Christmas is over and more than 3 million "ungrateful" residents are expected to resell unwanted Christmas presents, the Daily Mail reported.
Almost everyone received unwanted gifts at least once, according to a survey by Gumtree, a classification website, and 21 million gifts in Australia last year failed to appeal to recipients. The survey, conducted by market research firm Galaxy, expects 83 percent of Australians to sell dissatisfied gifts online.
A spokesman for Gumtree said unwanted Christmas gifts were not necessarily bad, and people could easily trade through online platforms and get extra cash to get through the impulsive spending season or rebate.
Surprisingly, the survey found that the closest person was also the most likely to give the wrong gift, with 32 percent of friends and 27 percent of parents.
Twenty-five percent of women said they wanted to receive jewelry gifts last year, but actually received other ones. Millennials prefer electronic gifts such as laptops, tablets, smartphones or smartwatches.
The types of gifts unfortunately not received include clothing (16%), jewelry (14%), home decor (13%) and headphones or microphones (11%).
Australia's favorite gifts include old iPhone phones, barbecue items, mini-refrigerators and sports bicycles.
The transfer of dissatisfied gifts to others has also become increasingly popular in Australia, with more than 10 million Australian residents (71 per cent) reporting having handed over unwanted gifts. Women are more likely to send gifts, 75% of them, and 67% of men.
The strangest Christmas gifts list:
- Apartment residents receive automatic water spray fire extinguishers;
- No barbecue equipment but received a full range of barbecue clothing;
- Cat slaves receive dog food;
- Diary of last year；
- Ginger allergies received ginger bathroom products;
- No bathtub but receive bath salt;
- A mug with a misspelled recipient's name; a mug.
- The same man delivered the same book as last year.