How to buy gifts that people actually want

Re:How to buy gifts that people actually want by Chris2048 on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @05:04PM (#25270620)

This means they get stuff they once made an offhand comment about, rather than stuff people think they might like. I once bought a book by a certain author and liked it as a kid), I then got books by that author for the next few years.

If I was "getting into Y hobby" I'd probably research my own tools for it, and would hate if someone bought something random, e.g. I'd hate if someone bought me a random RAM module. How do they know what speed, or how many slots I have?

consumables like Selzer (or cologne) are pretty safe, somewhat although boring gifts. It's better if their favourite X if also something that's expensive enough that they don't buy it frequently anyway.

That said, I often see cool items that I think "that would make a cool gift", that's what to make note of.

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Re:How to buy gifts that people actually want by Pxtl on Tuesday December 01, 2020 @05:28PM (#25270885)

Yeah, that's the trick. You want something that intersects with "stuff I know person X is interested in" and "stuff that I know enough to make an informed purchase on and X probably doesn't already have". And consumables are a good way to solve the "doesn't already have" problem.

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