Make Gift Giving More Enjoyable With #HolidayGiftCards #Giveaway
Have you ever had the experience of getting someone a gift you initially believed they would love but felt a little disheartened when you noticed the not-so-subtle hints of displeasure on that special someone’s face? Or, worse yet, have you ever had to pull up your lip and fake a smile after tearing off the wrapping to a present that you thought was evident was on your list of “undesirables”? The art of gift giving and receiving is a very fulfilling emotional experience indeed only made more special by gifting like you like to receive: give something that a person needs or wants!
Sometimes, for whichever reason, these two very simple guidelines will fail for what most likely will turn out to be a mere lack of information. Do you really know what that special someone wants? What exactly do they need? Has he/she dropped any telling hints? I am, of course, talking in the realm of monetary realism: everyone wants the new XBOX One – besides me, I’ve officially retired all console gaming, but that’s besides the point – the point is that, for every person on your Holiday shopping list, there exists a bracket with two numbers in it, only one of which really matters here as the lowest limit to your spending will always be a big and rotund zero. When you take into consideration the maximum amount of hard dollars you are willing to spend on that lucky person these Holidays, don’t you agree that maximizing his/her possible enjoyment should be the main objective?
You also have to into consideration that the person might already have in their possession the gift that you have in mind. I once bought my mother a perfume for Christmas which she seemed to like, but had a slightly peculiar reaction (no one else but me would of noticed). So, after pestering her a little, I found out that she had bought the same perfume just weeks before but felt embarrassed to say it outright for fear of ruining the moment – of course, it didn’t really ruin anything, as I was able to return it and get something else. But unless you know exactly that a certain present will be just perfect in terms of the price/enjoyment(for the other person) ratio, I believe it is much better to gift a gift card to a store you know for a fact that the person in question regularly shops at – this information should by all accounts be much easier to gather. For example, is there anyone in the world that has yet to register an Apple ID? For many people, iTunes has become a one-stop-fix for everything entertainment related.
I mentioned iTunes because Robyn is a big consumer of digital media, with the Mac app store probably being the biggest recipient of her monetary attention over the years. I wouldn’t say she’s hard to buy presents for but I know she’ll enjoy the iTunes dollars to their fullest, and for that reason I love getting her gift cards to the popular on-line store.
From now until December 12th, if you buy a $50 iTunes gift card you’ll receive 50 bonus Air Miles! The offer runs now until Dec 11 in Sobeys Atlantic. The offer runs now until Dec 12 in Metro Ontario, Safeway, KATZ (Rexall & PharmaPlus) Ontario, and Lawtons.
Here is a breakdown of the provinces:
Metro Ontario – ONTARIO only
KATZ (Rexall & PharmaPlus) Ontario – ONTARIO only
Safeway – Alberta, British Columbia , Manitoba, Saskatchewan.
Lawtons – Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI
Sobeys Atlantic – Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, PEI
Giveaway
Celeb Baby Laundry is giving (1) lucky winner (1) $50 iTunes gift card. The contest is open to residents of Canada excluding Quebec, and must be 18 years or older. The winner can expect their card in 4-6 weeks after the winner is announced!
To enter this giveaway please use the giveaway box below (takes time to load).
The address of the winner will be shared with Mom Central for the purposes of sending the gift card.
Disclosure: I am part of the Blackhawk Holiday Gift Card Blogger Campaign with Mom Central Canada and I receive special perks as part of my affiliation with this group. The opinions on this blog are my own.
I seem to only be giving gift cards to adults this Christmas. It’s just easier.
I do give gift cards. Easier to those who are harder to buy gifts for
I think gift cards are a great gift idea. My daughter loves receiving gift cards to book stores, and they are always her favorite presents.
Yes, I give gift certificates as gifts. Mostly for teachers, bus driver & family living away. My kiddos love gift cards and ask for them so they can do their shopping when they need something in particluar.
I see nothing wrong with giving gift cards. My kids even ask for them!
WHat a great giveaway! I love itunes and could really use or gift that gift card!
What an amazing giveaway… Thank you so much…
That’s a really great offer! We go through a lot of iTunes.
It is so much safer to give gift cards. i don’t know what we did before they were invented!
I think gift cards are great especially for that hard to shop for person.
Yes! I love giving and receiving gift cards. I think people have the impression they are too impersonal but you can make them personal by giving specific stores and the way you package them.
I love gift cards! You can never go wrong I think! Especially for teens and family you don’t see often .
I love giving gift cards. You can never go wrong with those because they can get what they want.
I like to give gift cards for things like dinner and a movie (with a promise to babysit!) for couples who are hard to buy for
I love giving gift cards too! It’s easy and you know they’ll get something they love.
I depend on gift cards for gifts! Without them, I would be in a lot of trouble!
I’m not actually a big fan of giving gift certificates because I feel like it’s just a time suck. We could all just buy ourselves what we want instead of trading gift cards . . . I think we should work harder at being grateful and gracious about what we receive and then just find a good use for it later.
There is nothing more fun that giving a gift that the person has always wanted, and almost as much fun, receiving something that you always wanted, but it is difficult to hit that mark sometimes. Gift cards are a great way to help them to “spoil themselves” and get what they really want.
what a sweet deal! I adore giving and getting gift cards!
i do gift cards but i like to dress them up and make them personal 🙂 so usually a little gift basket or something with it
I love gift cards. My kids will be getting some gift cards in their stockings this year. Perfect gift for the hard to buy for folks on your list. My kids would love to have an i-tunes card, entering the giveaway now.
There are a select group of people that I give gift cards to but most will get something else.
My mother gets annoyed when I give her giftcards to places. She doesn’t like it she thinks its not personable. I however love getting them for the people who are harder to buy for. I get gift cards for my teenager and my younger boys get gifts they unwrap. I am ok either way
Gift cards are my favorite gift to receive. I hear so many people say that they don’t like to give them, but what’s more fun than shopping with a gift card?!
I personally like giving and receiving gift cards. Then people can just pick out what they like and it relieves a lot of pressure on the gift giver.
I love giving and receiving gift cards!
I love iTunes and like you said, just about everyone has a use for an iTunes gift card nowadays! Thanks for a great giveaway! Fingers crossed!
I try not to use giftcards as presents– but they’re just the best gifts for some people (aka my sister in college who is always asking for money…lol)
I like gift cards a lot when I do my gift giving!
trisha
Awesome giveaway, my daughter has been asking for an iTunes card.
I was all excited about that offer, but it’s Canada only. Bummer for me! I use my iTunes account all the time!
Woo HOO!!
I love find giveaways I can actually enter!
I love giving gift cards.. makes it sooo easy for me, less stress and everyone loves it
yes i do. some really like it!
My kids love to received gift cards in their stockings.
I definitely do!
I absolutely love giving and getting gift cards as gifts. Makes shopping easier and less useless gifts in the closet for 5 years 😉