[quote name='Damian']Miss Manners has no manners?
http://lifestyle.msn.com/Relationships/Article.aspx?cp-documentid=1620018[/quote]
i actually enjoyed reading the whole thing, thanks for posting that.
[quote name='Danil ACE']Ok, I don't know how much lamer you can get than linking to a "Miss Manners" column.
Anyways, even though quoting this is totally lame, but necessary to explain to you. In that Miss Manners column, she says that,
"The only requirement is to prevent the donor’s knowing that it has been rejected."
So how do you think that his sister will feel when she finds out he sold it (if he chooses to do so)? The legendary edition is not a small thing to hide. She'd probably ask "where's that master chief helmet I bought you?" and I'm sure that she will be very upset he sold it for some quick cash because she took her time into choosing a gift that she thought would bring him joy because he likes videogames.
For example, I have two copies of the Matrix: Reloaded. One is sealed, because someone gave that to me as a gift because they knew I liked the Matrix trilogy, but they thought that it was the third movie (Revolutions), which I did not have. Making such a mistake isn't their fault and I respect the fact that they looked into my interests so they could buy me something I would enjoy (even if they accidently bought the wrong one in the trilogy).
The point is that I kept it because as the famous proverb says, "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth."[/quote]
i think you were exempt from keeping that gift if you already own it. i mean technically you still have the movie so how would they know. secondly, i think the gift giver would prefer it if you'd get some use out of the thing rather than just keeping it. at least exchange it for revolutions.
as for the person who got the gift from his sister, you have a pretty cool sister and maybe you should give it a shot before you write it off. but then again she did give you the receipt and not the actual box, that could be interpreted as authorization to exchange said gift.