Calendars.....why is it always calendars?

[Jeff7]

Either I'm a tough person to buy presents for, or else people think I don't have the slightest clue what year it is.
Each year for Christmas, relatives and a friend buy me calendars. No less than three a year; the first just arrived today.

Is there any tactful, nice way of saying, "I don't need calendars, please stop sending them"?
Based on experience, I seem to be an expert at being forthcoming and rude at the same time, despite it not appearing that way to me. And I think there's some kind of stigma surrounding refusing a gift.


Yeah, fine, I know it's nice to get gifts.
But it's wasteful to keep sending me stuff I don't need; it wastes their money, it wastes resources, and it's just more junk, which loses lots of value with time, sitting around here doing nothing. My computer already has a calendar, and I've got a booklet of important things to do.



Anyone want a $14 Scientific American Hubble 2009 calendar for the cost of shipping?




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[JohnCU]

one year i got 4 flashlights. i guess they think i'm in the dark.

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: JohnCU
one year i got 4 flashlights. i guess they think i'm in the dark.

I read that as fleshlights. And then the second part made absolutely no sense.

 

[DrPizza]

I've informed people that "please don't waste money on cards. Just call me and say happy birthday; I'd rather hear from you than receive a card. P.S. I think it's stupid to spend $3 on a piece of paper & thus refuse to support Halmark for pricing pieces of paper that way. Thus, don't expect a card from me."


Yeah, "Based on experience, I seem to be an expert at being forthcoming and rude at the same time, despite it not appearing that way to me. And I think there's some kind of stigma surrounding refusing a gift." seems pretty true for me too.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
I've informed people that "please don't waste money on cards. Just call me and say happy birthday; I'd rather hear from you than receive a card. P.S. I think it's stupid to spend $3 on a piece of paper & thus refuse to support Halmark for pricing pieces of paper that way. Thus, don't expect a card from me."

Yeah, I've told my grandmother that. I don't think she liked hearing it initially, but she's since found other things as substitutes for cards - little things she comes across like postcards or something similar. Yeah, Hallmark cards are ridiculously expensive; there's got to be some insane profit margins on that stuff.

Yeah, "Based on experience, I seem to be an expert at being forthcoming and rude at the same time, despite it not appearing that way to me. And I think there's some kind of stigma surrounding refusing a gift." seems pretty true for me too.

Kind of sucks, doesn't it?

"I have a great way you can save money this Christmas: I really don't need you to spend money on stuff I don't need anyway."

" :|"

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Originally posted by: destrekor

Originally posted by: JohnCU
one year i got 4 flashlights. i guess they think i'm in the dark.

I read that as fleshlights. And then the second part made absolutely no sense.

And even then, what would you do with all of them? Four Fleshlights still isn't an orgy.