Category Archives: Gift Receiving
Does This Mean a Present is Better Than a Gift Certificate?
Pop quiz: Which will your gift recipient like more? A present that you buy them or a gift certificate that they can use to buy the same present. tick…tick…tick… Did you guess the gift certificate? The gift certificate seems to make a lot of sense because it has the advantage of both getting the present or … Continue reading
Can This Help Your Friends Pick Better Gifts?
Your friends need your help. But they won’t ask for it. If you have a birthday coming up they don’t know what to get you. They may know your interests and hobbies, but out of the worlds of your (no doubt) fascinating pursuits they don’t know what you need and want now. So it goes … Continue reading
It’s Not About the Benjamins
Quick, name one way to make a gift impressive. Quick, quick, quick! Unless I spoiled things with the title of this article you probably thought that spending more makes a gift more impressive. I would have thought so too, but we’d both be wrong. It turns out that when psychologists tested whether price was linked to … Continue reading
The Three Steps to Getting Better Gifts
You know you want to ask. 99.99% of gift advice on the internet is about finding a good gift idea for someone else. This isn’t one of those articles. You know you want to ask but let me save you the awkwardness and ask for you: how can I get my family to buy me … Continue reading
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