Edit your registry! update

pinkshorts27

312Emily said:

blueeyes90 said:

larrygaga said:

thisismynickname said:

Could they have over-registered with the full intention of returning for cash?

This was my thought

Or they could be like my mom, who thought we should register for multiple things at different stores (a blender at target and bed bath and beyond) so people can choose the store that is closer to them. We have a ton of small town guests from different small towns so we tried to split costs over two stores that covered all our guests. 

We didn't register for two blenders, but my mom really really pushed it because of the small town thing (so if grandma really wanted the blender it would be on her store for sure). Then she wanted us to registry stalk and take the other blender off if someone bought the other one.  Waaaay too much work for me. 

Except that the coffee makers are at the same store, and then they have an espresso machine registered for at another store.

Oh,.Fair enough. Must have missed that. Was trying to give them the benefit of the doubt.

iloveotters2014

PrettyGirlLost said:

Inkdancer said:

But what if they live in a two-story house? You simply must have a vacuum for upstairs and one for downstairs. And a coffeemaker in every room. And if your friends aren't dropping $500 on you for your wedding, they don't really love you.

Hey now, don't knock that idea!

My parents just bought a vacuum for upstairs because they are tired of lugging the bigger, "downstairs" vacuum up and down and up and down. . . .

Yeah I wouldnt totally knock the two vacuum's idea. We registered for two. We have hard wood downstairs and carpet upstairs. So I registered for a small hard floors vacuum and then a larger vacuum for carpet upstairs. But everyone is different

Exact duplicates of things would be weird though.

bananasplit472001

312Emily said:

Ok, so this should seem like common sense, but a couple we know has had their registry for a few months now, and their wedding is 5 months away.  They have massive amounts of duplicates. On their registry, there are five coffee makers and two vacuums, two Calphalon sets, two blenders, two food processors, and two different sets of fine china.  Also, there is like nothing under $100. Some of it is clearly being gift-grabby, and the ruder part is just being so lazy that they didn't edit their registry. I know their wedding is a few months away, but the save-the-dates are out and it's published on the internet.  Seriously, remove duplicates and edit your registry!

Update: So we got the invitation to this wedding.  On the lower left of the invitation is "formal reception to follow," and the wedding website elaborates on their idea of "formal dress" aka black tie optional.  Sorry, no such thing as formal dress or black tie optional for a wedding...  but at least they're only registered for two coffee makers now...

The good thing here is that you will have plenty of gift options to chose from.  You could also give a giftcard or cash if the gifts are too expensive.  Really I think the couple is just making more trouble for themselves after the wedding when they'll will have to return the other 4 blenders.  

kitty8403

Thanks for the reminder. I had a pretty messy looking registry at first because we were house hunting and I wasn't completely sure what we needed to add. Now that we found a place, ours will be scaled waaaay back and more personalized.

Oh, and I totally would use two vacuums if somebody bought them for me. I wouldn't register that way, though!