For me, there were several dollar store trinkets that already broke, and one toy for my kids that was a huge sparkly styrofoam mess waiting to happen, so I threw it out rather than curse anyone else with it.

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    The slinky my middle child got didn’t even survive the day.

    Has anyone had a slinky that survived more than a week?

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    A relative gifted me a really ugly tree ornament. I don’t put up a Christmas tree and haven’t ever in my adult life. Relative knows this and delivered it alongside comments about me needing to get a tree and get more into the “religious” spirit of the holiday.

    Normally I would at least look to donate or something I don’t want, but ugly, religious proselytizing junk goes in the trash.

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    10 months ago

    I think I accidentally threw away a Starbucks gift card someone gave me, because I’ve been unable to locate it since Christmas :(

    EDIT: LMFAO the mods removed my reply to the Scrooge below me because I said “I hope you get coal next year” XD

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    My neighbour gave me a TV. To be precise, he rushed it to me unannounced at the exact moment I was leaving to go to a party. I accepted as quickly as I could in an effort to still make my train.

    It turns out it’s about 15 years old and I have no use for it. He’s a lovely man but I intend to post it as free to a good home then drop it at an e-recycling station if nobody is interested.

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        Nope, just an LCD. It’ll make you feel old but 15 years ago CRTs had already lost majority market share. Sony shut down its last CRT manufacturing plants in 2008.

        I know, I’d kill to hear that sweet degaussing zap again.