On 24 May 2018, Wade Garrett wrote in
alt.home.repair:

Back in the day when I used to go to the mall and would walk past
the store and look through their window, I used to wonder who
would pay those absurd prices for such useless crap...

Someone gave me a gift from Brookstone, which I returned for store
credit. It's now 3 or 4 years later and I still can't find anything in
there to spend it on.