The Magic of the Internet

Craigslist is an excellent resource for Yankee Swap bargain hunters. Take this tip from Big Tuna: head over to the for sale section of Craigslist and search from $2 to $20. This way you will weed out a bunch of those phony $1 postings. It's not like you're only going to spend $1 on a Yankee Swap gift anyways (you better not). If you have something in mind, you can even narrow it down that way and see if anything comes up in your price range.

Check it out, you can get a Nintendo:

It comes with two controllers and the connecting cable, but no games. Maybe if you're attending the swap with a companion or significant other, one of you could get this and one of you could get a couple of games. Then whoever opened it would need to get their companion or significant other to end up with the games so you could go home, hook it up and blow on the game until it works.

http://boston.craigslist.org/nos/ele/490245426.html

Here's a game, also for $20: http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/ele/486700436.html