# Help me scheme: 'great gifts' that turn out to be expensive to the giftee

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 11, 2005, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-scheme-great-gifts-that-turn-out-to-be-expensive-to-the-giftee/335105 "2005-12-11T04:38:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2005, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-scheme-great-gifts-that-turn-out-to-be-expensive-to-the-giftee/335105/41 "2005-12-13T03:23:39Z")

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Something huge and inflatable for the kids. Do not give them a pump for it.

My dad once gave us an inflatable igloo. In addition to having to go and get the pump, once the thing was inflated it took up a huge amount of room, smelled of plastic and would not stay inflated.

I don’t think he was trying for something bad, and it was in fact rather cool, but impractical.

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