Christmas Present Idea Thread

[Jim Tom Pinch]

Seeing that we all have friends/relatives/co-workers/significant others who are hard to buy for, I thought maybe an idea exchange for might be good. Post good ideas you have and people who are stumping you.


Could be a good sticky topic.

I'm giving my parents snow plow service for their difficult driveway for the year.

Struggling for ideas for my 27 year old younger sister and my 65 year old uncle.

 

[mike311gd]

I spoke with my sister last night and told her I was sick of doing the gift-certificate cop out with her. She said, "Are you kidding me? Those are my favorite gifts." I've never been more proud to call her my sister.

 

[Bad Guy Zero]

Struggling for ideas for my 27 year old younger sister and my 65 year old uncle.

65 year old uncle would probably love him some Hee Haw DVDs.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/105-8204984-9404409?url=search-alias%3Ddvd&field-keywords=hee+haw

 

[Flying Headbutt]

Sifting through overstock.com isn't a bad idea. I spent about $100 last night on some things, get free shipping with it, and knocked out a good chunk of stuff for some people who I was shopping for.

 

[Bad Guy Zero]

A lot of sites are offering free shipping with purchases over certain amounts. I bought some stuff off a couple of different sites expecting some sort of snail mail shipping like the free "SuperSaver" shipping at amazon.com. Imagine my surprise when delivery confirmations were emailed to me and I discovered that in both cases the free shipping was via UPS.

For anyone doing a lot of online shopping I suggest using www.pricegrabber.com. You enter your zip code and search results are sorted by price with shipping included. I use it pretty often when buying electronics and CDs. If you do a lot of comparison shopping it's a godsend.

 

[mike311gd]

A lot of sites are offering free shipping with purchases over certain amounts. I bought some stuff off a couple of different sites expecting some sort of snail mail shipping like the free "SuperSaver" shipping at amazon.com. Imagine my surprise when delivery confirmations were emailed to me and I discovered that in both cases the free shipping was via UPS.

For anyone doing a lot of online shopping I suggest using www.pricegrabber.com. You enter your zip code and search results are sorted by price with shipping included. I use it pretty often when buying electronics and CDs. If you do a lot of comparison shopping it's a godsend.

You're not such a bad guy after all.

 

[Chi City 81]

I'm getting my wife a bowling ball with the name Homer printed on it. She can ****ing deal with it.

 

[mike311gd]

I'm getting my wife a bowling ball with the name Homer printed on it. She can ****ing deal with it.

You better hope she doesn't take up bowling just to spite you.

 

[Chi City 81]

I'm getting my wife a bowling ball with the name Homer printed on it. She can ****ing deal with it.

You better hope she doesn't take up bowling just to spite you.

****. Now I'm gonna murder the next smooth-talking Frenchman I see. As a warning to the rest of them.

 

[mike311gd]

Guys named Jacques are never good news. That's a rule.

 

[Chi City 81]

Guys named Jacques are never good news. That's a rule.

Your name isn't Jacques, is it?

 

[mike311gd]

Guys named Jacques are never good news. That's a rule.

Your name isn't Jacques, is it?

Well, not my first name. ...

 

[Bad Guy Zero]

A lot of sites are offering free shipping with purchases over certain amounts. I bought some stuff off a couple of different sites expecting some sort of snail mail shipping like the free "SuperSaver" shipping at amazon.com. Imagine my surprise when delivery confirmations were emailed to me and I discovered that in both cases the free shipping was via UPS.

For anyone doing a lot of online shopping I suggest using www.pricegrabber.com. You enter your zip code and search results are sorted by price with shipping included. I use it pretty often when buying electronics and CDs. If you do a lot of comparison shopping it's a godsend.

You're not such a bad guy after all.

Not compared to someone who blasts bullfrogs across ponds.

 

[spup1122]

I'm getting my wife a bowling ball with the name Homer printed on it. She can ****ing deal with it.

**** Christmas. I just want a birthday present from you!

 

[Theoldbenchwarmer]

www.gifts.com....they break presents down by category (i.e. Women --> "The Traveler", etc). Interesting stuff. It gave me some ideas for my mom.

 

[jgmacg]

http://www.heifer.org/

http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/donate/what.cfm

http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=20

http://www.fruitoftheboom.com/en/ts_beijing.htm

http://www.secondharvest.org/

 

[mike311gd]

A lot of sites are offering free shipping with purchases over certain amounts. I bought some stuff off a couple of different sites expecting some sort of snail mail shipping like the free "SuperSaver" shipping at amazon.com. Imagine my surprise when delivery confirmations were emailed to me and I discovered that in both cases the free shipping was via UPS.

For anyone doing a lot of online shopping I suggest using www.pricegrabber.com. You enter your zip code and search results are sorted by price with shipping included. I use it pretty often when buying electronics and CDs. If you do a lot of comparison shopping it's a godsend.

You're not such a bad guy after all.

Not compared to someone who blasts bullfrogs across ponds.

I have no idea what you're talking about. ...

 

[alleyallen]

Guys named Jacques are never good news. That's a rule.

Your name isn't Jacques, is it?

Here's your ball, Mr. -uh, Brunswick.

 

[Clever username]

So my sister's husband was still in the Navy last year, and there was a Coach store on the base where he worked. She's all into that ****, and since he worked on the base, she could use his discount. Near me there is an outlet mall with a Coach store. I'm thinking, Great, I can get her a nice gift card and she can get whatever the hell she wants. I'm thinking $100-125, somewhere in there. I walk in the ****ing store and the first thing I see is a purse about the size of a sneaker, maybe smaller. $250. And it was the cheapest ****ing thing in the store. I was more than a little dismayed.

 

[mike311gd]

So my sister's husband was still in the Navy last year, and on the base where he worked there was a Coach store. And she's all into that ****. Since he worked on the base, she could use his discount. And near me there was a Coach store in an outlet mall. I'm thinking, Great, I can get her a nice gift card and she can get whatever the hell she wants. I'm thinking $100-125, somewhere in there. I walk in the ****ing store and the first thing I see is a purse about the size of a sneaker, maybe smaller. $250. And it was the cheapest ****ing thing in the store. I was more than a little dismayed.

Coach's purse: $250? Sounds like a bargain.