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Posted on 4/4/26 at 12:55 pm to
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2024
9278 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 12:55 pm to
Trashy and unethical to google the price. Fact.
Posted by crimsonsaint
Member since Nov 2009
37824 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 1:01 pm to
I don’t know but if the next gift that you’re given is a bag of dicks it would appropriate.
Posted by UKWildcats
Lexington, KY
Member since Mar 2015
19771 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 1:07 pm to
quote:

What says the OT?
I'd say you're a giant douchebag. Just a hunch.
Posted by TigerGman
Center of the Universe
Member since Sep 2006
13862 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 1:45 pm to
quote:

so an unethical business deal


Good point, but no, I own the business.
Posted by caro81
Member since Jul 2017
6272 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 1:48 pm to
Bunch of responses from sales reps that don’t want be ousted as cheap sobs.
Posted by LSU Neil
Springfield
Member since Feb 2007
3522 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 1:50 pm to
quote:

This reads like a BabyTac shitpost

LOL true
Posted by armytiger96
Member since Sep 2007
2360 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 1:55 pm to
quote:

If I get a business gift, like a back massager, nice bottle of wine, box full of prime steaks,


You need to google the price to determine the value and check it against your employer's gift policy to ensure you are not suppose to report the gift to your management.

Not following the policy is a good way to eventually get fired over something stupid and preventable.
Posted by awestruck
Member since Jan 2015
14494 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 2:06 pm to
Not trashy to see how much something is worth... but admitting to it in public is.

It's like checking your wife's bra size while dating. You'd like to know but it's a delicate thing to possess. Kind of like being in charge of your office's payroll or checking to see who got the best gift.

It's a catch-22: because it's dangerous to not consider the ramifications, of living with what you really didn't want to know, but yet it's human nature to want to know.



Posted by Gator5220
Member since Aug 2010
4948 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 2:07 pm to
Why would you Google it? Every one of those gifts I can eyeball for an estimate.
Posted by TexasTiger89
Houston, TX
Member since Feb 2005
26713 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 2:16 pm to
You weren’t raised right.
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
30247 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 2:42 pm to
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Trashy and unethical to google the price. Fact.


What ethics rule?

There is a legitimate reason for doing what the OP does. Depending on the size and type of gift, one may be required to report it as income.

Outside of that, it is still trashy, but does a trashy tree make noise when no one is there to hear it fall?
Posted by ELVIS U
Member since Feb 2007
11808 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 2:43 pm to
You should value it so you can pay the appropriate gift taxes I am sure you remit
Posted by LSUEnvy
Hou via Lake Chas
Member since May 2011
12640 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 2:45 pm to
Weird
Posted by sleepytime
Member since Feb 2014
3898 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 2:55 pm to
quote:

You need to google the price to determine the value and check it against your employer's gift policy to ensure you are not suppose to report the gift to your management. Not following the policy is a good way to eventually get fired over something stupid and preventable.


This is the correct answer. You have to avoid even the appearance of impropriety. Some things can get you in hot water with the government too.
Posted by Crow Pie
Neuro ICU - Tulane Med Center
Member since Feb 2010
27658 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 3:05 pm to
One company I worked for didn't allow you to receive or take a gift from a vendor valued over $50*.

That might be a reason?


*I believe the logic was it had to be taxed if the value was over $50

**but it was nothing for us to spend $25K for a hunting or fishing trip for one of our customers
This post was edited on 4/4/26 at 3:07 pm
Posted by cbr900racer22
City of Central, LA.
Member since Sep 2009
1411 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 3:29 pm to
Babytac alter?
Posted by Geaux-2-L-O-Miss
Between Your Ears
Member since Aug 2005
3897 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 4:31 pm to
I was told the Golden rule of business gift acceptance years ago and it still holds true.

If you can't eat it, drink it, smoke it or frick it don't accept it.
Posted by VerbalKint
Member since Jun 2017
4175 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 4:32 pm to
frick. You just let everyone know how trash you are. Delete account and start over man
Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
90124 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 4:33 pm to
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His opinion is "who does that"


Its unusual, but if given a nice gift I suppose it's human nature to be curious on the cost. Maybe a tad odd but not the craziest thing.

quote:

They want my business. I want to see how bad they want it.


Oh, nevermind. This is shite and you're wrong.
Posted by TigerGman
Center of the Universe
Member since Sep 2006
13862 posts
Posted on 4/4/26 at 4:34 pm to
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Why would you Google it? Every one of those gifts I can eyeball for an estimate.


You can eyeball an unknown bottle of wine? It could be 2 buck chuck or well over $100.00
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