{"id":4148,"date":"2015-12-22T20:54:43","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T04:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/?p=4148"},"modified":"2015-12-22T20:58:06","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T04:58:06","slug":"presents-present-themselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aaugh.com\/wordpress\/2015\/12\/presents-present-themselves\/","title":{"rendered":"Presents present themselves"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_1480\"<\/a>You know, I was only joking in the last post when I suggested that readers might send me birthday presents at any time of year. However, one AAUGH Blog reader – John – sent me a present just the other day: these two Peanuts coloring books. And I was flipping through them, trying to decide whether to put them in the AAUGH.com Reference Library or to just whip out my crayons and go to town when I saw this page:<\/p>\n

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Now, I’m pretty good at anagrams, but I’ve looked at it and looked at it and simply cannot rearrange those letters to spell “REAL ESTATE”.<\/p>\n

Anyway, Christmas is almost upon us, and it’s too late to be ordering gifts from Amazon and expect them to get there on time. You might have noticed that this year I did not do my usual bit of suggesting interesting gifts along the way, which, were I a good businessman, I would’ve done; it just never hit my mood this year. But I cannot help but suggest my favorite it’s-too-late-too-get-a-gift gift idea, one that you can even do on the holiday itself, when all the stores are closed: a pre-order. That’s right, find something that isn’t out yet, preorder it (shipped directly to the recipient) such as the penultimate volume of The Complete Peanuts<\/a><\/em>, print out a card with a picture of the item and its release month:<\/p>\n

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Put that in a nice envelope, give that as a gift.<\/p>\n

Think of all the advantages of doing this:<\/p>\n

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  1. You’ve covered yourself for not having gotten your shopping done in time.<\/li>\n
  2. You’ll be credited for a gift twice<\/em> – once when they get the card, and another time when the gift arrives.<\/li>\n
  3. On arrival, your gift will be more appreciated, as it won’t be lost in a pile\u00a0of other gifts gotten on the big day.<\/li>\n
  4. You lock in lowest price for the book – if Amazon lowers the price any time between when you order and when it ships, you get that lower price.<\/li>\n
  5. You can use the cheapest shipping, as there’s not a specific day you have to get it by.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It’s a good way to turn your forgetfulness into a victory!<\/p>\n

    (Yes, I am full of schemes!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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