Posts Tagged ‘gift sites’
NFL Gridiron Gift Ideas
The NFL playoffs picture is coming into focus. And my family’s beloved Green Bay Packers have clinched a spot in the post-season — just in time for my dad’s birthday. To celebrate Dad’s birthday and his love of the Green and Gold, I sent him an Aaron Rodgers replica Packers jersey
Try these gift ideas for the football fans on your list.
- NFL Reebok replica jerseys at Amazon.com
- Madden NFL 10 by Electronic Arts from Amazon.com
- Life-sized NFL wall graphics from fathead.com
- The NFL Gameday Cookbook by Ray “Dr. BBQ” Lampe from Amazon.com
- E-mail gift certificate from NFLShop.com
Or visit an official NFL team pro shop online:
Tags: birthday, clothing, for dad, gift ideas, gift sites, guy gifts, memorabilia
Some colleges are shy when it comes to e-commerce. Sure, they have an online store for college apparel and gifts. But you would never know it from their university home pages or main site navigation.
That’s where College Gift Finder 2009 comes in. I’ve updated and directly linked to the online shops of more than 1,300 U.S. four-year colleges. The index compiles 1,644 links, organized alphabetically by college and by state. New this year are links to Fathead’s line of collegiate wall graphics and the Victoria’s Secret PINK Collegiate Collection.
So if you need a gift for someone who is college-bound or a proud alum, be sure to visit the updated College Gift Finder.
Tags: back to school, clothing, college, for teens, gift ideas, gift sites
Looking to team up for someone’s group gift? Several web sites allow you to forgo passing the cash envelope at the office or collecting from your siblings at family events. You pick out a gift and send your group to contribute toward a bigger-ticket purchase — all managed online.
- eDivvy.com
An organizer chooses a gift from partners like Amazon, Apple, Macy’s and REI. Then eDivvy sends the organizer’s e-mail, inviting people to give by a deadline. Once the group meets its gift amount goal, the merchant ships the gift to the recipient. - FrumUs
Set up a virtual collection envelope via PayPal. E-mail your group to gain contributions then shop at FrumUs partners like Amazon.com, Buy.com, Cooking.com and more.
Note: FromGroup.com is no longer online.
Tags: for work, gift ideas, gift sites, group gift
Bring hotel luxury to your home. Several major hotels sell their linens, bath robes, shower heads and even the beds online, including Westin. Six years ago, my wife and I stayed at Pittsburgh’s Westin Hotel, home of the Heavenly Bed and the Heavenly Shower. This bed envelops you in sumptuous white cotton comfort: a Simmons pillowtop mattress, five goose-down pillows, three sheets, down blanket, comforter and duvet. The shower features two heads and offers a curved shower curtain rod, giving six more inches of elbow room. I made sure our home bathroom remodel included a similar curved shower rod. (We chose an oil-rubbed bronze version from Inspirations by Moen
Browse these web sites for hotel comfort gifts for home. High-end linens make a fine second anniversary gift. (Cotton is the traditional anniversary gift.)
- Hilton to Home
- Hyatt at Home
- Shop Marriott
- Omni Hotels at Home
- The Ritz-Carlton Shops
- W Hotels: The Store
- Distinctly Waldorf (The Waldorf=Astoria)
- Westin at Home (also Nordstrom, pictured above)
- Wyndham at Home
Tags: anniversary, bath+body, clothing, decor, gift ideas, gift sites, indulgences, travel
Earlier today, I spent an hour removing UPC labels stuck on serving bowls. And not just one tag per bowl. The manufacturer added three other essential stickers: “Made in the Philippines,” “Not dishwasher safe,” and “Hand-crafted from monkey pods.”
Why do companies indelibly tattoo these tags on their products? Several left sticky glue residue on the underside of the bowls. eHow offers six suggestions for removing this sticker gunk. Plus, eHow offers advice for removing labels that involves Q-tips, rubbing alcohol and razor blades. So I need to become MacGyver or a field surgeon to rid these stickers.
That’s just the tags. Some manufacturers humanproof their stuff in hard-plastic clamshell cases, requiring heavy-duty scissors or the Zibra Open It Universal Package Opener
Thankfully, Amazon.com began a “frustration-free” package initiative in 2008, spanning several years. Amazon’s first easy-to-open product, which I gave my nephew for his birthday, is the Fisher-Price Imaginext Adventures Pirate Ship
Tags: customer service, gift sites, giftology, packaging, toys
