On the one hand I totally agree with you, on the other hand there are some people I know who I find it insanely hard to think of a gift for and often end up thinking I may not have made the right choice - there are also people who presumably think this about me, given how much they will nag ahead of birthday/Christmas about what I want to receive.
Overall I come down on your side, in thinking the downsides outweigh the benefits, but I can see how people would come to the opposite conclusion too.
We don't want to make you feel like it's a registry that takes away from the experiece. I just have found that most people return or re-sell gifts they get not because they are in need of cash (only a small subset do), most do because they don't need or like what they got. So the point of giftsocial is to give the people around you an idea of what you want. There really aren't any restrictions to.
I agree. There are at least two ways to look at this. Either you figure out a way to let people know what you want OR you provide a service that lets people exchange gifts after receiving them. I tend to favor the latter as it doesn't require signing grandma up on a website she'll never use. You also won't come off as an ungrateful brat that doesn't understand the point behind gifts.
