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How many registries do you need?!

VeraM22VeraM22 member
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Okay I am a FTM and I'm really getting frustrated over this registry business. My shower is in late June so a lot of people have been pushing me to let them know where I am registered at so that they can start buying gifts which is fine. I called my grandmother today and told her that I had completed my registry at Wal-mart so she could let others in my family who already want to know about it where to go and she was pretty appalled. She told me that it was tacky to only register at Wal-mart and that I should be registering in several different places like Babies R Us and such. This makes no sense to me? First of all I have a more than full-time job and I just don't have the time or energy to register at several different places and second of all Wal-mart has everything that I wanted to register for and for much cheaper than other stores that I browsed online. Wouldn't it be easier for everyone who is interested in getting the baby a gift to only have to go to one place to see what I've registered for? Am I really being tacky by only registering at Wal-mart?
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Re: How many registries do you need?!

  • HappyMrsKHappyMrsK member

    I think it's fine to have one registry. Walmart's are pretty much everywhere so I'm sure your guests will love that it should be pretty easy to access.

    I would just tell grandma that you registered for everything you needed at Walmart and you don't have any intention on registering anywhere else. Registries are only suggestions anyway, so if someone wants to shop elsewhere there's nothing stopping them. It sucks that she has this attitude, but at the same time she can't make you register somewhere else. 

     

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  • kennazebrowskykennazebrowsky member

    I hate Walmart and avoid it always. Can't hurt to have another one.

     You can do any registry online. Target or Babies R Us 

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  • BC&LMBC&LM member
    I don't know about other people, but the only registry we made that anyone knows about is at Babies R Us. All of our shower guests have one of those within 20 minutes of them, and we did a wide range of prices so that anyone who wants to buy from it could find a gift she feels comfortable with. We did create a small one at Buy Buy Baby with like five items to get a completion coupon, but we never told anyone about that one. It just has a few things we want to buy ourselves on it. So basically, as long as all your guests have access to the store you registered at and you registered for some cheaper items too, I don't see anything wrong with just one registry.
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  • rpalen29rpalen29 member
    you can make a babies r us registry online. I picked 2 places, Target and BRU. Maybe only put like 10 items on the BRU registry?
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  • VeraM22VeraM22 member
    Thanks everyone. I think I'm just going to stick with my wal-mart registry. Everything we needed to register for is on it, there are at least 2 Wal-marts within 15 minutes of everyone that would be interested in getting a gift, and after doing price comparison on BRU and Target they don't have as wide of a selection and the few things they do have that I need are the same items as on my Wal-mart registry but for a much higher price. Nanny will just have to deal with my tackiness Lol
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  • Lelo2006Lelo2006 member
    Some people like to get multiple completion discounts. I did one at Pottery Barn because it has the nursery decor I want, and one on amazon because it is so easy and usually has free shipping. Plus a lot of people I know have prime.

    I assume your WalMart registry is also online?
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  • KellyBensimonKellyBensimon

    I think it's fine to only register at one place, and to makes things even better, it's a place that is easily accessible to almost everyone.  If people have a problem with Walmart, that's really on them, not on you.  They can always see what you registered for and buy the items at a more hoity-toity expensive place if they wish.

     It's up to you, not them, and I think it's crass for them to even tell you that you should register elsewhere.  It's not their call.

    now i know how Nancy Kerrigan felt. that's insight into SCARY ISLAND. you have no clue what really went down.
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  • KellyBensimonKellyBensimon

    imageVeraM22:
    Thanks everyone. I think I'm just going to stick with my wal-mart registry. Everything we needed to register for is on it, there are at least 2 Wal-marts within 15 minutes of everyone that would be interested in getting a gift, and after doing price comparison on BRU and Target they don't have as wide of a selection and the few things they do have that I need are the same items as on my Wal-mart registry but for a much higher price. Nanny will just have to deal with my tackiness Lol

    Good for you.  I think you're right.  I feel that if you give on this, the snip will want you to give on other things, too.

    now i know how Nancy Kerrigan felt. that's insight into SCARY ISLAND. you have no clue what really went down.
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  • mauied08mauied08 member
    i wanted to do all of my items on amazon but bf was pissed that i didn't do one at brs because all of his friends go there to buy gift cards and shop. i was thinking about target and walmart but they dont have anything im interested in very small selection of stuff and not all of their stores carry the same thing.
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