Shoppers spent more than $15.5 billion this Christmas on gifts on
Internet alone. Just imagine how many millions went to unwanted polka dot sweaters, electric nose hair clippers, and thigh masters. That wasted cash piled up under Christmas tree. We've all had it happen to us.In fact, you had it happen to you this year. You unwrapped pretty red bow and tore through shiny paper on that present from your Uncle Mortie, and immediately, you had to put on your best poker face.How did you know I needed a sushi roller kit?” you exclaimed with as much excitement as you could muster through gritted teeth.
The problem is you don't eat fish sticks, let alone raw salmon.
You can't be too sore at poor Uncle Mortie, though, and other friends and family who gave you unwanted holiday gifts this season. Buying Christmas gifts is difficult work. Then again, getting rid of a doosie of a Christmas gift is no piece of fruitcake either. That is, unless you know how to use Internet to return your unwanted gifts from comfort of your own home or, better yet, sell them for better use.
You're probably wondering how it's possible to sell off Santa's slip-ups when you feel bad enough returning them. In most cases, your friends or loved one invested time and money into shopping for your gift. They browsed countless Web pages. They trudged through mall. And they were sentenced to hard time in cashier line. All of it they did to please you.
At same time, however, your friends or loved one couldn't read your mind as Jolly Old Saint Nick supposedly can. They could never tell if you'd appreciate that coffee table book on coffee tables, or that matching set of plaid socks and necktie. They could only guess at your inseam or your blouse size, or whether you look best in blue or black. And they had no way of telling that your third cousin on your father's side got you same exact gift. With no list of who was naughty and who was nice, Uncle Mortie and company added to millions wasted worldwide.
This waste doesn't have to be. Your loved ones only wanted to make you happy with their presents. So it stands to reason that if their gift didn't do trick-because it was wrong size, a duplicate present, or completely off mark-they would want you to fix situation. Whatever it takes, they would want you to be happy, right?
