I have two parts to this vent.
1) I planned on registering at the Bay, which is kind of like Macy's for Canada. I was at the bridal show in my town and there was a consultant for the Bay there. I gave her my information and started talking to her about registering, and asked how it worked. I was planning on registering at the Bay in Kelowna (about an hour from where I live, but the store is TWICE the size with more stuff). I asked if I could pick items at both stores, etc. She got really defensive and started asking me WHY I wanted to register down there, it makes no sense because I live here, and 'people think they have more stuff down there, but they really don't'. I felt like she was very condescending and I was very uncomfortable with the whole conversation.
2) So, I pre-register online and go down to the other Bay store in Kelowna, thinking because I did everything online we could just pick up the gun and go. Instead we have to sit through this consultation, where the lady tells us with the size of our guest list, we should ahve $15,600 worth of stuff on the registry; our guests will get mad at the store if we don't have a lot of items on our list, and grilled us about each of our appliances (which are already new with our house). Plus, we have already registered at one other store, and all I really wanted from here was luggage. She even joked that if we picked out luggage that didn't match 'she would go in and change it for us'.
We are really just doing a token registry, with a few items that we could actually use, because we honestly have most of what we need already. FI says "they are taking the commitment we are making and the relationships we have with our friends and family and trying to squeeze every last dime out of us and them.' Sorry for the long rant, has anyone else found registering to be a bit of a pain in the rear?
