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my parents usually give me gift certs for one very special reason: they don't want to mess up getting me exactly what I want.
If I say "I want a 120GB Maxtor internal EIDE Hard drive with 8mb cache." (for example), they'd say "oh, umm...you mean a $150 gift certificate, right?"
some families have a taboo against asking for things for holidays or asking what people want. I say that's BS. when xmas rolls around i tell people what I want, and I expect the same. Why pussyfoot around?
gift certs are okay from relatives who don't know you very well or if you're too picky to pick out an easy gift.
If I asked for a specific CD and instead I got a $20 GC i'd be upset.
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