Gift giving guides

[Long Run]

Every newspaper, many magazines and other sources come out with gift giving guides each year. Of the hundreds of items highlighted each year, I doubt I have ever bought someone a gift from a guide. Are these things worthless, or do people actually buy items that are promoted in these guides, or at least, have the items provide an inspiration for another gift?

[Big RR]

I purposely avoid reading them, so they're pretty worthless to me.

[Gob]

Lets hope we don't import that nonsense.

[Rick]

Too late

[Gob]

Damn...

[MajGenl.Meade]

I was taken in too - turns out you have to pay for them!

[oldr_n_wsr]

I probably should have looked at one the time I bought my wife a vacume cleaner for Christmas.

[Scooter]

You hopeless romantic

[Sue U]

I probably should have looked at one the time I bought my wife a vacume cleaner for Christmas.

When the salesperson said, "This really sucks," it was meant as gift-giving advice.

[Lord Jim]

For Christmas my wife said she wanted me to take her some place she'd never been before...

So I took her into the kitchen....

[MajGenl.Meade]

My wife... her car's not so good. She told me for Christmas she wanted something that did 0 to 180 in less than 6 seconds. So I bought her a bathroom scale.

[dgs49]

I frequently check those guides for inspiration, and I have occasionally bought something from them.

But at my age (and my wife is about the same), when you want something for yourself you just get it. So that doesn't leave much for gift suggestions.