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2chihuahuas · August 2015

Anyone else have a shower where people bought clothes and did not give reciepts? My work had a shower for me last week. When asked what we need I said diapers and wipes. I got lots of little clothes instead without receipts and I have no idea where they came from. Lots of 0-3 months too. I'm worried if I wash them he'll never wear them all.

tlc11934 · August 2015

Some stores only carry certain brands. Like Little Me or Garanimals. I typically brought all unwanted clothes to BRU and they tried scanning. Sometimes they knew where they were purchased, even if it wasn't there. I know, super inconvenient for you to do right now, but it's worth a try.

jessrjennings · August 2015

You can either research where the brands are sold from and return them. Or wash and possibly use them and if you don't you can sell them second hand. I bought all my baby clothes second hand and people are always looking for deals.

tstew96 · August 2015

I've had 2 baby showers (One for my family and one for SO family) and nobody gave me receipts for anything, but LO will definitely wear all those clothes so I wouldn't worry about it

kate913 · August 2015

If you download the Target app you can scan them from your phone to see if they were bought there. That's where most of the clothes I got came from, I just scanned them the. Brought them to the store and got a giftcard. Super easy!

bnwillia3 · August 2015

I received ONE gift receipt from two showers - haha

I ended up donating clothes I really didn't like, as well as things like duplicate books and odds/ends I don't really need to a local women and children's shelter. I was tempted to try and track down where they were from to be able to use the funds for something I did really need, but it was just too much work for me at this stage in the game. Plus, it gave me a little extra heartbeat to think of it as my little guy's first charitable contributions

There are so many little ones in need - if you end up having too much and can't get a gift card/store credit, you might consider donating some of it.

Edit - punctuation/clarify

2chihuahuas · August 2015

Thanks! Some of them were brands that are carried in multiple stores like Gerber and Carters.
@bnwillia3 That is an excellent idea about donation. We already have a lot to donate we haven't dropped off yet. And the place we take it either the items or the sale of the items help women in shelters.

jeninaz1221 · August 2015

Anything that is "Just One You" Carter's is from Target. "Child of Mine" Carter's is from Wal-Mart. Regular Carter's I would try to take back to either the Carter's store or Macy's. I would try Babies R Us for the Gerber.

You could also try putting stuff aside and selling it at a consignment sale later if you don't end up using it.

CEW225 · August 2015

I have scanned tags on the apps of different stores and it has helped quite a bit. I also messaged Carters on Facebook to find out if I could take anythimg Carters back to a Carters store. The person that responded asked me to send the UPC code and looked up which store they belonged to for me, which I thought was very nice.

ForeverEverAfter · August 2015

That's awesome they were so helpful! With #1 I knew everything was from walmart (no other big stores in that small town), and I exchanged things like toiletries (I didn't want J&J) and duplicates for things I actually needed. Any things that trickled in later that weren't my style or that I didn't want I took to the women's shelter.

aavila18 · August 2015

I took everything that babies r us carried and they were able to take a majority of it back. Then I went to target with the rest. Anything I had left over I used a barcode scanner that helped as well but I'm keeping the rest in hopes to take it to a local family homeless shelter. But the first few methods put a huge dent in my stash lol

LaurenNewph · August 2015

I feel like I heard Kohl's has a very liberal return policy!

meggipi5 · August 2015

tlc11934 said:

Some stores only carry certain brands. Like Little Me or Garanimals. I typically brought all unwanted clothes to BRU and they tried scanning. Sometimes they knew where they were purchased, even if it wasn't there. I know, super inconvenient for you to do right now, but it's worth a try.

This. They are pretty helpful, and I think they take back all Carter's stuff, too.

chelseajeanene · August 2015

I was given no receipts for any clothing. I'm too lazy to try and figure out where they're all from. I know I have way too much, but I washed them all and if this baby doesn't use or fit in them...helpfully his future siblings will

GeorgiaDottie · August 2015

FYI as of last week BRUs will only take back items on registry. Very frustrating but they fought me on returns that I knew came from there but weren't on my registry. It's a new policy.

Kags1989 · August 2015

Re-gift! Save it for the next person:)

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