Ask a Question - I'm going to end up with 10 toasters! - FUTURESMRST's Black Wedding by Color Blog

My bridal shower is tomorrow and we have had around 24 people RSVP that they will be there. Well I checked my gift registries tonight and not a single item was purchased off of my registry yet people have been telling me they got me a present which is all fine and dandy....i had a starter husband at one point (that's what i like to call him) and when we got married we had the same problem. Only one item had been purchased off of the registry and we ended up with 8 toasters and 5 or 6 crockpots. Not a problem as long as their is a receipt...but NO ONE included a gift receipt! It's a big no no to call people up and ask where they purchased the item from so we ended up donating them to families in the military but I felt bad for giving away gifts that someone had purchased for us.

I have told most people that them showing up is gift enough for us. But people insist on getting us something and I guess I'm just afraid I'm going to end up with 10 toasters. If I end up with multiples of the same item should I call the gift giver to ask where it was purchased or donate it all once again??????

Granted this does not include family and bridal party...of course I can call them up and let them know the situation.

yikes! thats a tough situation, If it was me, I wouldn't call the giver up. They could be offended that yours is the one being returned. And maybe they got it on sale and it might embarrass them for you to know how much they spent. I could be wrong, and misreading your guest so i'm just guessing w/ all the what ifs!

Another option could be ebaying the items you don't need. That way you can recoop some of the money spent and in the end buy something that you and your fiance need and have something to say hey "that person got me that, and this person got me that"

hope that helps! but heres to hoping for no toasters haha

meme you think exactly like me! But if I get rid of someone's item and they eventually find out like oh i don't know...they come over to the house after the wedding for a dinner party and see a different toaster lol....wouldn't they still get offended that I wasn't using theirs? It's such a touchy subject so I am hoping and PRAYING I don't get multiples of an item.

you may end up with ten toasters... but you never know. I am going to a wedding next week and just bought my present. They had a huge gift registry but i thought everything was stupidly priced so i got basically the same thing but cheaper for them... i think other ppl might do that too. I am giving a gift receipt..but i hope they dont return it or they will think im cheap lol

I dont blame people for buying a cheaper version of something...the way times are right now I understand people not buying anything at all! I tried to register for items $5.00-$200.00 (the larger price gifts are for people to go in on together). I registered at three different locations also to make sure people had PLENTY to pick from in all different price ranges.

If you get multiples - you may want to donate them to Habitat for Humanity - and if the person asks - you can explain that you had duplicates and made a donation - now who can be mad with you for that - which would be the truth and a nice gesture in my opinion.

some places allow you to return multiples of a gift that is on your registry even if there is not gift receipt but some places don't. you might want to make sure about the policy at the store you registered at. if i was in that situation i would probably go around to a bunch of stores that carried the item and try to return a few of them that way but that involves a lot of time.

great ideas ladies. Thanks!

I definitely wouldn't call and ask where they purchased it, some people might be offended by that. I would donate some of the stuff to charity, and then do some research and try to find out where the rest of the gifts were purchased. We got tons of stuff not on our registry, and by doing a bit of research online, I was able to find where almost all gifts were purchased, and then just returned them for a store credit or exchange. A lot of stores are good about giving store credit even if you don't have a receipt, as long as the item scans into their system, most stores will do an exchange or store credit.

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