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Regifting party tries to put gifts with someone who wants them

By JOHN MARTINS Staff Writer, 856-794-5114

Published: Dec 27, 2008

MILLVILLE - As a vegetarian, Jamie Moore said she had very little use for the mini slider grill that she got for Christmas. Rather than just let it sit unused, gathering dust, she decided to exchange it for something better.

"I just would have tried to make veggie-burgers," Moore said. "Or I would have pawned it off on one of my roomates."

Moore decided to trade it in at the "regifting party" her boss at Bogart's Books held Friday evening. She received for it a large bottle of saline solution.

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