What do you think of gift Registries??

Ms.Sunshine

What do you think of the idea of A Wedding Registry to include in invitations of certain people? For example) I know for a fact that my friends will be unsure of what to gift us a present so I thought that We could set up a registry and include it in the invites for friends only?....Maybe it's a silly idea!

fits

I think they are a good idea but i wouldnt include it in invites. Just tell people about it if the enquire.

We werent organised enough to have one unfortunately.

Milly33

Think it is a great idea, fingers crossed haha people will actually look at it... Some people will take it as OMG the cheek of them,but most if not all will be like yes great idea at least we know what they want

stickybookmark

They're great. I personally wouldn't put in the invite and I DEFINITELY wouldn't put in some invites and not in others, either all or nothing....
We had one and guests bought 1000 euro worth off stuff of it (Arnotts).
Am goign to wait til the sales to go in and buy the stuff to get some extra stuff.
I didn't include it in the invites, anyone that asked was told about it. It was 75% used by guests who were abroad who were invited, couldn't come and still wanted to buy us a present.

eviltwin

I'm not against them in theory but be realistic. My brother in law had one and the minimum spend was 400 euros. It put people under a lot of pressure.

michellie

eviltwin wrote: »

I'm not against them in theory but be realistic. My brother in law had one and the minimum spend was 400 euros. It put people under a lot of pressure.

WHAT?! How can anyone think that's acceptable to make people pay that?

stickybookmark

eviltwin wrote: »

I'm not against them in theory but be realistic. My brother in law had one and the minimum spend was 400 euros. It put people under a lot of pressure.

What !! :eek:
Was this during the celtic tiger years?

Milly33

Yes most defo have a good selection of all prices of gifts so people can choose

eviltwin

stickybookmark wrote: »

What !! :eek:
Was this during the celtic tiger years?

1998, I wasn't working, I was still in college and had to save just to travel to the wedding. He wasn't impressed. What is worse is they emigrated a few months after the wedding and all the gifts lay in the mother in laws house unopened for ten years.

nosietoes

We had one and it worked our brilliantly. We didn't put it into invites but did mention it on website, and parents told their friends.

Nearly 2/3 of our gifts came from it... Prices ranging from €20 upwards.

alwaysadub

It was all the rage a few years back and I still think its a good idea. I hate when people ask what I want as a gift, never know what to say, so think we might look into doing it for our wedding- just for people who ask.

stickybookmark

eviltwin wrote: »

1998, I wasn't working, I was still in college and had to save just to travel to the wedding. He wasn't impressed. What is worse is they emigrated a few months after the wedding and all the gifts lay in the mother in laws house unopened for ten years.

Oh my god what a waste of minimum 400 euro worth items !!

lazygal

eviltwin wrote: »

I'm not against them in theory but be realistic. My brother in law had one and the minimum spend was 400 euros. It put people under a lot of pressure.

Would people not have pooled their money in that case? A friend of mine had one and a few of us chipped in together for a higher value item.

hotmatottie10

my cousin recently remarried and in with their invites its said something like this. We have lots of household things etc if you did wish to get us something a voucher from Debenhams would be lovely.
I thought it was practical

kandr10

I noticed a couple had a registry section on their wed pics account. It wasn't called out anywhere which I thought was a shame as we had bought a gift by the time we realised it was there. If there's stuff to suit all budgets then why not? It's nice to feel you're getting something useful.

Toots

I think they're a great idea provided you cater for all budgets on it. Oh and don't mention gifts of any sort on the invitation, it looks crass and a lot of people get the hump over it.

polydactyl

We had one in arnotts. Never put it in invites but it was spread by parents by word g mouth when asked. Cheapest was about 20 quid and anything more than 100 was split into lots of 50. Got loads from it. Arnotts just give you a voucher for the value spent and then you can chose the items on it if you want or change your mind. In our case we waited till the sales, used the voucher, got all the gifts and an iPad and a few clothes with the "sales savings"

fits

Thats awesome! Why didnt we do that?!

We got lots of cash which was wonderful, but it has disappeared into the ether... and I do love having the gifts we did get as a reminder.

stickybookmark

polydactyl wrote: »

We had one in arnotts. Never put it in invites but it was spread by parents by word g mouth when asked. Cheapest was about 20 quid and anything more than 100 was split into lots of 50. Got loads from it. Arnotts just give you a voucher for the value spent and then you can chose the items on it if you want or change your mind. In our case we waited till the sales, used the voucher, got all the gifts and an iPad and a few clothes with the "sales savings"

I'm going to do the same, I'm going to buy all the actual presents that people selected from the list in the sales, and use the leftover to buy a few extra things for the house. I'd like to have the actual items (or equivalent) that people picked out, even though I know you can use the voucher to buy whatever you like