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We bought a couple things we needed before the wedding and then just took them of the list... it's no big deal.
Call the store and ask about the extended return policy for wedding registries. They should be willing to let you return items after your date, particularly in cases where you didn't get a full set but it's been discontinued. I don't know about Macy's though, but C&B and BB&B both do this.
As lame as that is...I would just buy the 4 scotch glasses and be happy that you have the full set. You don't want to end up missing those glasses if someone doesn't buy them! So I would buy them, and take them off the registry, just to be safe!
I emailed my FI and told him to buy them since I already bought the decanter. He, being a guy and not getting the whole etiquette thing, thinks I should just tell one of my friends I know is coming to the shower to buy them now. I told him to STFU because that's beyond tacky. He doesn't get it. Sigh.
I'd maybe buy them but NOT take them off the registry. Then, if someone does buy them for you before they are discontinued, you can return the 4 you don't need and have that money that you spent for something else. And if no one buys them, you still have the full set you like!
I agree- buy them (perhaps not count them off the registy) then see if you can return them if you get them as gifts!
We had to do the same thing. Our pots and pans that we had so carefully selected were being discontinued at Macy's and were on clearance. We scored one of the last sets at any store in the state for 75 percent off the original price. So it sucked, but it was worth it because we got them for a great deal.
you can buy them (not off registry) and if you do get them as a gift you can return the ones you bought. either way you get your full set :)
Like the idea of buying them not off the registry, but also think you might be able to mention it to your mother. I know my mother was bombarded by people asking what I really wanted off the registry the week before my shower, and it's easy to tell moms these things.
I hear you. I had to buy our bedding because it was one of the only things I really wanted and the pattern was being discontinued. I'm so happy I did.
I second what ebs said about letting your mom, MOH, etc know - this way when people ask what you really want for your shower, they'll have an answer. I know my Mom even bought a few things that were almost out of stock ahead of time cuz she knew my SIL's and Aunts were going to ask - so now she already has them and if a SIL wants to, she can just reimburse my mom for the item.
I'm really tempted to buy things off my registry that we really need!! I don't think it's lame necessarily because you would be completing the set either way, if a guest bought it for you or if you had to buy it after the fact. And hopefully now that there are less items on your registry you will get more cash! ;)
I did it for bedding that was being discontinued. It was a bummer, but I really wanted it and couldn't find something similar.
I would just buy the remaining glasses and leave them on the registry. You never know, but at least you'll have them if no one gets them!
I don't see the point of buying it and leaving it on the registry. I mean, I GET it but it makes more work for me having to return something if someone gets it.
Anyway, FI is buying them off the registry so end of story.
DITTO for FutureKMM.. Buy them and don't take them off the registry! return them if someone buys for you. or hint to someone that you know will not be offended (we all have blunt or laid back friends!) that you'd like them MOST and i'm sure you'll get them.
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So I was checking something on my Macy's registry and noticed that the decanter that goes with my highball glasses and scotch glasses is backordered 70 business days and about to be discontinued. Knowing that no one in their right mind would buy that as a shower gift and it might be gone by the time people buy wedding gifts, I had no choice but to buy it myself and that was lame. Also, now I'm concerned because they are discontinuing the scotch glasses. I have 4 of the 8. I have all 8 of the highballs. The scotch glasses aren't backordered so there is a possibility someone may get them for the shower (next month) but I'm going to be really annoyed if I can't complete the set. I like symmetry. At the same time, buying two things off my own registry is so lame. I don't know what to do.