I would have said ‘I think I’ll get you the or something...it gives me a much broader range of merchandise from which to choose.’ (didn’t end my sentence with a preposition...Miss Kidwell, my middle school English teacher, would be very proud.)
Yes, that would have worked. “You know what I mean!” says Bill. “Yes, but do you know what you mean? Do you mean that you would like me to buy you a hair dryer?”
He would have had trouble drying his hair with a new vinyl tablecloth ;-).