GIFT-GIVING ADVICE: Don’t Pair Something Expensive With Something Cheap. “The paper, which will be published in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Consumer Research, found that consumers don’t like packages that pair something expensive with something cheap. Think of the Dutch oven and the mitt. Or an iPod that comes with a single free song. To a consumer, the add-ons aren’t a nice bonus. Instead, they devalue the entire deal.”