Scrapheap gadgets

Up to £1bn worth of gadgets could end up on the Christmas scrapheap in the form of unwanted gifts, a study suggests.
By The Newsroom
Published 18th Nov 2010, 08:18 BST
Updated 18th Nov 2010, 08:18 BST

Despite technology topping wish lists this year, a third of people (31 per cent) have received a Christmas gadget that they never or hardly ever use, the poll for the British Video Association (BVA) found.

Digital photo frames, foot spas and blenders top the list of unwanted electrical gifts, followed by digital organisers, electronic Sudoku games and coffee machines.

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Other gifts best avoided are digital radios, electric shavers and toothbrushes and breadmakers.

Anecdotal Christmas gaffs reported by those polled include lady shavers, desk-top vacuum cleaners, candy floss machines and yoghurt makers.