had about 50 presents to open.

I thought that hence the smiley.

That's a lot of presents. Must be a large family.

pickledonionspaceraider

I would rather they wait than pay extortionate postal charges

LilElvis

Dill wrote: »

That's just a couple of weeks.

A couple of weeks late is ok, but a couple of months isn't - so where's the cut off? When is it too late?

Or maybe just be grateful that you have people in your life who care enough to want to buy you gifts.

Slinky

Not bothered about receiving gifts late, but most years OH and I go on holiday for our respective birthdays. His family know when we are going away, does it ever occur to them to send cards early so we can take them with us to open on the day? Nope, they're lying on the mat when we get home. There's something slightly sad/pointless, about opening cards late which could have been opened on your birthday if only they'd been posted a week earlier.

DigForVictory

My family are reasonably tolerant of actual timing but if the present will be two months late/delayed/whatever, the card must be punctual & explain the present is on its way.

(Depending on age & techno-capability an email is often considered an acceptable alternative to a card.)

Any present is welcome, at any time. If all else fails, I can rehome it!

As for postage, I am in so much agreement that we do the Annual Rudolph Run in November, depositing presents for everyone my parents will see between November & Easter. The fuel costs are a bit tough, but the presents are all on time!

Kynthia

The gift wouldn't bother me at all. I really wouldn't expect people to pay to post something. However birthday cards more than a week late seem a bit pointless. I'd never say anything but who wants to put up a birthday card weeks after their birthday, you wouldn't and it would go straight in the bin even though I'd feel bad about the waste of it. Cards should be posted or not bothered with.

Dill

Lots of people have mentioned postage. Obviously depending on what the gift is, I don't usually begrudge paying £3-ish to put the gift in the post. I wouldn't post something fragile like vinyl, though, I think I'd get it delivered direct from the website.

LilElvis wrote: »

A couple of weeks late is ok, but a couple of months isn't - so where's the cut off? When is it too late?

I think for me the cut off would be about 2 weeks, but then I am always punctual in sending cards and gifts so I suppose I am projecting that.

cbrown372

Don't understand the question really as they aren't sending the present but personally delivering it which is much nicer.

Hermia

We do this all the time in my family as we all live quite far from each other.Nobody sees it as a big deal and we always let the person know they are getting a present. In some ways it is quite nice to get a pressie at a time of the year when you weren't expecting one!