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Terrible Graduation Gifts…and Awesome Alternatives

By on April 18, 2013
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Terrible: Small Kitchen Appliances

magic-bulletI remember the excitement of getting ready to head off to college — packing my toaster, blender, coffee maker and electric griddle; carefully boxing up my shiny new quesadilla maker and panini press. After I actually started school and quickly realized two things.

First, I barely had room for my clothes in my tiny dorm room, much less a rice cooker or Magic Bullet. Secondly, there was this thing called “pizza delivery,” and I would never cook for myself again. Pretty much the same thing happened when I moved into my first apartment after graduating from college: I got tons of new kitchen essentials, with nowhere to put them and no idea why/how to use them.

Awesome: Restaurant Gift Cards

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A quick Google search should tell you what places deliver to their college, or what restaurants are near their new apartment. For greater bang for your buck, you might even check Groupon to see if there are deals on dining establishments in their area — they have a nice “give as a gift” feature.

 

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About Kristin Cook

I'm the Managing Editor for Bensbargains.com. When I'm not hunting for deals online, I enjoy good food, good beer, and Star Wars.

6 Comments

  1. bob

    May 9, 2013 at 10:55 pm

    No small appliances? Really….

    A Ninja Blender or the Bullet are not good but great gifts for a recent grad. Anything that encourages going to the gym and having a protein shake is a good thing.

    And a stylish USB Drive is a good gift? Really…

    When people can’t think of anything else they buy a USB Drive. Only clueless girls looking to gain favor with a guy who absolutely doesn’t know she exists – get these type of gifts.

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  2. KAAAAHHHHLLLL

    May 1, 2013 at 12:02 pm

    The pen and jewelry (watch in my case) ring especially true.

    I’m going to sound ungrateful here, but that $80 pen and $300 watch are going to be far less useful than the $380 cash. Hell, that’s my first student loan payment right there!

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  3. Nancy Reid

    April 30, 2013 at 6:18 pm

    Always nice to have some creative ideas for gift giving!

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  4. jane jakins

    April 30, 2013 at 5:30 pm

    thanks

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  5. Angelo Santiago

    April 30, 2013 at 10:37 am

    Great response

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  6. Jabba's Ex

    April 30, 2013 at 7:53 am

    I like your choices except for Dr. Seuss. Surely even the most mercenary, materialistic student among us can find room to stash a tome of sage advice from Theodore Geisel! BTW, great choice on substitute for the book. I’ll leave you with this:

    You’re wrong as the deuce
    And you shouldn’t rejoice
    If you’re calling him Seuss.
    He pronounces it Soice!

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