His earlier patent, issued in 2001 for exchanging unwanted gifts online, is 6,321,211.

B8 A professor calculates unwanted gifts cost $4 billion a year.

Ten years ago, 38 percent of consumers said they had an unwanted gift to return after Christmas; this year, it is 14 percent.

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Her offer to drive me home was an unwanted gift, but I didn't have the heart to turn it down.

Not completely, but, especially where thought has obviously gone into an unwanted gift, perhaps the recipient can share the blame with the giver.

Ten years ago, the group found, 38 percent of consumers said they had an unwanted gift to return after Christmas.

There will also be an auction of unwanted gifts.

Liran had received her first gliding lesson as an unwanted gift passed on by a friend.

But if the unwanted gifts were bought online, you may find the process a little more bearable this year.