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Registry-not enough items left?

quincygirl77quincygirl77
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I was talking to my best friend on Friday and she was saying that she didn't think there were enough items left on our registry and that I should add more. I just checked and we have 7 items left on our Kitchen Window registry (and one is the ridiculous coffeemaker that we don't expect anyone to buy) and 2 left on our Crate and Barrel one.  

We have less than a month left, but I don't want to register for things we don't really want.  Just curious what others are experiencing?  Thanks.


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  • SuperRNluvsChefSuperRNluvsChef
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    edited December 2011
    Ha! We're definetly not having that problem.  No one has bought anything off ours.  Takes all the fun out of registery stalking.  Frown
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  • MrsBassPlayaMrsBassPlaya member
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    edited December 2011
    I haven't registered yet, but I know that as a guest at a wedding, if there is very little left on a registry for me to choose from, it's super annoying.  I, personally, recommend that you go back through the stores or online and find more stuff that you think you'd want.  I know some places (not sure about those two) have great policies that if it's on your registry, you can return it with or without the gift receipt.  If that's the case, even if you end up getting stuff you didn't necessarily want, you'd be able to return things.  If guests just simply have to go buy whatever because there is nothing left on the registry, there's a bigger possibility that you couldn't even return the thing you don't want... then you're left with a set of seriously ugly rooster dishes like my sister received.

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  • jessy_grossjessy_gross
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    edited December 2011
    You're lucky- hardly anything has been purchased from our registries, with 6 weeks to go! 

    I would add a few things if you can find anything else you like, because otherwise people will give you stuff that you really don't want.  Hopefully you'll get gift receipts so you can return anything you don't really love, but that doesn't always happen! In that case, maybe you could try to return things for store credit and use that in the future??
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  • wittyschaffywittyschaffy member
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    edited December 2011
    ditto pps - while it is GREAT that you've gotten so much of your registry fulfilled, you may want to add stuff just so folks have a choice of things.  Plus, you may want to ues your completion discount on some stuff at the end too!!  See if there is anything you missed the first go round (and if not, register for some stuff you know you can return to use towards your rediculous coffee maker!)
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  • quincygirl77quincygirl77
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    edited December 2011
     You guys are right, it could potentially get annoying for our guests.  My FI really doesn't want to register for more, but I'm doing it anyway ;) 

    SuperRN - Boo, what are those guests up to?  For a positive spin maybe they are going for the cash!
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  • aligrossaligross member
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    edited December 2011
    Quincy - we are having the same problem... but mainly only people are purchasing from Macy's... we went through everything at Macy's again and there was nothing we wanted. It's tough!
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  • TaffetaDarlingTaffetaTaffetaDarlingTaffeta member
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    edited December 2011
    Personally, I don't get why you would register for things that you don't want. It sounds like a lot of work for you and kind of misleading for the gift giver. You registered for what you needed. Done. 

    We registered for very little (only what we wanted to upgrade or needed) and ended up with lots of cash. There have been plenty of weddings I've been to and the registries were full or the items left were out of my price range. I picked up a GC or got a little creative. It never occured to me to think "they should add more" 

    Anyway once we got our registry done, we really never looked back or at it. 


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  • quincygirl77quincygirl77
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    edited December 2011
    Quincy and Taffeta - thanks for your insight on the same predicament!  I added just a couple more items to our C&B registry, but like you said I just don't want to put down a bunch of stuff we don't really want.
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  • maybe984maybe984 member
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    edited December 2011
    Some people just don't like to give cash or gift cards... it's kind of an old-fashoned thing, but it's still pretty prevalent among some age groups and whatnot. So yeah, I would encourage you to try to find more stuff... but not necessarily things you know you'll return. That's a recipe for disaster... if grandma comes over and sees that you don't have the soup tureen she bought off your registry, you might have some 'splaining to do.

    Did you try adding additional 'sets' of stuff? Like, if you registered for sheets, register for like 2 more identical sets. That way, you don't have to do laundry as often. Or, if you got 8 place settings of silverware, go for 12, in case you have a dinner party.
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  • KateJ10KateJ10
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    edited December 2011
    I would agree to try and add a bit more at least.

    I actually had this issue with our Target registry- there are a lot of Targets around where most of the guests are from- Crate and barrel, not so much.

    So I ended up adding things that weren't what we would have wanted at first, but we definitely could use. examples: brita pitcher and filters, thinner blankets for our beds/guests, pillows, sheet sets

    I know these items will get good use, but I wasn't SUPER excited about them.
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