Wedding Blog

We started out with a Target registry, but then realized that most of the wonderful things they had available online were not available in their stores. So, we found comparable items on BB&B and eliminated the Target one. Then we created an upscale registry on Macys (much smaller registry with fine china, silver, etc.). It’s only been 3 months, but we’re very pleased with both.

I registered at Marshall Field’s last year when it was transitioning to Macy’s. There were lots of problems — I couldn’t update without the computer creating a separate new registry (so I would have several with like one item on it). Some items were sent without a packing slip or card so I had no idea who’d sent them. Macy’s was very helpful when we were closing out the registry. They replaced broken things without question, and thye ran a promotion for those closing out their registry where you could use your closing out discount on anything in the store. Useful, since many things had become discontinued.

Really, I wish I hadn’t registered. I felt like I was forcing myself to choose thigns and thereby making friends and family feel compelled to buy them for me. That plus the problems we ran into, made we wish we’d never done it. Still, I do think it made things easier for people, especially those uncomfortable giving cach.

We registered at 4 places because we kept not finding what we wanted…do you think that it too many? Some of the registeries are very small. We had bad luck at Macys, they messed up my name and our password, three times, and it was really hard to figure out, their phone and in store representatives were terrible. Also, they had a very poor selection in the store, and everything went on sale after we registered, and then some things were discontinued.

We had good luck w/ C&B, WS and B3. At WS my only issue was that we registered in store, and about 10-12 items weren’t avail. online, which is fine, but you can’t even see a picture online, and it doesn’t tell you if they are no longer avail. or not, it just says, go to store, or something like that, which I don’t think is that helpful.

Opened one at Target before we went w/ Macys and B3, but it was a disaster, and I heard so many terrible things about returns and customer service, we never added anything to it.

I was so torn about registering, there were certain things I really wanted, and I’m a bit of a foodie, so I LOVE kitchen stuff, but my FI and I really didn’t want that much, we’d rather people help us save up for a house….but we know a LOT of the people coming would want to give us presents, and we thought it was better they had something to chose from, than just getting us something random we won’t want.

juyon, b3 is “Bed Bath & Beyond”.

and i’m registered there and thinking to register at macy’s too. i love the 20% off coupons from B3!!

I am the last of my bunch of friends to tie the knot, and they gave me some wonderful advice about registering. B3 has the best return policy, hands down. On our first visit there to create our registry, the nice employee told us that if people give us gift cards to B3, we can even cash those out! I was impressed. With all the nightmare return stories about Target and other places, my friends advised me this way: Register for AS MUCH AS YOU CAN at B3. Even if you like the towels at Target better, or somewhere else, just register for something comparable at B3. So… residing on my registry are towels, bedding, dishes, etc… that really aren’t my top choice. BUT, thanks to their great policy, anything I don’t really want, I can just cash it in and go use the money to buy the item I really want at whereever I find it. This eliminates having a lot of registries, and hey… seriously… who can furnish a home from just one store?! I know I’m much too particular, and hunt for ages for the perfect colors/accents/styles. Thought I’d share this little tip!

C&B was fantastic! Lots of item turnover in seasonals, but core items were there for over a year.

But Macy’s was a mess. We never received our Macy’s Rewards gift card after the wedding and had to call and complain. The staff in store never knew what they were doing (at 4 different stores). Items would disappear off the registry and other items would just appear. I would not recommend it.