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Registries where you can get cash back?

meenamoomeenamoo
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I'm in a bit of a bind - I'm Canadian but live in the US and fiance is French and lives in France. We're having 2 weddings (canada & france). We will most likely be living in France. I would like to register in the US & Canada for our guests, but don't really want to have to move everything to France! And I know my parents' friends will want to buy "things" (though I'd much rather have cash). Are there any stores where you can return the gifts for cash?
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    kathrynhabibtikathrynhabibti member
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    edited September 2010
    [QUOTE]I'm in a bit of a bind - I'm Canadian but live in the US and fiance is French and lives in France. We're having 2 weddings (canada & france). We will most likely be living in France. I would like to register in the US & Canada for our guests, but don't really want to have to move everything to France! And I know my parents' friends will want to buy "things" (though I'd much rather have cash). Are there any stores where you can return the gifts for cash?
    Posted by meenamoo[/QUOTE]
    Please don't do that. Would you like it if the B&G intended the whole time to return whatever your carefully selected gift was?
    Don't register (or keep a very small registry and have it associated with FI's France address so gifts get shipped there), refuse a bridal shower, and keep in mind that your guests at the Canada reception will likely realize what a hassle shipping is and give you money instead.
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    heyimbrenheyimbren member
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    Besides what PP said, I think it sounds like a lot of work. What's the point in asking for gifts (and registering for them), then having your guests pick them out and buy them, and then taking them all back to the store in hopes for cash? If all you want is cash, just have a small registry. I can understand the inconvenience of sending things overseas. But this way doesn't sound like a good way. Just don't register, or only have a small registry and people tend to get the idea that you'd like cash over gifts.
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    tldhtldh member
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    Dear God there are actually two of you who exist!!! What you are doing is unethical and dishonest.  I had an aunt who followed through on her plan to register for the most expensive everything and then return it all for the money after the wedding.  That was 40 years ago and family members still bitch about it behind her back.
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    Mrs.B6302007Mrs.B6302007 member
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    Yeah, just don't register.  If your guests know that you will be moving everything, they'll most likely give you GCs or cash.  Give them some credit.
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    deepcovejackiedeepcovejackie
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    Yikes, bad idea.  What all the pp's have said.
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    nda_roxybabenda_roxybabe member
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    This would be rude. How about just not registering?

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    Mrs.B6302007Mrs.B6302007 member
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    please don't do this
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    Muffin'sMomMuffin'sMom
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_registering-gifts_registries-can-cash-back?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:34Discussion:d964e694-6c2a-4882-9949-d3397df8c113Post:8900de82-f967-42cc-a920-35af87a834e3">Re: Registries where you can get cash back?</a>:
    [QUOTE]That's horribly rude and sneaky.  It's basically lying to all of your wedding guests.  I'm sure they will understand that you don't want to pay to move all of that stuff, so just skip the registry and if anyone asks, have your mom tell them that what you're really needing is to save for the move.  They'll get the hint. And to answer your question, there are not, to my knowledge, any more registries that allow you to return for cash.  And brides like you are exactly the reason that they all quit doing it.
    Posted by StageManager14[/QUOTE]

    Absolutely this!  I would be REALLY upset with my daughter if she had even considered this.  It's a lie, no matter what you paint it with.
    My baby girl is a married woman...and now my baby girl HAS a baby girl. Time unfolds in such an amazing way. I've been blessed!
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    gouteshgoutesh
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    As PP have mentioned, just don't register at all.  Your guests will get the hint.  I would NOT do what you have proposed.  I would be irritated if I found out a couple I bought a gift for did this.
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