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 So my fiance (who I love DEARLY) wants to registry for Cincinnati Bengals season tickets for our wedding.... Not too sure how I feel. It's cool but no one is going to buy us that. It's way too expensive. I don't even know how much but we all know it is not cheap.. What should I do? We have at least 200 invited to the wedding..

Also, It is smart to registry for appliances? We have lived together since we were engaged in August and our home is older. We just got a new oven because ours broke & the dishwasher is new. We need a fridge & maybe a washer & dryer. They are old. We have a place around our area that sells appliances cheap. It's a little hole in the wall place and I know for a fact they wouldnt have a wedding registry. It's very old lol. but is it bad to tell people we want that. I don't want to sound greety lol.

I already know we are registring at bed, bath, and beyond.

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So my fiance (who I love DEARLY) wants to registry for Cincinnati Bengals season tickets for our wedding.... Not too sure how I feel. It's cool but no one is going to buy us that. It's way too expensive. I don't even know how much but we all know it is not cheap.. What should I do? We have at least 200 invited to the wedding.. Also, It is smart to registry for appliances? We have lived together since we were engaged in August and our home is older. We just got a new oven because ours broke & the dishwasher is new. We need a fridge & maybe a washer & dryer. They are old. We have a place around our area that sells appliances cheap. It's a little hole in the wall place and I know for a fact they wouldnt have a wedding registry. It's very old lol. but is it bad to tell people we want that. I don't want to sound greety lol. I already know we are registring at bed, bath, and beyond. Thanks fellow brides :D
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How exactly would you register for football tickets? What registry carries that as an option? I know sites like Amazon have pretty inclusive registries, but I've never seen sporting events on there.

Regarding appliances, I think that's pushing it. The general consensus seems to agree that it's OK to put 1 big ticket item on your registry with the hope that a few with pitch in together to get it, or give gift cards that you can use towards it. Putting a whole bunch of large items looks very greedy. 

Instead, register at that store (perhaps Sears?), but make it a small registry. Then you can use the gift certificates & cash you receive to buy the items yourself.

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 yeah i told my fiance he's crazy about the bengals tickets. I dont think he realizes that it's rude to ask for what you want. That is why they created wedding registrys. yeah, I didnt think the appliance thing was a good idea either. That was his idea too. He's being the greedy one ;) haha. He's all new to this wedding stuff. Of course I am a girl and understand it haha. I think I do want to register at target, He doesnt.. blah. He knows we are going to bed, bath and beyond. He said we can register for an xbox. I dont know what to do with him... He's being silly lol we can registry for expensive crap, but that doesnt mean guests will by it for us.. they will look at the registry and say we are crazy and but the "appropriate" stuff lol
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 I seriously side-eye both the football tickets and the appliances. It would be ok to have family/BP tell guests (only if asked) that you're registered at BBB but are saving for new appliances.
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So my fiance (who I love DEARLY) wants to registry for Cincinnati Bengals season tickets for our wedding.... Not too sure how I feel. It's cool but no one is going to buy us that. It's way too expensive. I don't even know how much but we all know it is not cheap.. What should I do? We have at least 200 invited to the wedding.. Also, It is smart to registry for appliances? We have lived together since we were engaged in August and our home is older. We just got a new oven because ours broke & the dishwasher is new. We need a fridge & maybe a washer & dryer. They are old. We have a place around our area that sells appliances cheap. It's a little hole in the wall place and I know for a fact they wouldnt have a wedding registry. It's very old lol. but is it bad to tell people we want that. I don't want to sound greety lol. I already know we are registring at bed, bath, and beyond. Thanks fellow brides :D
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Sorry but if I saw these things I would definitely give you side eye and talk about it behind your back.
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 I don't think it would be possible to register for football tickets.  You could use money you recieved to go toward them but I would really sit down first and let him know that ALL the money recieved will not go toward this and come up with a percentage.
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 Don't register at Target.  I've heard bad things about their registry.

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In Response to Registry for football tickets & appliances ??? :   Instead, register at that store (perhaps Sears?), but make it a small registry. Then you can use the gift certificates & cash you receive to buy the items yourself.
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And ditto this about appliances.

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 I have heard nothing good about Target's registry

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I have heard nothing good about Target's registry
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Not true. There are those, like me, who have had good experiences. I've had no major problems with my registry & am happy with it.

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Re: Registry for football tickets & appliances ???

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 I had a terrible experience with Target - our registry was lost multiple times during their transition period, which coincided with the period before the shower and leading up to our wedding.  IMO, their customer service left a lot to be desired during that time. On the other hand, BBB was great!

I'd also not register for major appliances or season football tickets.  I think having one or two more expensive items is okay (we had a wine fridge and a stand mixer because we wanted to apply the post-wedding discount to them) but would go with what PPs have said and rely on word of mouth to tell those who ask that you are registered with a certain store and are also saving up for new appliances. 
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 Generally, Knotties don't like unconventional registries, but I, personally, think they're okay. My fiance and I are registering with Honeymoon Pixie. While it's primarily meant for your honeymoon (obviously), you could also put things like season tickets up and split the total cost in to X number of $20-$30 gifts. (You could also do that for an appliance or two) It seems like something that your FH's friends might like to pitch in towards! The main thing is just to make sure that you actually use the money as it was intended, which then means that your guests aren't being cheated or decieved in any way (as many Knotties will tell you they are when it comes to a honeymoon registry.).
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Generally, Knotties don't like unconventional registries, but I, personally, think they're okay. My fiance and I are registering with Honeymoon Pixie . While it's primarily meant for your honeymoon (obviously), you could also put things like season tickets up and split the total cost in to X number of $20-$30 gifts. (You could also do that for an appliance or two) It seems like something that your FH's friends might like to pitch in towards! The main thing is just to make sure that you actually use the money as it was intended, which then means that your guests aren't being cheated or decieved in any way (as many Knotties will tell you they are when it comes to a honeymoon registry.).
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That's funny that you mention that. Honeymoon Pixie, like most of the other honeymoon registries, does take a % fee off of your gift. So if your guest gives $100, you only get $93. That seems pretty deceptive to them and cheating you out of your full gift. In case you don't believe me, I copied the paragraph below from their terms of service.

Details about gift money balances are as follows:
  • The "total earned" that is listed within a registered user’s personal account management page is representative of what a registrant has received in gifts. If they have chosen to have the gift-giver pay the service fee, which is levied once at the point of purchase, then this is the entire sum they are ultimately due; no further service fees will be levied at the point of pay-out (referred to on the site as “redemption”), unless the user selects to receive their money in a manner that requires additional fees (i.e. via wire transfer or FedEx; regular check and regular USPS delivery is free, both in the U.S. and internationally). If the user has chosen to pay the service fee themselves, this will be levied at the point of “redemption," and therefore the sum listed as "total earned" is not representative of the entire sum that they are due; it will be this earned amount, minus the 7% service fee. If the user selects to receive their money in a manner requiring additional fees, as mentioned above, then these will be assessed during redemption as well.

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Generally, Knotties don't like unconventional registries, but I, personally, think they're okay. My fiance and I are registering with Honeymoon Pixie . While it's primarily meant for your honeymoon (obviously), you could also put things like season tickets up and split the total cost in to X number of $20-$30 gifts. (You could also do that for an appliance or two) It seems like something that your FH's friends might like to pitch in towards! The main thing is just to make sure that you actually use the money as it was intended, which then means that your guests aren't being cheated or decieved in any way (as many Knotties will tell you they are when it comes to a honeymoon registry.).
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this honeymoon pixie looks awesome!!!!! how cool!!! :) Would it be bad to do that a BBB?
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 To me, football tickets are pretty much the same as a honeymoon registry.  Most people can't afford to do that for themselves, and would love to.  I think it's rude.
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 I'd side-eye both those options if I saw them on a registry.
Registries are supposed to have items to help the couple out in their lives together. Tickets don't fall into that category.
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 I agree with PP and would also side-eye.  It's just so.... ugh.  I wish I had words.

Please, let the upper limit of your gifts be something like pots and pans (which guests can buy separately) or maybe a vacuum cleaner.  Frankly I think that if it's over $500 it needs to be very carefully considered.  I've seen some gifts that were over $700 be purchased, but that bride had one thing at that price point.  Multiple appliances is going to make the average price of items on your registry skyrocket.  And season tickets are just dumb, in my opinion.  After a season it's over.  One would hope your marriage lasts longer than that.
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 My groom and I have registered for a few unconventional thngs, but they're like, two foot & calf massagers because I'm a server and he's a barista. We've also registered for the globe with a bar inside of it (because my FI think it's hilarious) and the Harry Potter DVD Boxed set, but all of these factor into our interests and are relatively inexpensive (under $200). 
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 Registering for football tickets would be tacky.  You can always use any cash gifts to buy those.

About the appliances - spread the word around through the wedding party, along with the registry. "They registered at Target, and I think they're saving up for some new household appliances.  They might appreciate a gift card to Lowe's/Home Depot/Sears."

P.S.  The ha ha ha is regarded as a faux pas here, too, because it's childish, and we're all adults.
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P.S.  The ha ha ha is regarded as a faux pas here, too, because it's childish, and we're all adults.
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Huh?
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P.S.  The ha ha ha is regarded as a faux pas here, too, because it's childish, and we're all adults.
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yeah what are you talking about??? HUH??/
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 A post that someone has since deleted.

We look down on people who answer back to a post and end their sentence with "ha ha ha."  (Such as, " don't care what you bitter old hags say, I can do what I want because it's my day, ha ha ha." And such.

Very childish.
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