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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, what I have realized with my parents is they don't want to order things online.  They are mistrustful of that whole process...putting your credit card in, etc.

Just a thought why maybe your Amazon list is getting ignored.

At the very least, stop bothering with the list I guess if they're going to ignore it.

But to relate to you, yes my parents have gotten my kids many gifts that bear no relation to who they are, their age, or what they are interested in.  They've gotten them clothes that are wildly the wrong size.  They show zero thought and my kids don't play with the gifts.

What can you do.  Say thanks and move on.[/quote]

This is exactly my parents. I’ve never seen it put so well. My mother just wants to buy and give lots and lots of useless crap that bears “no relation to who they are, their age, or what they’re interested in. They show zero thought and my kids don’t play with the gifts.”

What can you do, indeed. I’ve tried Amazon wish lists. I’ve tried shipping gifts to her for her to give. But the pile of useless stuff and wrong-size clothes continues.

The one thing that really irks me is that the gifts get opened making donation tough (yes, I still give them to charity but a lot of the toy drives understandably want new toys).

I think OP didn’t phrase her post well. If the toys are wildly off-base (e.g., toddler toys for my 9yo), then they don’t really need to sit around for months for me to know my kids won’t play with them.  [/quote]

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