The phrase "it's just what I wanted" is, it seems, as hollow as the cynics and Scrooges would have liked. An estimated £4bn of gifts received by Britons this year were entirely unwanted, according to a study out yesterday.
The "wrong gift" apparently cost the equivalent of £92 per person. The research, conducted by ICM for the online auction site eBay, found that Britons would receive an average of seven presents each this Christmas. A third of those gifts would remain untouched.
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