This registry has me confused

CourtneyR2N · May 2010

There is a baby shower for a girl at work this friday and a few of us are going to go in together to get her one of her larger items.

I was purusing her 3 registries to see what she had it what price range so I could decide where to go.

She has registered for the same types of items at all three places, and in some, more than one item. Like between the three store she has registered for 5 high chairs, 4 swings and 6 travel systems.

Which one does she really want? It seems like a waist for me to go and buy and haul highchair or travel system from the store to work for her shower only for her to return it for one of the other 4 or 5 things she registered for.

Opening stuff is so much more fun than a gift card ... but I'm not really sure what to do here.

mamafoxX2 · May 2010

My cousin did the same thing - registered for 5 different car seats. Found out later, there was one to match each vehicle (hers and DH's) plus her mom's, stepmom's, and IL's. Tacky tacky. She got one infant carseat, and a bunch of people bought bases. Not what she wanted, but you get what you get when you are picky.

mommyme · May 2010

My guess is that she has family/friends all over and did a number of stores based on location. Not sure why there are 5 high chairs! Maybe ask her which she really wants. You could mention you noticed a lot of duplicate items and did she have a fav store so you could narrow your shopping.

DaniLovesPink · May 2010

I would say no one has schooled her on the etiquette of registries. Some new mom's just get overzealous with these things, you know?

I would buy the high chair, for instance, with the best ratings. If she doesn't like it, she has to deal with returning it and it'll teach her a valuable lesson about registries.

Also, bear in mind, some people need multiple items. Like, my mom keeps our children, so we did need two high chairs, etc. So, it could be a somewhat similar situation, but still doesn't warrant six travel systems (unless she's Kate Gosselin).

toyah81 · May 2010

I thinks she may have just been "over-active" with her registry scan gun! Lol, but seriously, I registered for more than one of the same item, but it was like 2, not 5 or 6. The reason I did it was because one item may have been higher priced than the other, but I liked them both equally. So if someone wants to get me that item, they can choose by what they want to spend.

CourtneyR2N · May 2010

toyah81:
I thinks she may have just been "over-active" with her registry scan gun! Lol, but seriously, I registered for more than one of the same item, but it was like 2, not 5 or 6. The reason I did it was because one item may have been higher priced than the other, but I liked them both equally. So if someone wants to get me that item, they can choose by what they want to spend.

This was what I thought when I saw the two highchairs on the Target registry, one was like $20 cheaper. But then I saw two more on the Wal-Mart registry, and another on the Baby Depot registry ... just screams over kill to me.

MandaBeth582 · May 2010

My little sister did the same thing. On her one registry, she registered for seven travel systems, five high chairs, another five car seats, eight bases (?!), and nine (NINE!!!) bedding sets. Guess what everyone gave her? Giftcards. She proved at her shower how selfish she was - she announced she would use all the giftcards to buy a Wii.

I'd also like to throw in that we live in Oklahoma - she registered under her boyfriends last name and in the state of WA, and just forgot to mention that to anyone. She didn't understand why nobody could find it.

UnderAtree · May 2010

I did this for my two registeries. That way if say everyone only decides to go to BRU I'm covered.

CourtneyR2N · May 2010

anderhea:
Has the registry gone out on invitations yet? I know that people who had randomly searched for my registries (while I was still working on them), I had a ton of different items (like 3 cribs) because I was still trying to figure out which one I wanted. Before invitations went out, I consolidated everything on one registry from one store and only had one of everything on it... Maybe she's still working on her registry?

This is a work shower so invitations aren't really sent out, but flyers have been posted and it is scheduled for this friday.

I guess it will just depend on how much everyone gives me and I will just buy what I can. It just kind of takes the fun out of it knowing that she isn't gonig to be excited about it or absolutely love it you know.

Allie30 · May 2010

A lot of people don't know you can buy bases separately. Friends of mine bought two identical infant car seats for their two cars, and were kicking themselves later when they learned they could have saved $100 bucks by just getting a second base installed.

I have no explanation for 5 high chairs, though. Maybe she just wants to give people the option of shopping at their choice of store?

pennlexie · May 2010

Someone I know did something similar. Her and the father aren't married and live with their parents so she registered for two of everything. If she registered for a particular blanket or towel she registered for two, one for his house, one for hers. I kind of feel bad for these people because they probably won't get anything they need because people are so confused.

mommyme · May 2010

MandaBeth582:

My little sister did the same thing. On her one registry, she registered for seven travel systems, five high chairs, another five car seats, eight bases (?!), and nine (NINE!!!) bedding sets. Guess what everyone gave her? Giftcards. She proved at her shower how selfish she was - she announced she would use all the giftcards to buy a Wii.

I'd also like to throw in that we live in Oklahoma - she registered under her boyfriends last name and in the state of WA, and just forgot to mention that to anyone. She didn't understand why nobody could find it.

veronicacorningstone · May 2010

Yeah, I don't have much of an explanation for that.

We registered for our two car seats at BRU, but we also registered for them at a baby boutique. The baby boutique is near where I live, but the Babies R Us is much farther away, so I wanted to give people the option. Also, I seriously doubt we get 4 car seats! During the shower, I'm just hoping for one, but I'd love getting two for the twins. And if we do get all four, I'll gladly take two back to Babies R Us and trade them for stuff we didn't get.

Also, we have one mattress for the cribs already, so we only need one more. When we went to BRU, they had two mattresses out of stock, so I couldn't see them. Since BRU gives you 10% off to complete your registry, we scanned the two that were out of stock and one that was in stock. Again, if no one buys a mattress, we'll at least have choices when we got back to buy it ourselves.

2xSurvivor · May 2010

Buy her diapers and wipes then Big Smile

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