Hey all -- FH and I felt really awkward about registering and asking for stuff, so wanted to give our guests plenty of price and location options for their convenience. We chose Bed, Bath, and Beyond for all our big, more expensive stuff and Target for all our everyday, less expensive items, so guests could spend what they want.
Bed Bath and Beyond was GREAT--they were swamped but still were so nice to us, always helpful, took us on a tour of the store and pointed out necessities. Gave us magazines and registry cards to insert into shower invitations all in a bag that said "Congrats" with our names. Really sweet.
TARGET--both the Clearview store and the new one by Esplanade--has been a disaster and we're no longer adding to that registry. The machines at Esplanade are down, and the worker says they have been down, with sporadic exceptions, since they opened. No plans to fix them. Clearview store was unorganized, limited selection. The scanner gun ran out of battery power about 20 minutes into our registry. Just a mess. Also heard they're bad with accepting returns.
Just wanted to post in case anyone is registering any time soon!!