CrapWrap

By Miss Cellania in Christmas on Dec 16, 2008 at 12:48 pm

A woman can usually tell if her husband, boyfriend, or son wrapped a Christmas gift himself or had the store do it. Not anymore! A British shop will specially wrap a gift badly, so it appears the buyer attempted to give it the personal touch.

Firebox.com is paying 20 of its male forklift truck drivers and warehouse assistants to wrap presents as quickly as possible, using ugly brown duct tape and very little care.

And the $9 service, cheekily called CrapWrap, has attracted more than 500 customers since it launched last week.

Whether it’s a book, DVD or something trickier such as a kitchen utensil, the team guarantees to make a mess of it.

I still don’t know any man who would pay $9 rather than having the pros (or Mom) wrap a gift for him. Link -Thanks, Bill!

Tags: gift wrap, men

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LisaL
Dec 16th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Who says men wrap like crap? My brother, father and husband all wrap presents very well.
Now husbands mother, aunt and sister, along with my sis-in-law all wrap presents like crap though
Justin
Dec 16th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
That’s pretty funny.
just a guy
Dec 16th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
That’s hilarious. But, most guys won’t pay for something if they think they can do the same job. And wrapping a present hastily isn’t worth $9. If I’m going to pay for it, it’ll be to have it done better than I could.

This service seems like it would get more business from people who normally wrap well and want to pull some misdirection.
Seventh
Dec 16th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
“still don’t know any man who would pay $9 rather than having the pros (or Mom) wrap a gift for him”

um.. don’t you answer that in the opening sentence? So that it doesn’t look like they had a ‘pro’ wrap it for them. Or because it’s more fun that way!
Besides, it costs the same to have it done properly, so it makes no financial difference: just over $6 USD.
Church
Dec 16th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
This is genius. If I was running late, I’d totally go for this.
erak
Dec 16th, 2008 at 2:49 pm
When I was in middle school, my dad would pay me $10 to wrap my mom’s gifts for him. I did a terrible job, but hey, at that age, $10 ain’t bad.
liphttam1
Dec 16th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
They get the job done quick! (Just wait three weeks for shipping and handling)
Gail Pink
Dec 16th, 2008 at 4:15 pm
Really stupid.
Evilbeagle
Dec 16th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Who cares if a gift is wrapped badly, really? I know I don’t. I just appreciate that someone took the time to think of me and get a gift at all.

Either way, if you are going to pay someone to wrap it badly, you are better off doing it yourself anyway.
Elizabeth
Dec 16th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
I think this is great. One of the things I really miss about my dad is his creative wrapping technique.
TwoDragons
Dec 17th, 2008 at 12:24 am
I don’t have to worry about my crappy wrapping job. I just hand everything over to my husband, who can wrap darn near anything in existence. Gotta love marrying an engineer type… LOL

–TwoDragons
Rocky Rook
Dec 17th, 2008 at 11:43 am
They should call it “Industrial Wrapping” I’d use the service if it were named like that.
kat
Dec 17th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
i’m famous in my family for the worst wrapping jobs ever. in the past years, i’ve gotten better but one of the most remembered was when i put the present in a paper grocery bag and then stappled it shut. when visiting my parents, i’m still not allowed to fold laundry since i’m so terrible at it

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