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Drop a Hint and Get What You Want for the Holidays with Yahoo! Australia & NZ New "Hint Dropper" Makes It Simple to Give and Receive the Perfect Holiday Gift   SYDNEY, 18 November 2002 - Tired of finding ways to drop hints to friends and family about what you'd really like for Christmas? Want to avoid the hassle of returning unwanted holiday gifts? Luckily, Yahoo! Australia & NZ has just the solution to help you get what you want this holiday season - the Yahoo! Australia & NZ Shopping Hint Dropper. Drop a Hint Instead of working yourself into a frenzy trying to let people know what you'd really like for the holidays, use the Yahoo! Australia & NZ Shopping Hint Dropper, and people will have no excuse for not choosing the perfect gift for you. The Hint Dropper is incorporated with Yahoo! Australia & NZ Shopping's new Holiday Gift Guide, allowing you to choose from a number of gift ideas and send "hints" to potential gift givers, who can then easily buy the items for you online at Yahoo! Australia & NZ Shopping. It's a perfect solution to help you get the gifts you want from friends and family - and even from co-workers in office holiday gift exchanges. Just drop a hint to your entire team (there are plenty of sub-$30 gifts in the gift guide) and avoid getting stuck with a junk gift sitting on your desk all year. "This holiday season Yahoo! Australia & NZ is making gift giving even easier with the Hint Dropper and Holiday Gift Guide," said Brian Boys, commerce producer at Yahoo! Australia & NZ. "We're taking the stress and guesswork out of holiday purchases and helping everyone get what they want for the holidays. With tens of thousands of products available on Yahoo! Australia & NZ Shopping, you're sure to find something for everyone - including yourself - on your holiday list." To use the Hint Dropper, follow the simple instructions at Yahoo! Australia & NZ Shopping for sending your gift "suggestions" to friends and family. The hints are sent via email. Once the hint is received, gift givers need only go to Yahoo! Australia & NZ Shopping to complete their transaction. For a stress-free and fun shopping experience, just go to Yahoo! Australia & NZ Shopping to order your gifts online and have them delivered in time for the holidays - all without fighting crowds in the shops and standing in queues at the post office. Drop a Line Looking for a fun and different way to stay in touch during the holiday season? Why not send a holiday card online through Yahoo! Australia & NZ Greetings? You can choose from a number of different designs - humorous, serious, animated, singing, dancing and more - and there are cards for every holiday occasion, including Christmas and Hanukkah. By sending an electronic greeting, there's no need to worry about sending out holiday cards weeks in advance to make sure they arrive in time. Yahoo! Australia & NZ Greetings allows you to send greetings instantly or set the date when you'd like them sent so you're never late with your holiday wishes. You can even upload a personal photo and create a customised holiday card to send to everyone on your list. If you use the holidays as a time to update everyone on what you've been doing in the past year, Yahoo! Mail (http://mail.yahoo.com.au) is an ideal way to send one holiday letter to several people at once - all without having to lick a single stamp! Drop Everything! Looking to drop everything and escape the holiday crowds and stress? Planning a family holiday somewhere away from home? Yahoo! Australia & NZ Travel provides an extensive resource for anyone interested in researching holiday locations or making and purchasing travel arrangements. Whether you're looking for a quick trip to a favorite local spot, a longer trip overseas, or a last minute getaway special, Yahoo! Australia & NZ Travel has everything you need to plan and book your travel- all in one convenient online destination. This holiday season spend a little time with Yahoo! Australia & NZ to find the perfect gift, send out your holiday greetings or even plan an escape to an exotic locale and see how relaxed and enjoyable your holidays can be. * ends * About Yahoo! Australia & NZ Yahoo! Australia & NZ is one of the most recognised Internet brands in the region. www.yahoo.com.au and the online auction site SOLD.com.au are part of the global network of Yahoo! sites. By working with leading local companies, Yahoo! Australia & NZ provides comprehensive online products and services to over four million Australians and New Zealand consumers and businesses each month. For marketers, government and businesses, the company offers intelligent, innovative and integrated marketing, selling and Internet broadcast solutions for maximum impact. Yahoo! Australia & NZ has offices in Sydney and Melbourne and can be found on the Web at www.yahoo.com.au and www.yahoo.co.nz. ### Yahoo!, Yahoo! Australia & NZ, and the Yahoo! logo are trademarks of Yahoo! Inc. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners. For further information, photos or interviews, please contact: Carly Morrison or Sonia Fedele @ MacSween Communications Tel: 02 02 9327 4333 Jennifer Hwang or Francesca Nickson @ Yahoo! Australia & NZ Tel: 02 8925 0100 or email: pr@au.yahoo-inc.com Copyright © 1994-2002 Yahoo! Inc. All Rights Reserved.