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Originally Posted by =X=
Really well let me ask you this at what point did the stargazer become a stargazer. At some point he had to be exposed to a telescope. A gift is the best way to introduce somebody to a new technology. Granted you need to know the person tour giving the gift to for it to be of value.
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The key is to buy a decent one that fits their needs--be it a telescope or e-reader or whatever.
Buy someone a crappy telescope that doesn't work well, and they'll be frustrated/disappointed and less likely to ever become a stargazer.
By them a frustrating e-reader--i.e. something with no specific store attached, that requires hooking up to a PC to get books on it etc. and they may be frustrated and put off e-books for a long time if they're not a tech savvy person.
That's more the point here. If you're going to buy someone a gift, make sure they're an avid reader and you know what they want or know enough about e-readers (like all of us here do) to buy them a very good and easy to use one like a Kindle or Sony (if they can handle the PC component).
So again it is a silly article as it just boils down to "Don't buy someone a gift you know little about and you're not sure they want."
