I was hoping to solely register at Buy Buy Baby. They recently built one near my house and I love it. MIL stated that it would be good to register at either Target/Babies R us so that those who are OOT can purchase a gift. Is it courteous to do so--- or should I just stick with BBB since people can order online? She mentioned that if I do not register somewhere else, I may end up with gifts not on the registry.
Thoughts?
Re: Registering at more then one store?
Can your guests buy online? I have a lot of friends that are older and just don't know how to buy online, so I did walmart and BRU because there are wal-marts everywhere!
I love BBB and thought I would register there, but we ended up not doing it because it's not a convenient store for many of my shower guests. Instead, we registered at Babies R Us (there are a ton of these in my area) and Amazon.
Amazon turned out to be a great choice. We're still a few weeks away from the shower, and a ton of stuff has been purchased off of the Amazon registry. Plus, you can usually get free shipping on Amazon if you spend $25, and there's no tax. You also get the 10% off completion discount.
I highly recommend Amazon if you think your guests will want to shop online. Otherwise, I would definitely register at Target too in your situation.
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Everyone else already covered your question, but a word of advice. Be prepared that MOST of your gifts won't be from your registry, regardless of how many stores you have one at.
It's totally up to you. I don't think your MIL is right that not registering somewhere else = not getting stuff off the registry. People will buy what they want to buy and having multiple registries isn't going to deter them.
GL!!
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