Begging like that shows a lack of class IMHO.
I gift occasionally, but only to friends and to help people in my CC.
A few friends have been nice enough to gift me, too.
The story above of gifting a whole set of clubs and not receiving a thankyou is disgusting behaviour.
I gifted a friend (a friend from another source too) a set of wedges. He was beside himself with gratitude. And he never asked. Plus, he invested some credits to update his irons.
I am all for gifting people that are willing to help themselves.
The worse ones are the men playing as women who post up sexy pics and then push for gifts. But others are suckers for falling for that honey trap.