I have a story, but I wouldn't know how to make it into an av. It actually goes to both best and worst presents.
My father has always been rather inconsiderate (as in he didn't make an effort). When my parents were still married, it wasn't that apparent, since my mother really is good at giving presents.
The best example of my father's present choosing disability was one christmas, I must have been 12 or 13 or something like that. I have four brothers, and among us, I'm the only one who's really into comics and really into Star Trek.
So, this one christmas our father gave each of us two Star Trek comic trades. It was pretty obvious my father had found the bunch of them in a special offer in a book store. While I was happy, my brothers were pretty pissed.