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I think a lot of gifts go unused altogether. We're an affluent society and the quantity and cost of gifts has risen dramatically. At some point, people move from gifting needs and wants to gifting the thing the recipient does not yet have.
I figured the K79 would be a hit with my youngest. The kid always has a book in his hands. He wanted no part of it. Then I brought home a Fire. Still no interest. As I loaded apps and books on it, though, he started getting interested. Now they are inseparable. I'm not sure this would have happened if I hadn't acted as a catylist.
I had a similar experience when I dropped of tech at my mother's house. She has a computer that is only turned on when someone who uses one visits and a BR player with internet apps that probably has never been powered on.
So, for people dropping readers, tablets, computers, and other high tech gifts off, there should be no surprise that people who have not purchased these things for themselves do not embrace the gift.
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