A Dime Back Presents: Holiday Shopping Guide

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As the holiday season rolls on, and the pressure of trying to find your loved ones the perfect gifts start to weigh on you, your friends at A Dime Back have done the hard work for you. We have scoured eBay on your behalf, combing through hundreds of boring items like iPads and jetpacks to find you the best the internet has to offer. Of course, with a UConn tie-in.

Every Day Apparel:

Is your loved one so poorly dressed $T2eC16VHJF4FFkO6TqUnBSJ1yGJL,g~~60_12that it’s becoming embarrassing? Then perhaps we can interest you in this sweet t-shirt. The model certainly looks happy. Don’t you want your family to be happy too? No? Oh. Then how about this beauty? Notice how the stars really compliment the demented Jonathan.

Winter Apparel:

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Tis the season of giving, but tis also the season of freezing. Protect that special someone from the elements with this pullover Starter jacket. Or hunt through your parents’ garage for one, because you know you had one exactly like this.

Should your secret Santa not fit into a Boys size 12, here’s a backup option. This Starter sweatshirt may not keep its owner from freezing to death as they walk from Towers to Arjona, but they’ll look damn good when they’re discovered — in like June when the snow finally melts.

$_57-1Dress Like the Stars:

Relive the glory days of your favorite UConn stars of yesteryear by snatching up these vintage jerseys. There’s Donyell Marshall from his Jazz days. Ray Allen’s Bucks uniform. Rip Hamilton’s Wizards garments — before Michael Jordan had him traded for beating him in HORSE.  And Ben Gordon’s Bulls jersey, two teams and an awful lot of money ago.

Read Like the Press:

“Extra! Extra! Read all about it!” That’s what you can yell on holiday morning as you win the love of your relatives with the 1979 UConn Football Media Guide. Surely a crowd pleaser. If an unending history of mediocrity isn’t your thing, there’s plenty of basketball media guides on the eBay as well. Here’s a good one — the 1996-1997 preseason prospectus, obviously.

Art:

Isn’t it weird how that friend of yours has no pictures on his wall? $_3What’s their deal? It’s creepy, frankly. If you’re unwilling to get new friends, get that weird person this awesome Travis Knight photo! It’s autographed so it’s super official and very frame-worthy.

For the high-rollers, how about this beautiful Ray Allen poster from his Seattle days?

Learn To Read:

Instead of the latest, super awesome video game that will rot the brain of the youngsters in your life, get them something to read! They may not appreciate it now, or ever, but…I lost my train of thought. How about the first edition (whoa) of the Jim Calhoun classic Dare to Dream? It can be yours for $6.99 with free shipping! The jokes stopped two sentences ago. You should legitimately buy this.

Or, you could purchase whatever the hell this is. Honestly, I have no idea what this is. Help me. It appears someone has simply turned Rashad Anderson’s Wikipedia page into a book and called it a book about Rashad Anderson. Could be cool?

For the Home:$_57

Everybody loves weird Christmas shit, and it doesn’t get much weirder or much shittier than this Santa wearing a UConn uniform dribbling a basketball. Look at the intensity on this guy. Quite the conversation piece.

For the loved one who enjoys telling time, get them this half clock/half plaque celebrating the 1990 Big East Championship! Possibly pawned by Tate George!

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We hope this guide has helped. If you’re still short on gift ideas, you can purchase some officially-licensed UConn swag from their official store. Half of all proceeds go to a future football coach, so it’s kinda like charity. As always, if you find fun, awesome or weird stuff, post it in the comments! Have a happy and healthy holiday season!

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