Hi guys,
As you all know our dear Thams is to be married on the 5th of August. I
guess a lot of the guys from bangalore are going to attend the wedding and
finish the biriyani !! As a token of love and affection I suppose a gift
from our side is necessary. I was informed by Machan that our seniors had
given a gift certificate worth 10,000/= Rupees to a colleague when she had
wed. This seemed to be a reasonable gift and affordable if every one
contributed a substantial sum. Considering the fact that there are guys who
are not in a situation to pay, it would be great if atleast 20 people could
contribute 500/= rupees each so that the gift certificate could be bought
and given.
This is a mere gift possibility. Please do suggest the viable items that we
could gift our dear classmate. We have to make a decision quick and reply
to this would be very much appreciated. Please contact Machan in case of
clarifications and submissions.
Thanks and Regards,
Dinesh Vasudevan
11 comments:
Hi..
If we are giving some gifts, wht will we give?
Some kitchen utensils, Home appliances, Showcase items, Clock ????
These things will be flowing as the gifts for marriages.
Good thing about 'gift certificates' are, it is like our credit cards and all.
It is a pre-paid (credit) card. They can buy whatever they want with that.
What will be better? Giving them something thinking that it will be useful or
allow them to buy something which are useful to them??
Then about the budget, we are representing the whole class. Not only 20 people.
We are not telling her that, this gift is given by 20 people who can afford the gift.
The remaining 10 people can also join, if they wish to contribute.
Here 20 means, not 20. this is just used for calcualting the budget.
I don't have the least belief that all these 20 people will contribute either.
That is obvious from the lack of reply we are recieving from other people.
What I suggest is, make 500/- as the budget per capita .. ;)
On an average, (including the 30 people,), I hope it will amount to 10,000/-
I feel 10,000/- is not a big budget, considering it is given by 30 people.
After all this is first official marraige ( ...;).... ) of our class.
This is my opinion only......
I am ready to act according to what majority says.
Please reply eventhough you are agreeing or not agreeing with the proposals.
Cheers,
Please comment !!
This is what Achayan said :--
1. Why we are talking about a targeted budget of 10000? And an expected
20 contributors?
2. The contribution should be from all those who are interested to
contribute.
So shall we put an upper limit of 500 and collect whatever each
person likes to contribute (0 - 500).
3. And also I prefer a gift rather than gift certificates, because she
should remember us and the good old MCA days whenever she comes across
our gift.
4. Why we are boathering about whether the gift which we are planning to
give is usefull or not, Let's give the decision to Thamanna. I mean we
can give a gift which we think is good and leave the rest to thamanna.
5. Also DINESH, by the end of today try to send an AC no., to which
everybody can transfer their contribution.
6. <<<<<< DON'T FORGET THE FACT THAT THE MARRIAGE IS ON THIS SATURDAY
>>>>>>
So if Machan or Shameer could address this it would be great !!!!
Any final decission???
I would say if there is no final decision from this comment stuff, the n we will go with the certificate. Being mute could be considered as agreement !!!
If u guys r still going with the ideas of Rs.10K Gift Coupon I opt me out of it. To Jayasu, it is still a group of sensible people who allow others to have dissenting voices!!
Dei,
What is there to discuss? We have a target of Rs:500 per head. Whoever is not interested to give that much, give what they like. Give an account number so that everyone can transfer the money to it.
Then about gift, in my opinion purchasing something with the whole amount is waste. Buy a good gift, as Achayan said by which she should remember us and give a gift card for the balance amount.
Nice comment Joy and every one respects all the opinions and without them we cannot make a decision. I am also in with the idea of donating the max of 500/- and buying something which is good. If there are any ideas of the thing to buy please post. To Ikka and Machan -- PLEASE DECIDE ON THE METHOD TO COLLECT THE MONEY -AKA account and stuff !!
Frankies Gtalk :-
Franklin
Food Processor/ Microwave Owen..They all will fit in the range 3 to 4 K. And everybody will be able to contribute 100RS...
This seems to be a great idea .. Affordable and certainly worth the money .. What say !!??
Fine.. Lets do that.
We will purchase some gifts and if with the remaining money buy some gift coupons.
That will be fine.
And also who all are gong. I still waiting to get a ticket!
Chacko's ultimatum -- The best of the lot !!
Dear all ,
Keeping the urgency shall we come to a decision.....
Points i personally felt good suggestions....
.
a)As Franki said "Everybody should be able to contribute. "
Achayan has the solution for it : "The contribution should be from all those who are interested to contribute.So shall we put an upper limit of 500 and collect whatever each
person likes to contribute (0 - 500)."
b) 10000 is a relatively good amount. But hope all of us together can manage it.
So let 10000 be the Upper limit.
c) Now what to buy :
Let the gift has the property of a gift certificate and still has a tangabile property so that as achayan said " remember us and the good old MCA days whenever she comes across our gift"
Answer : GOLD ( when ever she wants she can convert it to liquid cash . If she wish to keep it ,she can keep it.)
So think of utensils . aplliances etc.... only if budget went lower than 4000.
d) For the time being Take my ICIC ac no : 004701555363. When u transfer keep the transaction subject - TG Your Name TG for thamz gift- for me to identify
Plan -
Let money come to the account.
Whoever data is unavailable , we will call and get their plan
By this we will get an estimate of money that we have.( by tomorrow noon)
If Amount gretaer than 4000 : GOLD
ELSE utensil/appliance ( hope this wont happen)
IKKA + One of Us who is there in calicut will get the thing on saturday....
The marriage is on Aug - 5 sunday. Present the gift ......
Is this OK...???
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I would say thats a great idea.
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