Gifts for teens, who will absolutely damn well know

A teenager is the only gift recipient who will look the thing up. They know the model, they know what it costs, and they will know within about four seconds whether you bought the good one or the one that was on sale.

Which makes this the audience where a fake discount is most likely to be caught, and where getting the damn price right is worth the most. We cannot help you pick. We can stop you overpaying for the thing you picked.

What this band actually does through the year

The categories here follow hardware and beauty release cycles rather than the gift calendar. Prices step down when a successor lands and stay down, so a large discount on last year's model is the new price rather than an opportunity — and our scorer treats it that way.

The genuinely good buys are short falls on current models, and they do not last. A high score here is more damn perishable than on almost any other page.