Before Mr. Cardigan and I had even thought about registering, I heard a few warnings against registering at certain places. One of those places was Target. From things being unavailable, to trouble returning items, to mysterious items being added, Target’s registry doesn’t really have the best reputation.
However, I love me some Target. It’s one of my favorite stores ever, and when it comes to a nice big chain store, I prefer it to Bed, Bath and Beyond or Macy’s. So, ignoring the warnings, we registered at Target.
Now, I’m not saying that I regret that choice. I love, love, love the items we’ve received off of our Target registry, and I love every item we have left on there. But let’s just say our Target registry hasn’t been the easiest thing to maintain.
Let me fill you in on the problems we’ve had so far.
1. Target changes their stock OFTEN. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but with an engagement as long as ours, it’s really hard to keep up with the constantly changing availability of the items we want. All in all, that’s understandable and not a huge problem. But it becomes really annoying when you compound it with our second gripe with Target…
2. The integration of the in-store registry and online registry is less than seamless. For example, Mr. Cardigan and I registered for a shower curtain in the store the first time we set up our registry. A few weeks later, I was looking at the registry online and realized that the shower curtain didn’t have a photo. I looked around on their website to see if it was available online and I found the exact same shower curtain, with a photo included. So, I just switched it out for that one.
The next time I checked it? There was a photo there but the shower curtain said in big red letters “Online Only”.
Target, you are a LIAR! I know for a fact it’s available in stores, as are many of the other items that our registry has marked as “online only.” It’s frustrating because many of our guests are shopping in the stores and assuming they can’t get these items, but they totally could if Target wasn’t such a dirty stinking liar.
3. I’ve also had the problem of random items appearing, although mine doesn’t have quite as easy of an explanation as Mrs. Buttons’ did. We registered (online) for a comforter for our extra bedroom, and the registry added not only the one we wanted, but also another completely random one (that we did not want). And, of course, the one we didn’t want was snatched up before we had a chance to delete it from the registry.
4. Target wants me to get multiples of some items on our registry. How do I know this? There are certain items that, no matter how many times people buy them for us, continue to appear as unfulfilled on our registry. I have finally gotten fed up with these items and deleted them, but not before I had to make many trips to the returns counter at our local Target.
But on the bright side? We have had absolutely no problems whatsoever with returns. That was the part of registering at Target that I was the most concerned about, but it’s been a total breeze! If we don’t have a gift receipt, they just have us print out the purchase log from the registry and take care of it right away. I’m glad we haven’t had any problems in this area, since our registry likes to not mark things as fulfilled!
Where are you registered? Did you have any problems with your registry?
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