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Anyone know any good sites for Christmas present ideas? Most of my family are stubbornly without much by way of interests, I don't want to just get them all DVD sets. New Scientist do have their No More Socks site, but it is obviously techy based and short on ideas.

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I find that if any members of my family can't decide on what they want a selection from the East Dulwich Deli is always most welcome. And while you're in the area, you could meet some of us deep south lither's for a drink or two.

Are you one of these disgusting early christmas shoppers?

Yes - shopping online does have a crack-like tendency to escalate... mind you, I find that with Switch as well. On the other hand, your representative at Borders is about as likely to have a personal opinion of a purchase to impart as Amazon.

I was chatting to a marketing person at Faber the other day, and she said that Amazon is used far more for research than for actual purchases, which I can well believe...

Anyway, to the enquiry. For my father, I often go for http://iwantoneofthose.com, http://www.firebox.com. http://www.lastminute.com actually does occasionally have some cool stuff... I aim to browse http://www.libertas.co.uk for various people... Actually, I am hopelessly udnerprepared for Christmas even on a conceptual level. Oooh bollocks.

My desire for instant gratificaton certainly tends to mean that I find out that something exists over the Internet, then go and buy it physically. AT the moment my big vice is Morgan Computer, as the website is a) worksafe and b) full of stuff, and the shop can be reached in a lunch hour.

On the other hand, my beloved father, I think, bought almost exclusively from catalogues before the Internet, and I suspect now buys pretty well everything on the Internet, because he doesn't need or want the intimacy and he is prepared to play a alightly longer game. Ultimately, each Internet merchant is just another outlet, with advantages and disadvantages.

Sorry there flowers, I appear to have degenerated your RFH into a rogue discussion on the aesthetics of shopping.

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