Three questions to settle
Who's in, and for how much? Who buys the gift? How do you stop someone else giving the same thing on their own? A money pot sorts out the money, but not the other two questions.
With je l’offre, step by step
- On the list, pick the idea that's too expensive for you alone and offer to give it together.
- Enter your share. The other contributors add theirs, up to the price of the idea.
- Discuss among contributors (who buys, when, where) in the chat set up for that purchase.
- Once the total reaches the price, the gift is marked “given together”: nobody else buys it.
- The person being celebrated sees none of this.
What about the money?
je l'offre doesn't handle any payments or take any commission: contributors sort it out among themselves, by bank transfer or in cash. Usually one person buys and the others pay them back their share.
Our tips
- Decide straight away who will buy the gift.
- Round the shares: £30 each is easier to pay back than £27.45.
- Add a card signed by everyone: that's the charm of a group gift.
- For a leaving do or a colleague's birthday, add the person to the list without an account: they won't see anything.