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Why the Fritzel family chose Giftster

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Giftster families are happy, loving life, and, by far, are giving the best gifts!

The Fritzel Family is great proof of that.

For years now, I’ve been sharing with you how Giftster takes the stress out of gift giving and helps your family give great gifts year round.  I just had to share with you the experience of Jeffrey Kostecki, Giftster member since 2009, and how he and his wife’s family came to use Giftster for all their gift giving needs.

Q:  How did you first learn about Giftster?

A:  A relative who does web development was going to build a family-use only program that does this, then found Giftster from a Google search and it was far more robust with features so he said “hey, let’s use this!”

Q:  Did you have any difficulties setting it up?

A:  Not really; it’s fairly straight forward.  The one user issue is reminding people to remove the gifts they’ve received from their wish lists, or move them to their “I got this” folder (that’s a new feature I like).

Q:  Was it hard to get your family to start using Giftster?

A:  A bit.  I think it felt a bit “cold” at first .. like “OK, go to this website; buy me this” but when they saw how easy it was to communicate to everyone else what they wanted too, they were sold.  Also it eliminated duplicate gifts and mom didn’t have to act as central point of contact for everyone. 🙂  Because we do nearly 100% of our shopping online (Amazon), we could shop when we wanted, for whom we wanted, with a few mouse clicks.

Q:  What kind of occasions do you use Giftster for?

A:  Birthdays, Christmas, or special occasions like Father’s Day or Mother’s Day. Even Flag Day! (Ok, not Flag Day…I got carried away ;-)).

Q:  How big is your family?

A:  We have a large family.  We have had or currently have family living in Wausau, WI, Dallas, TX, Minneapolis, MN, South Korea, and France.  My wife has a large family, and this is the group with which we use Giftster for.

Q:  What do you like best about Giftster?

A:  It is has a companion app for iPhone.  Invaluable when shopping!  You can do the “fetch” thing with Amazon and it will auto-add images and descriptions – that is the bomb!  You can have multiple lists within your identity which some members use to list things for each child separately.

Q:  How has Giftster changed your family’s ability to celebrate together?

A:  It provides a “living wish list” of desired gifts for birthdays, Christmas, or special occasions, and we longer have to try to get ideas from spouses or brother and sisters who try to do some surreptitious sleuthing.  When a family members thinks of something they need or want, they simply add it to their wish list at their leisure.

Thank you for sharing your family with us, Jeffrey!  We’re so glad to hear that Giftster has become your go-to tool for every gifting occasion.

Meet the Fritzels! Dean, Blake Engel, Lane, Shelly, Jordan Prins, Sehee, Daniel, Jeffrey & Lori Kostecki, Darrell & Gabrielle. Giftster Family since 2009!
Meet the Fritzels! Dean, Blake Engel, Lane, Shelly, Jordan Prins, Sehee, Daniel, Jeffrey & Lori Kostecki, Darrell & Gabrielle. Giftster Family since 2009!

Are you a Giftster family?  We’d love to hear your story!  Send us an email at [email protected] with “We’re a Giftster Family” as the subject.  Maybe we’ll share how your family is getting gifts right every time!

Ready for stress-free gift giving?  Sign up today!  Giftster is spread love, joy and great gifts to all!

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