Would you prefer to get a gourmet gift basket or a gift certificate to a gourmet food store for *********?

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Certificate, for the reasons you noted. Last time I received a gift basket, I ended up re-gifting (!) more than half of the items. Of course, my daughter was happy to get the stuff I didn’t want.

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