At 1/1/09 04:09 PM, Rokuro wrote:
What's a good way of telling him that I returned the PC chair without him feeling hurt,
There is none.
or whats a good excuse to get him off my back?
You could say "not yet," and then buy a nice one between now and the next time he asks, and say that "[name] gave me a late Xmas gift, and well it was better than that one you got me, no offense, so I returned it."
Or say that now and hope he doesn't want to see your "new" one.
Though spinning a web of lies can result in people being more hurt than normal. You could just bite the bullet on this one and come out with it.