Reply #42: Honestly, I can understand your annoyance.

[InvisibleTouch]

Despite all the people saying "just be grateful," or "it's the effort that counts," I'd be inclined in your situation to be annoyed too. And I've been in your situation, come to think of it. If I've very explicitly made clear what I do and do not want (considering that I was asked, in the first place!), and the person still gets it wrong, drastically and repeatedly, I translate that into "You don't care enough about me to pay attention and get it right." Now, I don't know if that's part of your irritation with your dad, but that certainly would be (and has been) my reaction. Because it's inconceivable to me that someone who genuinely wants to give the perfect gift, would go so far out of their way to get it wrong. It comes across, to me, as either deliberate, or some kind of subconscious passive-aggressive statement.

Incidentally, don't feel bad about re-gifting stuff that you totally have no use for. It's clutter in your home, where it might bring joy to someone else. And once it's given to you, it's yours to do with as you wish.