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wallets are not good gifts. people want to use what they like.
I got several wallets as gifts ages ago, but I got sick of carrying fat wallets and found a slim wallet to buy for myself and have used it for as long as I can remember now. I would never trade it out unless I somehow found an even skinnier one (or it gets lost or destroyed).
I checked out of curiosity, its an Allet Original (was called classic leather when I bought it) and I've had it for 9 years. Its still in great condition, but apparently they cost almost twice as much now (I paid $35, they're $66 now).
First two wallets I had, as a youth, were made of duct tape. The following two I had as an adult were gifts.
I bought myself a ridge wallet when they were basically a Kickstarter, back when they used rivets, but the rivets had a flaw where they started leaving wear marks in your jeans, so my then girlfriend bought me a new one with their screws. I still have that same wallet over 10 years later. So technically it's a gift still lol.
My brother likes my wallet but thought it was too expensive, so I bought him one as a gift. So it was technically a gift, but he would have got his own.
The only time I was gifted a wallet was by my dad as a young child and I had that wallet up until I got my first job and every wallet since has been one I’ve purchased. It was also his old wallet, not a brand new one.
I kind of wish someone would now because I’ve been looking for a new one for the past 6 months on and off again but nothing seems to fit my needs. I guess that is a reason I should be buying my own since I have specific needs for one.
Might be a stupid question but what needs can someone have for a wallet? I mean it's just a wallet right?
i've actually used maybe 2 of the dozens of wallets i've been gifted.
LPT "genuine leather" is the worst grade of leather. if you actually want to gift someone a wallet that will last, insist on full grain leather
I got a Sekrid card holder from my wife which I still use. Ive bought wallets to actually use but I've also used wallets I've received.
I bought my current wallet because I was about to visit the UK and my typical Anerican sized wallet was too small for £20 and £50 notes.
That one was also self-purchased; it was made out of paper-thin plastic and dye-sublimated with a slightly oversized image of a KRW50000 note.
I clearly care what other peoole think of my choice of accessories.
I made my wallet. It's just a faux leather pocket big enough to hold 4 cards
I have never bought a wallet for myself. Someone in my life has always gifted me one when it gets raggedy. I was thinking of taking up leather working as a hobby to make my own, but it looks hard.
I found leather working to be relatively easy and fun. I guess it depends on what your goals are. I'm planning to get back into it during the holiday break.
Cutting, gluing, and sewing are the basics. After that, you can get into fun stuff like dying and embossing.
And compared to what nice finished leather sells for, it's cheap.
Could be fun, thanks for the reply.
Don't know. I've had same wallet for 42 years
I'm 45 and I bought every wallet I've ever owned.
Pretty sure I have never bought a wallet myself. Out of the 2 wallets I've ever really had as far as I'm aware, they've been not necessarily gifts but were definitely bought for me.
I bought a wallet online and liked it a lot. I then bought two more of the same model as a gift for my father and a (female) friend. So IDK.
I dunno, it tends to happen more when people are forced/tricked/want to provide a gift without really knowing what to get.
It's a reliable generic gift because wallets wear out, and there's usually room to switch between several.
It gets less common as you age, but it still happens unless you have the habit of refusing to switch wallets, or have talked about exactly what you want in a wallet and people realize they're better off going a different route.
I'm really particular about my wallets. Right size, right pocket configuration, right materials. I want my wallets the be able to be pulled out and I can find what I need blindfolded because of decades of familiarity. I like a licence window. I want durable materials over pretty materials, when the choice is necessary.
So, I buy my own damn wallets when one is wearing out. Nobody buys me wallets any more because I show the new ones off. Since I'm also known for saying "oh man, that's a nice wallet, that'll be what I use when this one wears out", it kinda makes it a disappointing gift to give, even though I would never say that and it not be true.
I have two wallets that I use:
So it holds true for me, at least.
I’ve bought every wallet I've ever had.
My last 2 wallets were gifts.
Always bought my own wallets. And used it to oblivion, now that I think about it. And now that I think about that as well, I really should look into buying another, because the current is threatning to fall apart any moment.
Like most other gifts, it's only acceptable if you put a specific one on a wish list and they bought that one. Who wants a random wallet? That's like buying a random watch, or cologne, or belt. Any accessory should be picked out by the person wearing/using it.
I've only ever been gifted wallets lol. Except for the one I actually use which is one of those card clips, I don't use cash.
Yes, all of my wallets have been gifts, except my current one which I inherited.
I bought my last one, but this was true for my whole life up until that point. I'll replace it since it's made of leather. I'm hoping to find one I like with RFID blocking next.
I've never gotten a wallet as a gift and have always had to buy my own. Even when I was a kid with my first wallet.
Yes, and a new one is on my Christmas wish list. I might have bought one for myself my entire life
First it was my mom, then my ex, now I’m hoping my teens will take it up. This is the transition one: if I get one mud, I don’t need to think about it for another 5-10 years and they’ll be full adults by then
Pretty much the way it has gone with me. I don't think that I have ever bought a wallet myself, nor requested one as a present, but nonetheless I have never had a shortage of them.
My current one does what I want it to, and has lasted for probably a decade or so so far. Still going strong too.
Only when I was a kid.
Wallet preferences don't tend to come up in conversation so I'm not sure how anyone would know what to buy. Plus I get a new wallet maybe every 10 or more years, so it seems like an odd gift.
I don't receive/want many gifts in general, but I'm rather particular about my wallets. My current one is out of cork, has RFID blocking, a coin pocket that folds open wide and a transparent card slot for my public transport ticket. The chance that a gift gets close to that is rather slim, so I'd rather just buy it myself...
Haven't had a wallet in years. It's all on the phone now
This tracks, I've always had fancy wallets and I'm sure as shit not one for fashion. I feel like if you've been in relationships semi-regularly for most of your life, it's just an easy gift idea.
For me atleast yeah. I've gotten exactly one wallet as a gift and it's the only one I've ever used. 12 years strong
My dad bought me a wallet from walmart when i was in 8th grade. I still use it im 31 now. I was once gifted an alligator skin wallet that my aunt bought in india while traveling. It fell apart in a matter of weeks.
Anecdotal I know but I’ve purchased probably 95% of the wallets I’ve owned through the years (I’m old so it’s a lot)
This is likely the case for a lot of items that the common guy wouldn't give a second thought about.
Me? Bought the one before, wife gave me the present one. The third one down the line might have been a gift from my boss. Clearly some truth there.
I'm way to special about how the things that go in my pockets physically feel and work for anyone (unless they know me really well, which is like two people lol) to ever get me a gift like a wallet.
I use my pocket as a wallet. It's as slim as you can get. The last wallet I had I bought myself. It was a nice two fold leather one.
I wouldn't want a random gift of a wallet (with a probable exception of an obscenely expensive high quality leather that's really well hand crafted, maybe.) You don't know me well enough to know what I'd consider an upgrade.
I intend to eventually add a couple pockets to my ereader sleeve so that serves double duty and I don't need a separate wallet. But until then I just want it out of my way.
I have one I made and two more I received as gifts. I've never bought a wallet.