How about this... I'm 14 years old and very much into electronics of sorts. My parents knew that I was into a particular Pioneer Elite AVR, I forget the model number 22 years later.

Nevertheless, we came back from having Christmas with my grand parents. Only to find this huge wrapped box on the island in the kitchen. It was addressed to me from mom and dad. So of course I tore into it and saw that it was the exact model that I was looking into. It was opened, because the packaging had a digit missing or something, IDR. That was their excuse for leaving a letter in it. The letter read... "Even though we wrapped this as a Christmas gift. We still expect to be paid back the entire amount of $450 by June 1." WTF, are you serious?

Yup, that was my Christmas gift. A freaken loan.

KOT