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Why Is Everyone (Else) So Shallow About Gifts?
15% of the money spent on gifts are wasted. 27% of gift cards sit unused. 40% of clothes given as gifts are returned. Obviously there is a problem here, gift givers and gift receivers aren’t coming together on what, exactly, makes a great present. So if you give a gift to your mom are you picking a bad … Continue reading
How to Make Any Gift More Appealing Without Spending More Money
I found a free lunch. I write about how to pick gifts for people and you’ve probably done lots of searching over your life for the perfect gift. We’ve all been there. Once you pick the gift that’s it, though right? You’re done? As you might suspect, no. I recently read about a weird trick … Continue reading
Posted in Psychology of Gift Giving, Talk About Gifts
Tagged Birthday, Christmas, christmas morning, desires, experiences, feelings, free lunch, Gift, gift recipient, Giving, material gifts, material possessions, material things, memories, money can buy happiness, perfect gift, surprise
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How to Become a Gift War Veteran
Stupid grandma. Beat me again. How are you supposed to pick a gift that shows that you care when other people pick gifts that show that they care about $150 more? It’s a situation you’ve surely been in. At a birthday party or large Christmas to-do and you brought a very nice present only to … Continue reading
Short version – Giving Is Like ‘Chocolate, Sex and Money’
What now? We all know that it is better to give than to receive. But ‘Chocolate, Sex and Money’ better? That is the surprising result of a study done at UCLA that looked at the effects of social support on the giver. I’ll spare you the details (painful electric shocks) but it turns out that the person providing … Continue reading
Tis Better to Receive Than to Give
We all know the quote: “‘Tis Better to Receive Than to Give” Right?* That’s why every kid has a hard time going to sleep on Christmas eve and why we keep hoping to get an envelope from nana with a two dollar bill in it. But did you know that getting presents from people also … Continue reading
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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
Posted in Gift Receiving, Psychology of Gift Giving
Tagged amazon, Birthday, Christmas, FaceBook, Gift, gift advice, gift giver, gift idea, gift ideas, Gift registry, Giving, Human Interest, shopping, time and money, wish list, wish lists, wishlist
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3 Best Gifts for 5 Year Old Girls
I just found out yesterday that my niece’s birthday is coming up in a month and I didn’t know about it. I feel a little silly to have lost track of that, but I’ve got a month and change to look for some gifts for 5 year old girls and pick one that she will … Continue reading
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Top Ten + One Best Ideas for Crazy Gifts
Normally I like to take time and craft a gift idea to be uniquely suited to its recipient. I wrap it carefully or creatively then I sit back smugly and watch as they marvel at what a wonderful person I am to have known that this one gift would make their lives better. But some … Continue reading
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