[K-Dub]

Originally Posted by Soundy

arrange with the camera store to have the two or three models/packages you're considering, set out together on display, with big red bows on them... tell her you're taking her to dinner or something, and you just need to stop in the store to pick up some film or something... drag her inside with you, where she's then presented with the cameras you've chosen, and she can choose the model/package/system that she prefers.

As for "wouldn't let you buy it for her"... tell her you already bought all of them and you're just getting a refund on the ones she doesn't want Or tell her the others are gifts for family and she gets first pick. Or whatever.