I never got one as a gift I really wanted to use. Care nothing for style, but look for practicality for me. After much trial and error have found a trifold made of sailcloth to be most lasting and useful for my sloppy wallet needs.

I’m recovering from a wallet disorder. While searching for the perfect wallet I probably collected 20 or so. I’ve been using the same wallet now for two years so I think it’s under control.

I prefer not to receive wallets as gifts.

I’ve never gotten a wallet as a gift and have always had to buy my own. Even when I was a kid with my first wallet.

I bought myself a ridge wallet when they were basically a Kickstarter, back when they used rivets, but the rivets had a flaw where they started leaving wear marks in your jeans, so my then girlfriend bought me a new one with their screws. I still have that same wallet over 10 years later. So technically it’s a gift still lol.

My brother likes my wallet but thought it was too expensive, so I bought him one as a gift. So it was technically a gift, but he would have got his own.

Haven’t had a wallet in years. It’s all on the phone now

I bought a Ridge over a decade ago before they went all crazy political, and beyond some wear around the edges it’s held up great. Which it should, it’s fucking aluminum and titanium. The elastic cash band got stretched out pretty bad over time but I contacted em for a replacement last year and they just sent me one for free.

I don’t think anyone’s ever bought me a wallet, which tracks with my wishes for everyday carry items honestly.

I dunno, it tends to happen more when people are forced/tricked/want to provide a gift without really knowing what to get.

It’s a reliable generic gift because wallets wear out, and there’s usually room to switch between several.

It gets less common as you age, but it still happens unless you have the habit of refusing to switch wallets, or have talked about exactly what you want in a wallet and people realize they’re better off going a different route.

I’m really particular about my wallets. Right size, right pocket configuration, right materials. I want my wallets the be able to be pulled out and I can find what I need blindfolded because of decades of familiarity. I like a licence window. I want durable materials over pretty materials, when the choice is necessary.

So, I buy my own damn wallets when one is wearing out. Nobody buys me wallets any more because I show the new ones off. Since I’m also known for saying “oh man, that’s a nice wallet, that’ll be what I use when this one wears out”, it kinda makes it a disappointing gift to give, even though I would never say that and it not be true.

I’ve never bought a wallet for myself

As an adult? Never as a gift

I tend to be particular about my everyday carry equipment and so I think I’ve killed that kind of gift out of my circle. My current wallet is entering its 12th year of service in surprisingly good condition. A Big Skinny L-shape. I’m not in the habit of carrying all my airman certificates around with me anymore so if I were to replace it I’d just go with their basic nylon bifold.

Seems to be a cool company; when I bought my wallet in early 2013 the price was $26, it’s now $30. I think that’s slower than inflation.

no. i have had the same wallet since 2006

I bought mine

Works well as a lanyard too, ADHD would be having me leave it everywhere if it weren’t strapped to my noggin

I was taken to the store by my step father and he made me spend my money on a wallet that I no longer had money to put inside of. I have bought all of my wallets myself.

I’ve done or had both, so results unclear.

When I was younger, yeah.

I think wallets are for people nobody knows what to buy for. Like getting them a tie. No hobbies, no interests, no personal declarations of what they might like. Or people just don’t know them well enough to get anything other than some generic gift like a wallet.