Just realized when I purchased gift for my friend and impulseively removed price tag, everyone does it in here and I got curious whether this is a cultural thing or common practice everywhere?

I find it a little weird though since for most of the things price could be find out without much effort

6 comments

  1. Yes, it is in some way rude to “signal” how much you spend on a gift (despite that we have handshake agreements of the price range).

    If it’s something from a shop, in most instances they would pop a return label over the price to hide it, otherwise I would remove it myself.

  2. Yes. Even if it’s only a small thing and nothing to brag about or if everybody knows the price.

    Books often have the price printed on them next too the bar code. Some bookshops have little stickers especially for that purpose to cover the price tag.

  3. Yes, I feel it’s kinda weird to let it there. No need to let the other person know how much did I spend, be it too little for a last minute thing signaling I don’t care much or amount they couldn’t afford to give back making them feel guilty or anything between. It’s a gift, you shouldn’t worry whether you got a value what you deserved/it has the value I paid for. And from the opposite point of view I personally also never search for the price of gift for me even if, as you say, it’s very easy. That person wanted for me to have it and decided to pay the money so I accept it, that’s all that matters.

  4. I always remove the price tag, in books (where it’s printed on the back) I make it harder to read with black permanent marker and / or a small sticker. There was one exception though, the wedding gift for my stepson included investment-grade precious metal as well as a worthless alloy (made sense in the context of that gift). So I didn’t tell him the exact value, but I made sure he keeps an eye on the one and use the other as paper weight at most but doesn’t try to sell it.

    I also never look for the price tag of a gift, I’d consider this rude as gifting is less about if it’s € or €€€€, but the thought behind it.

  5. Yes. To leave them in is very tacky.

    It’s also the norm to not open any presents infront of guests, so nobody would get embarassed for giving a cheaper/worse gift. Not that any receiving person would care since a gift is a gift.

    Finns are incredibly modest and also hate bragging very much. So to leave a pricetag on especially on expensive gifts is incredibly rude.

  6. Of course. The norm is to remove price tags off of everything, including the 0.5eur gift bag you get from the supermarket, to put the present in.

    However, if the gift is expensive, such as electronics, you need to be practical and give them the receipt + warranty at some point. For instance, if several people chip in and buy a gaming console for someone’s birthday, let’s say. One of them will keep the receipt, and give it to the birthday person in the following days.

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