What to get a man that has everything?

davetrousers

Howabout one of those schemes where you pay the money to a charity instead of giving a person a gift?

Some people will loathe this idea and some will think it is good.

look at oxfam (as another post above mentioned)

LuciferTDark

A large dose of penicillin? sorry

How about adopting a zoo animal for them? you pay a certain amount to the zoo for the upkeep of the animal & they get a plaque somewhere on the enclosure with their name on it.

zippybungle

Magazine subscription (paid for by Tesco 'Deals' if you can )

Tickets to a concert or comedy gig

I-pod

Nintendo DS

Gadget type thing from Iwantoneofthose.com

Smart Watch (again paid for by Tesco 'Deals' if you can )

Zippy x

Joannekerry

It would help if you gave us a clue of interests, hobbies, childhood memories might help......like watching England win the world cup!

If he's a footie fan then I love this site for shirts from the past and well beyond!

www.toffs.co.uk

sylphraven

I have huge problems buying my brother anything as if he wants it he just buys it, so this xmas I'm going for the joke element & putting together a hamper of: Reindeer poop, snowman poop, snowman soup, Au Natural Bubble bath, a gingerbread woman, all with poems (check out: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=554490&page=2 ). Also topping it off with some mini bottles (6 of them about 2&1/2inches tall) filled with different sweet flavours of vodka.

I know most of these he cant buy in a shop & they'll definately appeal to his sweet tooth.

Mumolu

http://www.gettingpersonal.co.uk/toys.asp/View/78/buy/personalised-mugs.htm

What about this? I love this site, its got so many cool stuff on. I don't think you could go wrong with a personalised item cos its not something he would really buy for himself. The personalised calendars are also quite good, I'd love to get one of those for all the 'what to buy for people' in my family, but £15.00 for everyone is a bit steep really I think, but as a one off, its a fab gift!

My dad is a taxi driver and last year I did him a 'Taxi Driver Survival Kit' cos he can be a tricky one too.....trouble is though, this year I've gone back to the 'crossword book, socks and shortbread route!!!':rotfl:

Horace

My Dad is equally difficult to buy for. Last year, I gave him a Lindt chocolate father christmas - he was too ill to go and choose his own slippers but he eventually had them from me earlier this year.

I used Pigsback.com to get some points and visited the Mankind shop this year and bought him a pure bristle shaving brush (it came with a free shave gel) and some Geo.Trumper Shaving Cream in a wooden bowl.

Mum is also usually difficult - but this year she has some OPI nail polish (from Lena White via Pigsback).

For the man who has got everything - why not get a badge saying "I've got everything!"

Some of Dads previous presents have been a book of British Birds and binoculars, a gliding lesson (this led to him becoming a qualified pilot and owning 3 gliders!), clothes, a VIP trip to Shelsley Walsh Hill Climb (I combined it with lunch at a local hotel as well as arranging a behind the scenes visit via a friend).

Good Luck in finding your Dad something.

Passiflora_Polar_Bear

I wonder if part of the problem is that, as women, we hone in on womens' stuff when out shopping and ignore the mens' stuff (and vice versa) all year, so we don't really know what's out there for the opposite sex!

I've got OCTD (obsessive compulsive Tesco Disorder) too! I thought I'd get my fussy Dad something special this year from Goldsmiths on my (£51) Tesco deals vouchers: A nice expensive watch (he says he doesn't wear one) or a Ted Baker wallet (£45) (he only likes his 3-fold one from John Lewis) or how about a little leather travel alarm clock (seen in the Goldsmiths shop, not the one on their website, for £22.50) ? No thanks! Doesn't wear cufflinks either! It got worse when I asked my sister to choose something from Goldsmiths...

So I'm getting my Dad

1. Tesco Deals 12 Blockbuster DVD rentals vouchers, after checking there are Blockbusters near him and printing out the addresses.

2. After reading the fabulous and different suggestions on the Fathers Day board, I'm giving him a home made card (I'm an Art Therapist though you don't need to be arty for cards) and

3. a promise voucher (complete with car polish etc) for a car wash (I'll be busy on Boxing day doing everyone's cars - burn off some calories!) and

4. I love the bird feeder idea above as he is a gardener.

As for my sis, I'm making her some real pearl 9ct gold studs for about £8, and a pamper hamper- suggested on other forums (hope she doesn't read this!)

You could get everyone to agree on a theme eg. the idea that consumables don't clutter; money saving - all gifts costing no more than £5/£10; or points voucher spending; or environmental/charitable options, eg. freecycle website. Did the goat, bees and fishing net thing last year for some people (not my Dad of course!)

:rudolf::santa2:

mirandamayhem

I bought this for my Mum last year http://www.presentsformen.co.uk/product.asp?pf_id=4705&CAWELAID=92600015
She loves anything for the garden and fell in love with this.
(OK she's a woman and not a man who has everything but it was lovely all the same!)

Beamish

Its not only Dads', husbands are also impossible to buy for.

Mine could not think of anything he particularly wanted so have racked my brains out trying to come up with something!

So far I've bought him a nice leather travel wallet, a sun glasses holder for his car, a Jeremy Clarkson Driving Music cd and a hair grooming set so that he can shave those silly bits of feathery hair at the back of his neck instead of asking me to do it with the kitchen scissors

The kids are getting him the Sky box thingy that records programs??

Me...all I want is a gift box from LUSH


Beem