# Can I buy a gift subscription?

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**Created:** [June 28, 2005, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-buy-a-gift-subscription/310168 "2005-06-28T08:53:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-buy-a-gift-subscription/310168/1 "2005-06-28T08:53:30Z")

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If yes, how?

What if it is for a current Guest?

-Tcat

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**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-buy-a-gift-subscription/310168/2 "2005-06-28T12:59:30Z")

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> **[Signing up another person](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=311884)**
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> I have been thinking that a membership to the SDMB would make a nice gift for my spouse. If I sign her up as a surprise, am I (or she) apt to get into trouble because it looks like I am trying to make a sock?