Backordered Macy's

ssb0624

We are registered at Macy's and Williams-Sonoma. So far, 90% of what has been ordered from Macy's has been backordered. One order was backordered, then cancelled, then wait no not cancelled but backordered until December. (The wedding is in October.) My mother is beside herself, and I am starting to agree with her that the guests will not be thrilled by this development. Her suggestion is to move the registry somewhere, perhaps to Bloomingdales. Is anyone else having this issue with Macy's, or are we just really lucky? Any suggestions on alternative registry sites? I am very annoyed by this, but not sure what the best way to handle it is.

BostonBride919

I've had a number of items (including our china) on backorder from Macy's. I haven't had issues though overall as they did eventually ship and most a lot sooner than the initial estimated ship date

abs99

I have items at both Bloomingdale's and Macy's on my registry. However, I did this because in some areas there are Bloomies and no Macys and vice versa. For you, it is probably not a good solution as they are booth owned by Macy's and the ship date on identical items is identical, because things come from the same warehouse. FWIW, on my list, items that were backordered usually came faster than expected. Hope that helps...

kristinanddan

None of my Macys items are backordered. I have this problem with lots of random items at BB&B though. Lamps, cookie sheets, art, sugar bowl, towels - it's all totally random things that come in and out of stock.

tunnel

I had this problem with my waterford china at macys.  It happened because waterford was sold to a different holding company earlier this year, and so they stopped production for a little while during that change.  Production is now back and running, but I guess Macy's sold out of their inventory.  My solution was to put half of the setting on Macy's registry and half on BBB registry, since BBB was not backordered on my pattern.

StessFreeBride

I was about to post the other day about how I didn't have this problem, but then yesterday we received a gift that was back ordered. We received our nambe bowls, but the salt and pepper shakers won't arrive, according to the sales slip, until MARCH! ha!