"Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> It may be impersonal but it is preferable to getting a bunch of crap that
>> you would never use. One of my friends got a crystal server for Ritz
>> crackers. It held a whole roll. Whoever gave it to her either really
>> loved
>> Ritz crackers or got a good deal on it. She got all kinds of seemingly
>
> If everybody stopped doing that,
> there'd be lots less stuff on eBay.

Very true. I try to pick gifts carefully. I just hope that what I buy
doesn't wind up on Ebay right away. And while I don't sell stuff on Ebay, a
lot of what I used to get went straight into the give away bin. I think
people have wised up now. Just because I like cats, doesn't mean that if it
is shaped like a cat, I will like it. Just because I like purple, doesn't
mean that I want one in purple.