With Christmas gift buying season upon us, it’s time to start thinking about what you plan on getting your family and friends. And with our Christmas gift guide in mind, we want to know: Do you buy gadgets for your friends and relatives?
There’s no denying that the better gadgets out there may not make the most ideal gifts for casual acquaintances, thanks to their invariably larger pricetag. But with online novelty shops like Latestbuy and Tesora selling cheap electronic goods by the bucketload, gadgets could make up a large chunk of your Christmas purchasing plans, replacing traditional gifts like books, CDs, perfume and DVDs.
So tell us: Do you buy gadgets for your friends and relatives for Christmas each year? And if so, what do you get? Let us know in comments.
Elly Hart
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 9:12 AMImmediate family and close friends, yes. I’m happy to fork out large amounts of cash on gadgets for them, which means I’m stingy with gifts for anyone outside of this circle.
iPods have been popular gifts in years gone past. I’ve given console games and peripherals as presents before. And a Nintendo DS for my seven-year-old cousin last year.
I haven’t started thinking about Christmas gifts for this year yet.
matt
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 9:55 AMno, they are too expensive.
Mike Biggs
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 11:11 AMIts hard for me not to buy gadgets, I hate seeing my family doing something the old way. I bought my mum and mum-in-law digital cameras and LCD picture frames this year so they can save on getting pictures printed. Olympus cams were $80each and Samsung 7″ LCDs were $60each, bargain :) Pretty sure dads getting a GPS. Bought my sister RAM for her MacBook Pro lol
Bought myself, on behalf of my wife, a Wacom Bamboo Pen & Touch…but I bought her a bikini…thats better than any gadget :P
Nate Koelmeyer
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 11:26 AMIpad for mum this year and an apple TV for dad!
Richard Djordjevic
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 11:56 AMI do but often it’s hit or miss…and the miss is usually because I don’t have time to then walk them through the gadget.
Things like digital cameras have gone down well where the digital photo frame I got one parent is probably still in the box because the family didn’t seem keen on scanning their photos (maybe I can encourage them to do it now they’ve bought themselves a new scanner). Similar story with the GPS unit.
Anyway I hopefully will have more luck this year…going to go with a WD Live or something similar but I’ll take an hour or two out to load a HDD with content to keep them busy for at least a few months.
JT...
Friday, November 19, 2010 at 12:25 PM“Tesora selling cheap electronic goods” I wouldn’t consider those items as gadgets they are more like toys.
Gadgets on the other hand cost quite a bit, only my brothers are into gadgets which would mean I’d have to buy presents of equivalent monetary value for everyone else, I’d be broke (I have a very large family).
So that’s a no from me.