When it comes to buying Christmas gifts, I’m not much of a planner. As a result, in most years my shopping involves a lot of last minute panicked runs to Best Buy or the mall. Of course, every year I tell my self I’ll do better next year. But here I am on December 6, and I’ve still not purchased a single gift.
Holiday shopping habits like mine inspired American Express to create a holiday gifting personality program – to help consumers find out their inner “holiday gifting personality” as well as provide tips on how to better manage their money and spend smarter during the holiday season. So I took the American Express Holiday Gifting Personality Quiz (it’s a Facebook app).
And it turns out I’m an “over gifter.” That doesn’t really surprise me. Here’s the description of an over gifter:
Your generous spirit and desire to get something for everyone is one of the things people love about you. The challenge is that your generosity can sometimes get you in trouble if you don’t have a spending plan to keep that growing gift list in check. Take advantage of some great tools to help manage and track holiday spending like American Express® Money Manager.
In support of this program, AmEx has challenged me to find the perfect holiday gifts for friends or family using my Premier Rewards Gold Card Membership Rewards points – 150,000 of them! Needless to say, I was totally up for the challenge! And the people I’ve decided to shop for are my mom, my son and daughter (both teenagers), and my wife.
Over the next few weeks, I’ll be scouring the Membership Rewards site to find the perfect gifts, starting with my mom, and telling you about the cool stuff I’m able to get by redeeming my rewards points. Although I’ve carried an American Express card for a long time, I’ve always used my points for travel. So shopping with points is a new experience for me. One of the cool thing is that you can now use Amex points to shop for just about anything. She is a middle school teacher in desperate need of a laptop, so I’ll be using some Amex points to buy a laptop for her, which I’ll write about later this week.
But that’s not all! In the spirit of discovering how you all shop for holiday gifts, you’ll have a chance to win a $100 retail gift card courtesy of American Express! To enter, visit the American Express Facebook page and take the Gifting Quiz and discover your gifting personality. Then let me know what type of gifter you are by including the result in the comments of this (and my other challenge posts). At the end of the contest, I’ll select one lucky reader (at random) to receive the gift card. It’s a simple as that!
Rob Berger
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Published or updated May 22, 2011.
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I am a Last Minute Gifter.
You’re an Over Gifter
Your generous spirit and desire to get something for everyone is one of the things people love about you. The challenge is that your generosity can sometimes get you in trouble if you don’t have a spending plan to keep that growing gift list in check. Take advantage of some great tools to help manage and track holiday spending like American Express® Money Manager.
You’re an Over Gifter
Your generous spirit and desire to get something for everyone is one of the things people love about you. The challenge is that your generosity can sometimes get you in trouble if you don’t have a spending plan to keep that growing gift list in check. Take advantage of some great tools to help manage and track holiday spending like American Express® Money Manager.
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I’m a last minute gifter.
I am a creative gifter. Thanks for the chance to win, and Merry Christmas!
You’re a Creative Gifter
You’re the one who likes to create a one-of-a-kind gift for your friends and family. Look for ways to create a memorable experience for your loved ones this holiday without doubling the time and effort you tend to spend on gift giving each year by using your American Express Card to get access to advance ticket sales and much more.
I an Over Gifter.
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
You’re a Creative Gifter
Last minute gifter!!!
Im a Creative Gifter =D
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Im a Creative Gifter =D
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Sara is a Creative Gifter!
You’re the one who likes to create a one-of-a-kind gift. Look for ways to create a memorable experience for your loved ones this holiday without doubling the time and effort on gift giving each year by using your American Express Card to get access to advance ticket sales and much more
elgrandemich at hotmail dot com
Please erase my first comment and this one when your done reading.. site was a little slow so I didnt know if my comment was going through. Thank you.
Jose is an Over Gifter!
Your generous spirit and desire to get something for everyone is what people love about you. The key is to have a spending plan to keep that growing gift list in check. Take advantage of some great tools out there to help manage and track holiday spending like American Express® Money Manager.
Interesting… Thanks for the opportunity
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I’m a creative gift giver.
I’m a creative gifter.
And with 11 neices and nephews and 2 sons I get plenty of practice.
You’re a Creative Gifter
You’re the one who likes to create a one-of-a-kind gift for your friends and family. Look for ways to create a memorable experience for your loved ones this holiday without doubling the time and effort you tend to spend on gift giving each year by using your American Express Card to get access to advance ticket sales and much more.
How well they know me.
I’m an overgifter
I’m a creative gift giver.
This sounds right to me. It has to be special.
I’m a Creative Gifter.
Looks like I’m a member of the select group of Creative Gifters! Any chance to make a gift more personal and thoughtful gives me more appreciation than the recipient! Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas —
I am an over-gifter
I’m a last minute gifter!! My problem is no cash to buy so that’s true.
I’m a subscriber to DR too!!
Ahhh…. AmEx tells me I’m a last minute gifter. But I think I already knew that!
I am (as expected…) an OVERgifter!
I’m an overgifter!
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I’m a Last Minute Gifter.
You’re a Creative Gifter
You’re the one who likes to create a one-of-a-kind gift for your friends and family.
Oh my goodness…that is soo me…I am always thinking outside the box and love to make my gifts so personal and creative…I really focus on each person and each gift to make sure I am giving the them something they will love.
Happy Holidays all
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Im a self Gifter lol
I love giving to others beside myself lol
I’m a Creative Gifter.
I’m a Creative Gifter – woo hoo!
Creative Gifter!
You’re the one who likes to create a one-of-a-kind gift for your friends and family. Look for ways to create a memorable experience for your loved ones this holiday without doubling the time and effort you tend to spend on gift giving each year by using your American Express Card to get access to advance ticket sales and much more.
I’m a Last Minute Gifter. I keep telling myself I’ll do better every year. The problem is that I don’t see my siblings very often so it’s hard to judge what to get them and then I’m scrambling to get them something at the 11th hour.
I am a self gifter
I am an over gifter.
I’m a Creative Gifter
You’re the one who likes to create a one-of-a-kind gift for your friends and family. Look for ways to create a memorable experience for your loved ones this holiday without doubling the time and effort you tend to spend on gift giving each year by using your American Express Card to get access to advance ticket sales and much more.
I am a creative gifter!
I’m an over gifter!
I’m a creative gifter. This also serves as a cover for what people call “procrastination.” I can simply reply, “I’m waiting to find the perfect gift.”
I am a self-gifter. I did not realize this at all. This was a real eye-opener and thanks for the chance to do some self reflection. lol
My quiz results:
YOU’RE A CREATIVE GIFTER
You’re the one who likes to create a one-of-a-kind gift for your friends and family. Look for ways to create a memorable experience for your loved ones this holiday without doubling the time and effort you tend to spend on gift giving each year by using your American Express Card to get access to advance ticket sales and much more.
Thanks & happy holidays!
You’re an Over Gifter
Your generous spirit and desire to get something for everyone is one of the things people love about you. The challenge is that your generosity can sometimes get you in trouble if you don’t have a spending plan to keep that growing gift list in check. Take advantage of some great tools to help manage and track holiday spending like American Express® Money
Its official.
Creative gifter here!
I’m a Creative Gifter too…..I love finding something unique and totally perfect for the person I’m buying for. Although I wish the “creative” part would be craft skills….I totally lack craft skills and envy everyone who can make crafty gifts for people.
I’m a creative — yeah!!! Thanks for the sweep!
I’m an overgifter.
I’m a creative gifter
I do like to find gifts that are something the person would really like but perhaps not buy for themselves. I also make jewelry gifts too…
I am a last minute gifter
You’re an Over Gifter
Yep – I’ve known this for a while now.
You’re a Last Minute Gifter
For you, the holidays come out of nowhere and before you know it, you have just a few days to get gifts for everyone on your list. But shopping just got a whole lot easier with inSiteSM from American Express, a new tool that serves up special offers exclusively to Cardmembers as they shop online.
No surprise there!
I’m a creative gifter
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