Weddingbee Blog

I just got a disappointing surprise. I spent a couple hours at Macy’s creating our registry just a few weeks ago. The experience was a good one and I felt like Macy’s registry page was easy to navigate and simple to use. They had some nice perks of which we’d be able to take advantage after the wedding, too. Registering seemed like one of the easiest parts of the wedding planning process.

When Rue La La had some items from our Waterford china pattern for sale a couple weeks ago, I wondered if my chosen pattern was being discontinued. I quickly went to Macy’s and saw a bunch of notes that looked like this:

Screen shot from Macy’s.com

While that screen shot is of a note on our flatware, those lovely sentences were also under every single item on our china list.

The note mentions making way for new products, but our pattern is not old. Michael Aram’s licensing deal with Waterford dates back to the summer of 2007 and our pattern, Jaipur, debuted at the Tabletop Market in New York that October.

I called Waterford right away. They told me that they didn’t discontinue our pattern and that demand actually exceeded their supply. In fact, they were increasing production of our pattern for next year. Macy’s decided on its own to stop carrying the pattern, which is kind of funny in light of how popular it is.

Within ten minutes, I had moved our entire registry over to Bed, Bath and Beyond. I was a little worried because the registry page on BB&B didn’t look as aesthetically pleasing to me and I wasn’t sure about how easy it would be to navigate as a result, but it had to be done.

My mother settled my fears when she went to the Bed, Bath and Beyond near her to buy something off the registry. She found the people in the little wedding office to be very helpful. She thought the process of buying off the BB&B registry was much easier than going into the mega Macy’s where she lives.

Anyone have any great experiences with registries? How about not-so-great experiences? Out of the places you’ve registered, which do you find the best/easiest to deal with?