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Lavish Them with Gifts, Lazy-Style
Call me a Grinch, but the holidays are never more daunting than when you’re sitting down to make your shopping list for friends and family. After so many years, you’ve probably cycled through the same items many times over (I know I have!). So here are some ideas and commentary from the folks at Cardpool.com who suggest they’re for “lazy gift-givers.” I sure hope my family isn’t reading this, but I probably fall into that category. Hope you find this as helpful as I did, and if you’ve got additional please add to the list in the comments below. Happy holidays!
1. Cardpool.com
Gift cards. That are up to 30% discounted. What’s not to love? That means you can buy the people on your “nice” list cards for some of the top retailers, restaurants, movie theaters and even airlines without breaking the bank.
2. Whatever of the Month Clubs
For everyone on your list, there’s a gift of the month club – bacon of the month, beer of the month, jam of the month (for the Christmas Vacation fans out there) – get your creative juices flowing. Murray’s in New York even has a meat of the month club delivered nationwide – a gift that keeps giving year round.
Who doesn’t love movies? Purchase a gift certificate for Hulu Premium so your gift recipient can stream the newest shows without all the ads.
You can use your own photos to print out aprons, coasters, mugs, key chains, etc. This is one of those gifts that will make you look like you really gave it the personal touch. Just upload a photo on a site and let it do all the hard work.
Spafinder takes the spa gift certificate to the next level. Let your recipient pick out the spa and the treatment without putting your bank account in the red.
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I find that giving discounted gift cards to those that live away from me is better. I save on shipping costs and they can get what they really want.
Just FYI: You can add another layer of savings if you order through a cash-back shopping site. For example, Mr. Rebates offers 4% cash-back plus coupon deals such as “10% off $125+ gift cards” (that one ends July 5, alas) or “buy one gift certificate, get 15% off the second” (this deal is good through July 31).
The site also offers 5% cash-back on Shutterfly (plus other coupons/specials), and 1% cash-back on cards purchased through Cardpool.
Mr. Rebates and other cash-back companies have “stores of the week” with higher-than-usual rebates, and other specials (especially around the holidays).
These are great gift ideas. I am especially known to give #2. Gourmet Monthly Clubs has program that allows you to pick a different club for each month of the subscription. So you can give a cigar for the first month, a microbrewed beer for the second, a bottle of wine for the third, etc.