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He supports West Bromwich and has 2 of absolutely everything.
He is taking us away to Portugal in a posh hotel everything included.
So a meaningful gift for less than £300. Any ideas?
Help!
Not sure this should be in For Sale?
To answer the question though... See if you can get in touch with Super Bobby Taylor and get something signed for him?
a nice hat
everyone loves a hat
[url= https://www.sleepinthepark.co.uk/ ]I bet he's never done this? [/url]
Book him up come to Edinburgh
If this could be moved to chat that would be a bonus.
Buy my Mont Blanc pen 🙂
Get him a third of something. It's the magic number!
Kill his dog and have it stuffed?
He supports West Bromwich and has 2 of absolutely everything
...sounds great....
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or buy him 3 hats....... and one for his dog
"He supports West Bromwich and has 2 of absolutely everything."
so he has two hollow empty feelings?
Kill his dog and have it stuffed
Not advisable but very funny.
Something from the year of his birth?
These would be the players of the 1967/68 season, FA cup winners, glory days?
[url= http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/West-Bromwich-Albion-Signed-Shirt-/122699334835?hash=item1c917344b3:g:Rx8AAOSwrRlZmu4a ]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/West-Bromwich-Albion-Signed-Shirt-/122699334835?hash=item1c917344b3:g:Rx8AAOSwrRlZmu4a[/url]
My the time you frame it with a period photo, maybe a programme too:
[url= http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/18-05-1968-EVERTON-v-WEST-BROMWICH-ALBION-FA-CUP-FINAL-PROGRAMME-SONG-SHEET-/302396018742?hash=item4668351036:g:FzMAAOSw-u1ZecC3 ]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/18-05-1968-EVERTON-v-WEST-BROMWICH-ALBION-FA-CUP-FINAL-PROGRAMME-SONG-SHEET-/302396018742?hash=item4668351036:g:FzMAAOSw-u1ZecC3[/url]
and a Jeff Astle autograph too, no WBA display would be without one.
[url= http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WEST-BROMWICH-ALBION-JEFF-ASTLE-SIGNED-WBA-/222619975928?hash=item33d52f40f8:g:Ie8AAOSwAr9Zg2b0 ]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WEST-BROMWICH-ALBION-JEFF-ASTLE-SIGNED-WBA-/222619975928?hash=item33d52f40f8:g:Ie8AAOSwAr9Zg2b0[/url]
you'll be well into your budget.
Unless he's got two of that lot as well.
jkomo - Member
Kill his dog and have it stuffed?POSTED 1 HOUR AGO # REPORT-POST
Properly laughing out loud, none of that meaningless LOL shit, thank you. Priceless.
IMHO throwing £300 at a present for a "very rich person" is a terrific waste of money unless you're also moderately rich yourself. If I was spending that sort of money on a gift then it'd be for someone I knew well enough how to buy for without having to ask the Internet. (TBH, if I was spending that sort of money on a gift I'd be sharing a bed with them.)
So, think emotional / doing rather than $stuff. Do you have a skillset where you could make something, maybe? A couple of weeks of your time and some thought and consideration would be far more appreciated than throwing money at the problem, I'd have thought.
Failing that, activities; is there something you could do together even? Track day? Skydiving? Clay pigeon shooting?
Carve him a spoon and donate the money to charity instead.
Power kite and a ceramic poppy.
#PrayFor...OhICantBeBothered
That talking loo roll dispenser from Father Ted.
An Opinel and a Hard back copy of 1984
TBH I would struggle to spend more than £30 on anyone who wasnt my family or I was in a close relationship .
Football shirt is a very good idea.
He doesn't have a dog.
A dog.
Arrange dinner with Frank Skinner, they could compare notes on investment strategy, or a seance to have a chat with Geoff Astle.
🙂
jkomo - Member
Kill his dog and have it stuffed?
Yeah, proper set me off that. 😀
Nice bottle of whisky or Gin or whatever he drink or book him up for some sky diving.
but agree with Cougar £300 at somebody that's minted is a bit much unless you're also minted
For my 50th he gave me and mrs zip a suite at Claridges and dinner at Fera so we'd like to make the effort.
A £199 50th birthday treat to myself, well worth it
True story
My Best friend and his sister own a very well known watch brand, when their mother died 2 years ago the son in law (sister husband) gave a speech at the funeral along with all the usual nice things that are said at funerals he also said that every year for the last 20 years the mother (in law) had given them cling film and silver foil for presents ! It turned out it was the only thing she felt she could give to them as they had everything !
A useful present is always best !
He supports West Bromwich
Maybe he could get to have a kick about with my Grans best friend's Grandson?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wile 😆
1971 Dom Pérignon; yours for exactly £300.
Email in profile if you're interested.
That talking loo roll dispenser from Father Ted.
It was a sticky tape dispenser. I assume you must have an extremely clean bottom and a Dyno-Rod loyalty card.
For my 50th he gave me and mrs zip a suite at Claridges and dinner at Fera so we'd like to make the effort.
Sure, make the effort. But don't confuse that with competition. It's not a challenge.
A "very rich person" friend spending money on you because they can doesn't necessarily demand reciprocation (and they'd probably be insulted if you thought otherwise).
Was their 50th present to you something well-considered that they knew you'd like, or was it blindly throwing cash at a meal and a hotel?
Couger +1.
Make something and give something to a charity that would mean something to him.
In these days of digital everything, there's a lot to be said for good old fashioned photos/albums. I did the coast to coast with a cousin, printed up the snaps and put them in an album for his 60th. He was very chuffed. Takes time and consideration , which are the real 'gifts'. As Cougar said. (Not bigging myself up, just saying).
If he's laying Claridges off on you, don't think you can compete unless you are also very wealthy. Even if you are it's just swapping trinkets isn't it.?Could combine with a nice bottle of something just to show you're not being cheap.
Embroidered personalised cycle shirt?
Name on bicycle frame sticker..?
Hire a chef to go round there and make them a nice meal at home?
Friend had her 50th recently and one of best presents was a copy of The Times from the day she was born. Showed the same stories as today, just different characters. And a hand embroidered sash from a sister. And an engraved letter opener from...ahem... modesty does not permit me to comment further.
Maybe a witty/affectionate poem/speech to read out at the event? It always seems a shame to me that people have to wait till their funeral to 'hear' their eulogy..
Speak to wife/friends and run ideas by them...
Or maybe a video where you interview friends/family/kids where you ask: what are the things you really like about x ? Play at event...sit back and bask in glory...
Genuine story. Through some connection I'm unsure of to this day my mum got invited to stay with the King of Bahrain whilst he was in London back in the late 80's.
She was expected to take a gift so found a pair of round dice being fairly convinced it would be something he didn't have.
He was delighted with them and declared of he threw a double 6 with his first throw my mum would be next wife.
He of course did throw a double 6 but alas I never did become an heir to the Bahraini royal fortune - my life could have been so different *sigh*.
Anyway yes - a pair of round dice appears to go down well with the rich.
A Fleshlight.
You never get too old or rich to enjoy a good tug.
You lot are a right bunch of tight gits. His friend is taking him on a what I assume is a very expensive all expenses paid holiday and you lot are penny pinching.
As for only spending that sort of money on someone you know well. I know my Dad pretty well but always have to ask my sister what to buy him for Xmas !!!
I've just googled "West Bromwich Albion football memorabilia" and it's brought up a signed football shirt by Bobby Robson and it's £40...
I suggest the OP getsagooglin...
You lot are a right bunch of tight gits. His friend is taking him on a what I assume is a very expensive all expenses paid holiday and you lot are penny pinching.
When igive a gift or help someone I don't expect something vaguely of value in return, I am happy if with something of little monetary value but thought. Only an arse would expect all friends that they invited on some expensive holiday an expensive gift. Price of everything value of nothing for you it seems.
A year of Strava Premium and/or a heart rate monitor. 😆
If this could be moved to chat that would be a bonus.
astounds me how this matters to people!?
[quote="Cougar"]IMHO throwing £300 at a present for a "very rich person" is a terrific waste of money unless you're also moderately rich yourself. If I was spending that sort of money on a gift then it'd be for someone I knew well enough how to buy for without having to ask the Internet. (TBH, if I was spending that sort of money on a gift I'd be sharing a bed with them.)
Shudder .... in my case it's my brother ..
someone I knew well enough how to buy for without having to ask the Internet
Doesn't quite work out though ... if he wants something he just buys it there and then... and any "activity" he never has the ability to commit the time but I think you're on the right track.
For example I got a nice iPhone case he was admiring it before his birthday... got him one for his birthday but in reality he'd just gone on Amazon later the same day and bought one.
The reason he is so well to do is that he works almost constantly and is very rarely in this country.
We were going to do new years in a brilliant cottage in cornwall but he's got to be somewhere else.
Likewise arranging a meal, you just don't know if he will be around.
He is having a pool built and also a cinema room. So other ideas are framed poster of his favourite film and a solar powered sun umbrella that goes up and down at the push of a button.
The brolly is excellent , £300 but looks like you've just been to the garden centre.
Football shirt is still winning , will check to see he doesn't already have one!
As an aside I agree that thought is more important than cost.
I once spent a Christmas with my friend's family in Australia.
Rather than the pile of presents that we all get , they gave each other just one thoughtful present each.
Even though I'd known one of the girls only a couple of days I could see that the framed picture of a 60s scooter in Italy was the most perfect present she could have received.
Steve, you share a bed with your brother?...
Maybe a WBA season ticket and put the remaining £200 in a card for half time pies 🙂
I tend to buy most of the things I want (at reasonable present-price-point levels), so buying presents is tricky
What I really like are memories, those things are valuable. So tickets to go and do things, trips, experiences, those are all awesome. It also means I get a pass to go and do it!
Doing it with him would be even better. Is there anything cool that you both like, or might both like to do? Sedate or exhilarating, fun or serious - they're all good, and can be pretty special
Buy him a tropical fish that requires being fed a very specific type of food once an hour, and the last time you fed the fish was 45 minutes ago.
And the pet store closes in 15 minutes.
I can't afford rich friends.
baby robin?
Steve, you share a bed with your brother?...
Not since we were something like 4 and 6 and he had nightmares...
The reason he is so well to do is that he works almost constantly and is very rarely in this country.
We were going to do new years in a brilliant cottage in cornwall but he's got to be somewhere else.
Likewise arranging a meal, you just don't know if he will be around.
He is having a pool built and also a cinema room. So other ideas are framed poster of his favourite film and a solar powered sun umbrella that goes up and down at the push of a button.
The brolly is excellent , £300 but looks like you've just been to the garden centre.
Football shirt is still winning , will check to see he doesn't already have one!
Could be my brother except for the football... and he already has a pool and cinema room....
Football shirt sounds good in that even if he already has a WBA signed shirt the chance of it being the same signatures is pretty remote.... and two framed either side of something ????
I have given an original 'Motorsport' magazine dated the month of birth, so in ops case 50 years old! Not necessarily relevant to the persons driving history (i.e. usually from age 17) but interesting from motor point of view, at least imho.
Zippy, what date month and year and I'll see if I have an old copy spare, if that appeals?
C
this
http://www.drinksbythedram.com/our-tasting-sets/japanese-whisky-tasting-set
or this
https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/32761/nikka-yoichi-single-malt
having a pool built? who wouldn't want a radio controlled submarine - especially if you could find a cool U-boat
I got my dad a 'birth year' razor. If he's remotely interested in shaving, something like a 1967 Gillette Aristocrat would be great. 1967 was the last year of production. [url= http://www.gilletteadjustable.com/aristocrat-slim.html ]Gillette history[/url]
Here's an example for sale: [url= http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gillette-ARISTOCRAT-Adjustable-Gold-Plated-TTO-Razor-1967-Made-In-U-S-A-Great-/282610671905 ]Gillette Aristocrat[/url]
But, being super busy, he may not have time for proper wet shaving.
A picture of a dead horse
Or
A bag that's had cake in it.
Football shirt is still winning , will check to see he doesn't already have [S]one[/S]two!
FTFY
Still reckon the non-monetary suggestions are best
a top end escort ,ask rooney, and coke of course.
How about a shed load of bespoke labelled custom bottles of beer?
For alot less than £300 you should be able to get 50 bottles of decent beer , with a label with his face in charactuer (sp) .
Ok, so you may have to label them youself, but thats less than an hour .
You could go crazy and number them 1 - 50 as well
Just a thought
Or a powerkite and a charity donation
Just had my 50th and took 50 close friends and family up and down the Thames on a steam boat with a jazz band on a lovely sunny afternoon. It was not a cheap day out#, but our family had a shit year last year and I really wanted to give people some fabulous memories. I didn't care if anyone gave me a present or not. Perhaps your friend is the same.
Something personal like a nice framed photo or picture as a gesture of your friendship would always be appreciated.
#could have bought a very nice bike indeed.
1967 Armagnac - keeps much better than say Port which at 50 years will probably be vinegar. Berry Brothers Rudd stock all vintages.
Hmmm, day volunteering at a food bank?
I've just got the below for my birthday.
http://www.findmeagift.co.uk/gifts/the-gift-of-nothing.html
Something with thought behind it will no doubt be the best. I'd just go with something daft, like the above, or an offensive mug.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004FN82RG/
If he's rich and likes alcohol, he'll already have had seriously expensive bottles etc..
I can't afford rich friends.
Me neither, not that I buy any of my friends birthday presents, but whenever I/we come up with an idea for some minor adventure or even a day out, they always want to push the budget by going for the more expensive option.
Custom subuteeo set in WB colours
loads of porno