I'm thinking early on this since we are not getting married til April 2013, but before I even sign up for registries, I want to know who is actually worthwhile.
We have lived together for a couple years and have a home together, so we are less concerned with what we actually request. We don't have a particular store that we want. I just don't want the registry to be a total headache when it's supposed to be super easy.
My question to you is -- Which store registries have you worked with and how would you rate them? I am particularly interested in whether they sent you the correct items and how they handled returns.
Thank you all!
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Re: Registry Feedback
I LOVE our BBB registry and their customer service/return policy is excellent.
Williams-Sonoma has a lot of high end/unique products.
We just started our Macy's registry so I don't have much feed back yet. There are everywhere though and that's nice.
[QUOTE]Crate and Barrel has been great - they package everything up so nicely, we actually ended up keeping the original shipping box that our stemware came in for when we move. I was happy with that. No discontinued items, very easy to update online. Macy's has been fine, except for my fine china being discontinued by them- we had already gotten two place settings so we had to register for the rest at Bloomingdale's. That was just a little bit of a pain, but otherwise no problems.
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We plan on doing Macy's and Crate and Barrel.
I know just from being a loyal C&B customer that they are just awesome with service and returns.
Unfortunately, we were registered at Target during the period in which they revamped their website. The technical glitches were pretty horrendous and I spent 45 minutes on the phone with them the week of my shower when their system "ate" our registry for the third time. It was incredibly frustrating, and had there been warning that they would be doing this massive upgrade, we probably we have gone elsewhere. The few things we did get from that registry did ship promptly and in good condition, but we also lost a lot more stuff when items went out of stock or were discontinued. I wouldn't say to rule them out completely, but I can't recommend Target for anything you really want.
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Thank you all for sharing your experiences!
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Amazon - a good way to get some of the expensive WS stuff for cheaper.
Heritage House in San Francisco - crappy website, AMAZING selection, great pricing on fine china, silver and crystal. Also, super flexible about not shipping until after the wedding and letting us reallocate funds to round out our place settings / decide what we actually get.