I’m getting somewhat stressed, got to get a few “fun” stocking fillers for a few people… but what to get?
Any suggestions? What have you found which is a great idea for a little christmas gift?
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the sansa clip - my favorite MP3 player because of its great sound, an actual useful screen, small size and built on clip.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sandisk-Player-Sansa-feature-included/dp/B000W3QTBE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1228909974&sr=8-1
amazon gift cards
digital picture frame
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss_?url=search-alias%3Ddiy&field-keywords=digital+picture+frame&x=19&y=21
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I like the site thingsremembered.com. I usually can find a gift on their site for a decent price.
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Chocolates - http://www.hotelchocolat.co.uk/
Cheese - http://www.finecheese.co.uk/ (perhaps a bottle of Port too)
Wine hampers - http://www.harveynichols.com/hampers/wine-hamper.aspx
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Hats, scarfs, gloves, cufflinks, socks
http://www.johnlewis.com/Fashion/Men’s+Accessories/Category.aspx
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Stockings are ideal for gift cards. Choose something you know they’ll enjoy, whether it’s to a video store, clothing store, restaurant, etc. Amazon.com online is always a winner too, and I actually saw gift cards for Ebay at the grocery last week!
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Or you can get a prepaid mastercard from local shops in the uk now. They are good as they can be spent almost anywhere. Or Virgin Money do one.
I think they are very common in the USA.
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Really? So just like a normal card but you load it with money?
[quote=marcjacob;30714]Or you can get a prepaid mastercard from local shops in the uk now. They are good as they can be spent almost anywhere. Or Virgin Money do one.
I think they are very common in the USA.[/quote]
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yup. i haven’t found that they work for everything, but they work at a lot of places online.
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Those prepaid gift cards are very handy. We use the Visa ones here all the time.
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I only know about Virgin one in the UK. You can load for free at the post office but it takes 1 day, or for a fee at any paypoint machine. Thats instant, I think its about 3% to do it that way though.
I have one, but dont really use it. I only have debit cards normally so this is a back up so I can pay my hosting if Epass goes the way IBill did.
They told me I can use it anywhere that I could use a normal Mastercard. But petrol pumps require you to have a certain amount on the card, so pay at the pump petrol stations might be an issue. They said food places and airline tickets might be an issue to.
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My favorite’s that I like to get now:
itunes Gift Card
ShopAdidas.com Gift Card
Visa Gift Cards Rock.
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I know they are popular in the USA, but its a new concept in the UK that we sort of borrowed from you guys 
We dont have any VISA that I can find, only Mastercard and AMEX do a travel money card.
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Gift cards are great, we have VISA, Mastercard, etc. but there was a thing on our news here, about how some have some odd restrictions, so buyer be ware and read. Like they expire in 30 days or stuff like that which is in the fine print. So when buying gift cards they recommend making sure of the terms of use, like some can only be applied to a purchase if it is x dollars or if less than the card amount, you lose the difference.
But they are super when they work right
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[QUOTE=Gaystoryman;30732]Gift cards are great, we have VISA, Mastercard, etc. but there was a thing on our news here, about how some have some odd restrictions, so buyer be ware and read. Like they expire in 30 days or stuff like that which is in the fine print. So when buying gift cards they recommend making sure of the terms of use, like some can only be applied to a purchase if it is x dollars or if less than the card amount, you lose the difference.
But they are super when they work right[/QUOTE]
Interesting that Canada would still allow the Cards to have those restrictions, there was such an uproar here in the States that they can’t do that now. People were buying cards to give and by the time they got around to using them they had “run out” of funds, or expired, etc etc
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yeah well, we got stupid ass harper, our version of george.