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At $299-the Kitchen Aid mixer. And I stressed about putting something that expensive on our registry. But I'm hoping we'll get enough cash/gift cards that I can justify getting it with the registry completion discount. Unless a team of people buy it, I don't expect anyone to spend that much.
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Pot and pan set
Stand Mixer
Lawn furniture
All about $300. MIL got us the pan set, her whole office got us the lawn furniture, and I bought myself the stand mixer with gift cards afterwards, lol. Plus if you put it on there, you can get it discounted later. We got a big range of gifts--some like $200 (cash, gc, etc) and some were $20. So a range is good. Our friends like to go in and split gifts, so I'm sure if we wanted a $500 barbeque, a handful of them would have swung it.
I'm feeling nervous about this too - we have several items around $300 (bar @C&B, food processor, standing mixer, Dyson) and a lot of things around $100. But we figure most people will give as a couple and be somewhere around that price point (we're in DC, where EVERYTHING is expensive, so I don't think $100 price tag has the same shock value as it did when I lived in Miss.) I don't know how much is too much...
We're also doing 3 registries: C&B, Macy's, and a honeymoon registry...
We have "a down payment for a little yellow farmhouse that's out there somewhere" on our wishpot registry so that's our most expensive thing on there, but there's not a price attached to it. It's just a suggestion. Similarly we have a *choke* $450 Dyson vacuum cleaner on there. I don't expect anyone to buy it for us but maybe someone will say, here's $50 - put it towards that vacuum.
Ours is the Roomba ($300 + ). I added things to the registry I knew would not be purchased so that I can get a discount when the wedding is over. BBB does this, right?
I say put a full range of items on there. People will get what they can afford. I put an All-Clad set on mine ($600 +) and a Dyson vacuum ($400+) along with a ton of smaller less expensive items. Figured we'd put those things there just in case someone (or a group of people buying together) felt like going above and beyond for us
Our KitchenAid mixer tops the list, but our pots/pans and china are right up there! We also registered for a really nice blender that was about $180 but goes on sale frequently. And when I peeked at our registry today our china was gone, woohoo!
Our Calphlon Unison cookwear at 600. The starter set our of China, Mikasa was the same price, but my mom got it on a heck of a sale at Macy's. I got my KA actulaly a professional instead of the Artisian from one my AUnts and Uncles. It's a combined shower/wedding gift. They got a steal at Costco.
I think our most expensive items are the Calphalon Knife set ($200) and a down duvet ($200)
We won a T-Fal pot and pan set (and LOTS of other kitchen stuff) at a bridal show that I dragged FH to about a year before the wedding. He was complaining about missing a pre-season Eagles football game (he's a Ravens fan) the whole time at the show. Then they called out my name and he changed his tune :)
all my bridesmaids got me the kitchenaid for my shower (awesome ladies!) but other than that I think our duvuet at Macy's is $400, but is often on sale for $200!
The Kitchenaid mixer is definitely the most expensive item on our registry, but we registered for everything we wanted whatever the cost (including a $150 coffee maker and a $250 comforter--which is usually on sale for less). I hope people don't think we are so materialistic because we registered for expensive items! We just figure people will buy whatever is in the price range they intended to spend anyway, and we can use completion discounts for the rest. We never picked something *just* because it was expensive, but because it had special features that we wanted or was high quality.
I dont think $150 is too extreme. We had gifts for all different price ranges but had several that were $100-$150 each and most of them got bought. Our most expensive was the $299 Kitchenaid Stand Mixer and our comforter that was $299 Both got bought - and you might have groups that want to go in on a gift together so they can always split the cost!
I really want the animal Dyson, Mrs. Bee. I have cousins who were mad to hear that Mr. whitesonnet bought me a Kitchen Aid mixer for Christmas two years ago. (I'm a mad baking machine!) So, I'm hoping that they get me the Dyson instead since they all want to chip in together. I'm planning on some really nice knives (I hate cutting with the crap ones I have now) and some really nice serving dishes, but I think only the Dyson will surpass the $200 mark.
My cousin though was registering for a $300 duvet and a set of $70 pillow cases. Seriously, he and his FI were in their 30s already and pretty much registering for really nice stuff, but no one is going to keep a pillow case nice for long.
We haven't really registered (just a few things on Crate & Barrel since we registered to enter the Style Me PRetty giveaway) but I think its safe to assume our most expensive gift will be a kitchenaid mixer. Also a few other appliances and kitchen stuff. we may also register for some smaller furniture and use the registry completion card to get a discounted rate!
Probably our All-Clad cookware? But we registered for each piece individually, so it's not quick the sticker shock of the full set!
I have a really large family, so while I felt really guilty about registering for a $600 set of pots and pans, I figured they would come from my cousins or my dad's siblings. Instead, one of my very generous aunts on the other side got them for us. I was shocked that they came from one person!
Ours is a memory foam mattress pad. We slept on one at a friend's house and just had to have one. At $150, it's not that much but when registering we didn't add anything that we thought we wouldn't pay if we were buying it for ourselves. I've been to too many weddings with ridiculous items with ridiculous prices.
I think if you want it, you should put it on your registry, end of story. As long as you are being considerate of your guests and giving them a wide range of price options (as you are) there is no reason to worry about having a few items on there that are more expensive. As some other ladies mentioned you DO get a discount on those items after your wedding - if anyone questions why you have an item or items on there, simply tell them that. We have some furniture at crate & barrel on ours ($1200 couch, for example) and I do not expect anyone to buy it, but we completely want the discount - they are items we would be buying anyway. It is one thing if you only have items in the $100 + range, but you don't. If people want to spend less than 100, then they can get something else and stop judging. End of story. That said, I hope you get those items to start your new home ;)
We selected a $300 margarita machine. I can't wait to throw parties with it.
$300 KitchenAid mixer--a must-have. But now I'm considering a margarita machine =)
The vaccum we registered for (a Dyson) beats the stand mixer we also registered for, at a whopping $599. None of our family members are exactly rolling in it - but I figure there may be some groups who want to go in on something bigger together... and of course there are always sales to shop! Plus the discount we get when we close out the registry (in addition to the Mr.s store discount - yay!)
We actually put a dining table and 2 dining benches on ours. While we knew most of our guests would buy us gifts in the $100 and under range, I knew my mom has some... um... rich friends that would have possibly got them for us. (They didn't--- but they gave us cash pretty much equivalent to the amount of the cost of the dining set.) I don't think it's horrible to have a couple pricey items on your registry... your favorite aunt or randomly old rich parents' friends might be looking to purchase you something in a higher range. And if not... 1 or 2 pricey items, like a lounge chair or dining set, won't hurt anyone (and you can always claim the "Well we just want to put it there to get the post-wedding discount on it after the wedding!).
I Love Amazon too. I hate being forced to buy a gift off of someones registry when I know I can find it cheaper somewhere else. Amazon lets you shop around.
My most expensive gift is a Nintendo Wii at $250. All of my other items are under $100. I agree with NixLapi in that family members are prone to go in on gifts together, so dont be afraid to pick a few expensive items.
My most expensive is a vaccuum at $250. I hate our current one, it's always clogging and giving us trouble.
Our most expensive gift is $500 which is an upgrade hotel room for our honeymoon. We have quite a bit of 175.00 and 250.00 on there just because we are blessed to have family friends and friends that are wanting to purchase big stuff. We actually sent our rsvp's out 1 1/2 weeks ago and already got one of our $250.00 items bought for us!!!!
It's funny, the most expensive thing is the Kitchen Aid mixer but we registered for all price ranges. And the 3 most expensive things exluding the Kitchen Aid, have already been purchased off our registry.
We put a DSLR camera that is $800 on our target registry. We don't expect anyone to buy it for us. We are going to buy it ourselves after the wedding with the 10% discount.
But you guys just gave me an idea: I registered for our dream furniture at pottery barn. We don't even have the space yet, but when we do...we can still get the discount perhaps?
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I was thrilled to find Amazon.com's universal registry. We registered at Target but also considered Home Depot and Crate and Barrel. We have all the basic stuff, however would like to upgrade on some stuff since fiancee has been on his own for almost 15 years now and his grandma left him alot of furniture and china when she passed away. However, we are looking to buy a house so we figured we would get items for the new house including lighting fixtures, decor items, etc. There are a few major items we are placing on there such as our duvet ($150 from ZGallerie, which went down to $75 today!), BBQ from Target ($150) and Iphone docking station ($150 target) and some lighting fixtures ...
FH works at a law firm and we have several guests who are blessed to have comfortable incomes so I placed those items on there in case they want to grab them or several people want to get together and get them for us jointly!
I made sure to put plenty of items ranging from $10 to $70 - so everyone has a ideal gift in their budget! Im dying to get my candles from target I put on there ($10 each) hopefully I get them....
Anyways, considering the economy and out of town guests ( which I dont expect a gift from) what have you placed on your registry you are dying to get or have placed an expensive item in hopes someone gets it - is $150 too extreme?
We have all the basic so these items will be in our new home - we arent going to ask for China if we already have it so we are putting it towards logical items - i.e. bbq to have guest over in the summer etc!