What Are You Doing Right Now
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@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I still don't have Christmas gifts for my brother and fiance. I have no idea what I'm going to do.
$100 Visa gift cards.
I have a strict, no giftcard policy. I just think its the least personal gift you can ever give someone
Yeah I agree with @coliver, I really don't need another shirt (or whatever else) cash is fine, and I can value it as much as there is on the card and get exactly what I want with it.
No reason to feel ashamed about a gift card, you work hard for your money, to part with it in an obvious fashion like this means you think a lot about the people you're giving your money too.
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@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I still don't have Christmas gifts for my brother and fiance. I have no idea what I'm going to do.
$100 Visa gift cards.
I have a strict, no giftcard policy. I just think its the least personal gift you can ever give someone
Or most personal... gifts are one of those things that make very little economic sense. People often don't value what you give them as highly as you do, or as much as the item is worth. Gift cards have a static value that is the same for everyone.
I don't see the point of converting a currency you can spend anywhere to a currency you can only spend in a few places max
Newly marrieds (or soon to be) are generally on a budget so they can pay for wedding etc. Or couples with littles etc. I have found that restaurant gift cards are greatly appreciated (I usually do enough for a full meal wherever I get the card for). This gives them an excuse to relax and just spend non-stressful time together. Date nights are a good thing. Add a good bottle of wine for when they get home and voila you got your brother lucky for the night
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@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I still don't have Christmas gifts for my brother and fiance. I have no idea what I'm going to do.
$100 Visa gift cards.
I have a strict, no giftcard policy. I just think its the least personal gift you can ever give someone
Or most personal... gifts are one of those things that make very little economic sense. People often don't value what you give them as highly as you do, or as much as the item is worth. Gift cards have a static value that is the same for everyone.
I don't see the point of converting a currency you can spend anywhere to a currency you can only spend in a few places max
If you give them cash it get's spent on groceries or something less fun.
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@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I still don't have Christmas gifts for my brother and fiance. I have no idea what I'm going to do.
$100 Visa gift cards.
I have a strict, no giftcard policy. I just think its the least personal gift you can ever give someone
Or most personal... gifts are one of those things that make very little economic sense. People often don't value what you give them as highly as you do, or as much as the item is worth. Gift cards have a static value that is the same for everyone.
I don't see the point of converting a currency you can spend anywhere to a currency you can only spend in a few places max
If you give them cash it get's spent on groceries or something less fun.
The best gift is something the person really wants but would never buy for themselves. That is what I shoot for every year. I built Laura her own PC one year and got her a Chromebook the year before. She uses them every day and loves them.
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@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I still don't have Christmas gifts for my brother and fiance. I have no idea what I'm going to do.
$100 Visa gift cards.
I have a strict, no giftcard policy. I just think its the least personal gift you can ever give someone
Or most personal... gifts are one of those things that make very little economic sense. People often don't value what you give them as highly as you do, or as much as the item is worth. Gift cards have a static value that is the same for everyone.
I don't see the point of converting a currency you can spend anywhere to a currency you can only spend in a few places max
If you give them cash it get's spent on groceries or something less fun.
The issue is we have limited ourselves to $100 for each of us and I've had a lot of trouble finding something I think is great for that.
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@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I still don't have Christmas gifts for my brother and fiance. I have no idea what I'm going to do.
$100 Visa gift cards.
I have a strict, no giftcard policy. I just think its the least personal gift you can ever give someone
Or most personal... gifts are one of those things that make very little economic sense. People often don't value what you give them as highly as you do, or as much as the item is worth. Gift cards have a static value that is the same for everyone.
I don't see the point of converting a currency you can spend anywhere to a currency you can only spend in a few places max
If you give them cash it get's spent on groceries or something less fun.
The best gift is something the person really wants but would never buy for themselves. That is what I shoot for every year. I built Laura her own PC one year and got her a Chromebook the year before. She uses them every day and loves them.
If the person isn't going to buy it for themselves then they don't value it as highly as you do. That being said I am forced to be hypocritical here. My wife generally has a no gift card rule for immediate friends and family.
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Hey guys I really value the Ubiquiti equipment, so if anyone wants to send me some for christmas I'd love it and set it up immediately!
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@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I still don't have Christmas gifts for my brother and fiance. I have no idea what I'm going to do.
$100 Visa gift cards.
I have a strict, no giftcard policy. I just think its the least personal gift you can ever give someone
Or most personal... gifts are one of those things that make very little economic sense. People often don't value what you give them as highly as you do, or as much as the item is worth. Gift cards have a static value that is the same for everyone.
I don't see the point of converting a currency you can spend anywhere to a currency you can only spend in a few places max
If you give them cash it get's spent on groceries or something less fun.
The issue is we have limited ourselves to $100 for each of us and I've had a lot of trouble finding something I think is great for that.
$100 How about a date night (find a show they would like or something like that) or Movie night
One year we did a movie theme for all siblings. I got my sister a popcorn bowl, beer, popcorn with topping stuff, a few great movies that I knew they would like.
Another it was fancy chocolates and wine.
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@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I still don't have Christmas gifts for my brother and fiance. I have no idea what I'm going to do.
$100 Visa gift cards.
I have a strict, no giftcard policy. I just think its the least personal gift you can ever give someone
Or most personal... gifts are one of those things that make very little economic sense. People often don't value what you give them as highly as you do, or as much as the item is worth. Gift cards have a static value that is the same for everyone.
I don't see the point of converting a currency you can spend anywhere to a currency you can only spend in a few places max
If you give them cash it get's spent on groceries or something less fun.
The best gift is something the person really wants but would never buy for themselves. That is what I shoot for every year. I built Laura her own PC one year and got her a Chromebook the year before. She uses them every day and loves them.
If the person isn't going to buy it for themselves then they don't value it as highly as you do. That being said I am forced to be hypocritical here. My wife generally has a no gift card rule for immediate friends and family.
Laura is just super frugal. She lives a very modest lifestyle
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@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I still don't have Christmas gifts for my brother and fiance. I have no idea what I'm going to do.
$100 Visa gift cards.
I have a strict, no giftcard policy. I just think its the least personal gift you can ever give someone
Or most personal... gifts are one of those things that make very little economic sense. People often don't value what you give them as highly as you do, or as much as the item is worth. Gift cards have a static value that is the same for everyone.
I don't see the point of converting a currency you can spend anywhere to a currency you can only spend in a few places max
If you give them cash it get's spent on groceries or something less fun.
The best gift is something the person really wants but would never buy for themselves. That is what I shoot for every year. I built Laura her own PC one year and got her a Chromebook the year before. She uses them every day and loves them.
If the person isn't going to buy it for themselves then they don't value it as highly as you do. That being said I am forced to be hypocritical here. My wife generally has a no gift card rule for immediate friends and family.
My siblings and a few married friends with little ones have loved the date night gift card. Good excuse for peace and quiet.
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@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I still don't have Christmas gifts for my brother and fiance. I have no idea what I'm going to do.
$100 Visa gift cards.
I have a strict, no giftcard policy. I just think its the least personal gift you can ever give someone
Or most personal... gifts are one of those things that make very little economic sense. People often don't value what you give them as highly as you do, or as much as the item is worth. Gift cards have a static value that is the same for everyone.
I don't see the point of converting a currency you can spend anywhere to a currency you can only spend in a few places max
If you give them cash it get's spent on groceries or something less fun.
The best gift is something the person really wants but would never buy for themselves. That is what I shoot for every year. I built Laura her own PC one year and got her a Chromebook the year before. She uses them every day and loves them.
If the person isn't going to buy it for themselves then they don't value it as highly as you do. That being said I am forced to be hypocritical here. My wife generally has a no gift card rule for immediate friends and family.
My siblings and a few married friends with little ones have loved the date night gift card. Good excuse for peace and quiet.
My sisters have given us a free night of baby-sitting a few times in the past 5 months. Even without the additional money to go toward dinner it's really nice to just spend some time with my wife and hang out.
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@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I still don't have Christmas gifts for my brother and fiance. I have no idea what I'm going to do.
$100 Visa gift cards.
I have a strict, no giftcard policy. I just think its the least personal gift you can ever give someone
Or most personal... gifts are one of those things that make very little economic sense. People often don't value what you give them as highly as you do, or as much as the item is worth. Gift cards have a static value that is the same for everyone.
I don't see the point of converting a currency you can spend anywhere to a currency you can only spend in a few places max
If you give them cash it get's spent on groceries or something less fun.
The best gift is something the person really wants but would never buy for themselves. That is what I shoot for every year. I built Laura her own PC one year and got her a Chromebook the year before. She uses them every day and loves them.
If the person isn't going to buy it for themselves then they don't value it as highly as you do. That being said I am forced to be hypocritical here. My wife generally has a no gift card rule for immediate friends and family.
My siblings and a few married friends with little ones have loved the date night gift card. Good excuse for peace and quiet.
My sisters have given us a free night of baby-sitting a few times in the past 5 months. Even without the additional money to go toward dinner it's really nice to just spend some time with my wife and hang out.
I could totally see loving that if I had a child for sure.
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@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I still don't have Christmas gifts for my brother and fiance. I have no idea what I'm going to do.
$100 Visa gift cards.
I have a strict, no giftcard policy. I just think its the least personal gift you can ever give someone
Or most personal... gifts are one of those things that make very little economic sense. People often don't value what you give them as highly as you do, or as much as the item is worth. Gift cards have a static value that is the same for everyone.
I don't see the point of converting a currency you can spend anywhere to a currency you can only spend in a few places max
Well I would hope you know them well enough to know that they will like the place you buy a card for assuming you don't buy a visa gift card.
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@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Add a good bottle of wine for when they get home and voila you got your brother lucky for the night
Something about that just seems wrong.
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@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I still don't have Christmas gifts for my brother and fiance. I have no idea what I'm going to do.
$100 Visa gift cards.
I have a strict, no giftcard policy. I just think its the least personal gift you can ever give someone
Or most personal... gifts are one of those things that make very little economic sense. People often don't value what you give them as highly as you do, or as much as the item is worth. Gift cards have a static value that is the same for everyone.
I don't see the point of converting a currency you can spend anywhere to a currency you can only spend in a few places max
If you give them cash it get's spent on groceries or something less fun.
This is probably the most important part about a gift - I tend to think it's about the fun factor - date night as someone said, a drone, whatever.
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Yeah I'd love generic gift cards. Makes for a great time, doesn't take a ton of effort to pick up, and will give the person exactly what they want.
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@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 Good point... Let me change that and see.
Seems that going from the Cyborg to Default and back 'fixed' it... for now.
Will hae to see.
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@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
Yeah I'd love generic gift cards. Makes for a great time, doesn't take a ton of effort to pick up, and will give the person exactly what they want.
AKA cash
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@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I still don't have Christmas gifts for my brother and fiance. I have no idea what I'm going to do.
$100 Visa gift cards.
I have a strict, no giftcard policy. I just think its the least personal gift you can ever give someone
Or most personal... gifts are one of those things that make very little economic sense. People often don't value what you give them as highly as you do, or as much as the item is worth. Gift cards have a static value that is the same for everyone.
I don't see the point of converting a currency you can spend anywhere to a currency you can only spend in a few places max
If you give them cash it get's spent on groceries or something less fun.
The best gift is something the person really wants but would never buy for themselves. That is what I shoot for every year. I built Laura her own PC one year and got her a Chromebook the year before. She uses them every day and loves them.
If the person isn't going to buy it for themselves then they don't value it as highly as you do. That being said I am forced to be hypocritical here. My wife generally has a no gift card rule for immediate friends and family.
We do too. Exceptions for teens and only rarely there. Sometimes the adults do it but with stipulations like "this is for this exact thing but this is so you can verify that you are getting the right thing".
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@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@Minion-Queen said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@coliver said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
@wirestyle22 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:
I still don't have Christmas gifts for my brother and fiance. I have no idea what I'm going to do.
$100 Visa gift cards.
I have a strict, no giftcard policy. I just think its the least personal gift you can ever give someone
Or most personal... gifts are one of those things that make very little economic sense. People often don't value what you give them as highly as you do, or as much as the item is worth. Gift cards have a static value that is the same for everyone.
I don't see the point of converting a currency you can spend anywhere to a currency you can only spend in a few places max
If you give them cash it get's spent on groceries or something less fun.
The best gift is something the person really wants but would never buy for themselves. That is what I shoot for every year. I built Laura her own PC one year and got her a Chromebook the year before. She uses them every day and loves them.
If the person isn't going to buy it for themselves then they don't value it as highly as you do. That being said I am forced to be hypocritical here. My wife generally has a no gift card rule for immediate friends and family.
We do too. Exceptions for teens and only rarely there. Sometimes the adults do it but with stipulations like "this is for this exact thing but this is so you can verify that you are getting the right thing".
I did that with her engagement ring. I gave her a 'placeholder ring' so we could shop together for the ring she truly wanted. She likes her placeholder ring and doesn't want another one. Again, very frugal.
