Cheap & Nasty Birthday Presents - what's the worst you've seen?

jakes-mum

Nasty in more ways than 1, for my 18th birthday a 'friend' presented me with a gift which turned out to be a cheap silver photo frame with my picture in it, an engraving of a bone over the top and the word 'woof' engraved underneath.

I just handed it back to her

On the plus side, I won a competition with this exact same story so even the worst gifts can have a nice ending :rotfl:

Tropez

I honestly wouldn't be able to tell you; it's just too cheap, tacky and nasty.

boo2410

This is a hilarious thread. My late grandma, god bless her, bought me a chip pan - complete with the mesh basket I might add - for my 18th birthday. Not sure why as I didn't leave home til I was 23!!!Mind you I do still have it and use it now - 30 years on. So it did come in useful after all.

Cinders:

Alpha58 wrote: »

I'm guessing that this is part of the reason why he is "ex"!

Thank you all for posting - keep 'em coming!

Lol, exactly. Tight-fisted doesn't even begin to cover it!

alphabet_soup

When we were on holiday in Egypt one year, my husband told me he'd bought me a present and walked me to a jewellers. We stood looking in the window for a few minutes, pointing at all the garish jewellery - giant beetle-shaped rings, scorpion brooches, snake-shaped bracelets, gigantic medallions on thick, chunky chains, and all with huge, brightly coloured stones.

ME: Argh, look at this bug thing! This is horrendous!
HIM: Nooooooo, this is worse - look at this! Who'd want that on their wrist??
ME: Oh my God, have you seen these - what they Hell are they??
HIM: ...Errr, they're necklace pendants with your name personalised in Arabic. I, err, had one done for you. We're here to pick it up...
ME: Ah.

We hadn't been together that long. It was a very, very awkward moment.

Alpha58

jakes-mum wrote: »

a cheap silver photo frame with my picture in it, an engraving of a bone over the top and the word 'woof' engraved underneath.

Just spat my coffee over the keyboard. Sorry for you jakes-mum but that is funny!

Did you see the "friend" again?

Alpha58

Tropez wrote: »

I honestly wouldn't be able to tell you; it's just too cheap, tacky and nasty.

Go on on - I dare you!

peachyprice

Tropez wrote: »

I honestly wouldn't be able to tell you; it's just too cheap, tacky and nasty.

Tease......

bubbs

Hubby and i once got a box, yes a whole box of cox's apples from his dad, hubby wasnt impressed and nor was i really as not a big apple eater :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Stephb1986_2

Hmmm where do I start from the amazing gifts I've received from my lovely soon to be mother in law.....

A small purse that was a gordy patterned and so I chucked it in the bin
A pair of socks
A hat, scarf and glove set
a 20p card

All these are on separate occasions.