How To Buy The Perfect Gift

Just ask these four questions.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
New York's Christmas Station one O six point seven L
seven oh seven, Cubby and Christine in the morning producer
Christen hanging out with us too, and do you want
to buy the perfect gift? Every single time? There are
four questions apparently, right, Christine, you can ask yourself to
help streamline your holiday shopping.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
When you're out there shopping. Cubby, Yeah, when you're in
the store. Me right now, you personally, yes, you have.
This is what you need to think about when you're
considering a gift.

Speaker 1 (00:25):
All right, I'm looking I'm in TJ Max, I'm looking around.

Speaker 2 (00:28):
You're like, what did we last talk about? Because people
are always dropping ideas. If the person was saying, my
commute's really tough, it's wearing me out. Maybe you can
get an app store gift card. Oh, they can download
an app for like a audiobook subscription or something, you know,
if they're driving or.

Speaker 1 (00:47):
It involves us men listening, it does pay attention to
the hints.

Speaker 2 (00:51):
Or if if she Coco maybe signed up for yoga class,
you could look around for a mat and some gear
and things.

Speaker 1 (00:58):
Like that for her, buy a matta go along with
what she's into.

Speaker 2 (01:01):
Another question, does it tie into a personal experience. You
know what's better than a gift card one to a
restaurant that you've been to together. Nostalgia. Yeah, people like nostalgia.

Speaker 1 (01:12):
Remember we used to come here all the time.

Speaker 2 (01:14):
Yes, here you go back in the day.

Speaker 1 (01:16):
Yep.

Speaker 2 (01:16):
You could do something like that. Say what does he
or she do regularly? Like it's it's do they have
a favorite coffee brew that they have every morning? Do
they hike? Do they have dogs? Do they write lists
for themselves? So then that will give you some ideas

(01:38):
or like you know, maybe special coffee maker or special coffees,
or some hiking gear or something that you know is
good for walking the dogs.

Speaker 1 (01:47):
Right, so so far we've got what did you talk
about last? That's a question you ask yourself before you
buy the gift. Can you tie in a personal experience?

Speaker 2 (01:55):
Yes?

Speaker 1 (01:56):
And what does he or she do regularly? Yes? What's
the fourth thing we should really pay attention to, what.

Speaker 2 (02:01):
Is the purpose of this gift? If you can't answer
the question, you must keep shopping, move on, pass, go
to the next. Ultimately, gifts, right, should be a reflection
of how well you know the needs of the person
you're buying them for. Yeah, don't just buy stuff for
the sake of buying stuff.

Speaker 1 (02:16):
Yeah, because sometimes you feel like you just want to
check off the box. Yeah, and just be done with it.

Speaker 2 (02:20):
I know, and like though this is pretty, but yeah,
you want them to really be able to use it.

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