You can buy from a large retailer and send the receipt with the gift. Then they can exchange it locally if it doesn't suit.
Powell >I really wanted to buy the camera >for them and present it as a gift. There's no way we can be in the store >together as they live 3000 miles from me. Perhaps the best bet would be to >have them pick out a camera and tell me which they prefer, and I can buy it >for them, or maybe just send them the $$ ... not my favorite idea but >perhaps the most practical. >Shel

