Dh and I are having a disagreement about this....
We have not yet purchased our travel system and it's on sale $30 off right now. Dh wants to wait until after my shower for his side of the family (July 9) before we purchase it. He really thinks his Grandma may buy it for us.
I don't want to wait and not get it and then pay full price. Not to mention it would ease my mind to have it in my vehicle already. Dh says it's only a week and a half longer, let's just wait.
What should we do?
Re: Buy now or wait?
I would not be surprised at all if she bought it for us. I just feel like I can't expect anyone to purchase something that expensive for us either.
This is exactly what I would do. As long as you don't open it and keep the recipet they will take it back.
This was what I was going to say.
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Or if you can't do that, I would wait. I was surprised at how much we got at our shower. You never know.
My shower is July 9. The travel system is from Target, and I'm not sure how long it will be on sale. We should get a completion coupon, but I'm not sure when we'll get it. With the gift cards we have, we would only have to spend about $40 if we bought it now.
Maybe I'll see if my H wants to buy it now and just return it if we happen to get one as a gift. Thanks for the ideas.
I would do this as well. You can always take it back if she doesn't end up getting it. Do you know how long the $30 off will last?
I would wait it out. Even if grandma doesn't get it, lots of times groups from work or friends want to all chip in and get something big. I think you're likely to get it.
And if not, BRU and other places are always having sales on travel systems.
Buy and return is good if you don't mind doing it, since you will probably be returning stuff anyway. But I'd just hold tight for the shower.
This is exactly what I would do.
I would buy it and then return it if she purchases it for you. We were told by friends and family not to buy any of the big stuff (car seat, stroller, PnP, etc.) because they were going to get us everything we needed. Everything went on sale months before the shower (held when I was 34 weeks) and I just bought it on sale, but left it on the registry just in case. It was a good thing too because we did not receive a single thing at the shower, mostly clothes.
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