I think we'll have to agree to disagree here. If I don't value the means by which someone could reciprocate a gift, I don't give the gift. And I would not feel

I think we'll have to agree to disagree here. If I don't value the means by which someone could reciprocate a gift, I don't give the gift. And I would not feel that a gift was genuine or meaningful if someone gifted me something expressly for the purpose of "network building", which I am unable to reciprocate in a way they find acceptable. It creates an awkward power imbalance that I don't think belongs in a healthy friendship.