What do I do with gifts where people didn't include a gift receipt?

Question

I got not one, but THREE CUISINARTS for my bridal shower. Only one was from my actual registry, the others were purchased from an unknown source and did not include a gift receipt.
I just don't know what to do with the other two. I don't want to sell them on eBay or give them away, because there are things I could use on the registry... UGH! Why don't people actually look on the darn registry! That's what it's for!

Answer 1

OMG!
Is it the end of the world for the ungrateful, spoiled, rude
" LIL Princess.?"

Answer 2

Almost every store that sells kitchen appliances sells food processors, which is what I assume you mean. What brands are the other two? I only know of a few food processor brands and every store with food processors sells at least two brands. Just a pick a store you either (a) where you want to buy something else or (b) selling it for the highest price. Without a receipt you will get store credit, so I'd go with option (a). (Although you can skip all this and just call the person. I'm sure they will understand. And on a side note, people are under no obligation to look at/use your registry. They can give you anything they damn well please, your registry is just a guideline. Besides, what if the person who bought from the registry only got it the night before the shower? The other two may have seen you needed one and just picked on up at a different store. Like I said, they are sold pretty much everywhere.)

Answer 3

Take the other two back to the store where you origonally registered for them. Most stores will let you return duplicate items on your registry in exchange for store credit. We had several duplicate items and didn't have a problem returning them. As long as the box is unopened it should be fine.

Just make sure you still write a nice Thank-you note about how much you appreciate the gift, thank you for your kindness adn look forward to seeing yo uat the wedding...etc.etc. If they were all there at the Bridal shower, they probably feel bad that they got you duplicate items. They don't have to know you returned them, just do it and make sure they know you appreciate it! Sometimes items don't get taken off the registry or the registry is not updated in time for someone else shopping. Mistakes happen. They were thinking of you though and trying to get something off your registry. Just return the items for store credit and get something else on the registry instead!

Answer 4

it's rare that people are concerned with the registry....and one never is to include a gift receipt (that's only for christmas and among close family members). Anyway, go back to the place where you had your registry and ask them if there is a way you can exchange those doubles for things you really need (like things that are on your list). If they can do it for you they will. If not then distribute the duplicates to your family and they will either pay you for it or do some service for you in exchange. "Never" let anyone know you returned their gift or gave it to a family member, just be cordial and get those thank yous out within 10 days and be as gracious and sweet and appreciative as you can be.

Answer 5

Cuisinarts are actually carried by a wide variety of places, so chances are you can exchange the two extras for something else somewhere; perhaps even something you really need. Does the store you registered at also carry these models? If so, they may allow you to exchange them for something on your registry.

Some people choose not to use the registry. That's their decision. The registry is a convenience for all concerned...but one cannot require everyone to use it.

At least these were commonly carried things that actually could have been useful. At my wedding shower, one woman gave me this hideous cut-crystal bell with dyed bands in colors I found unappealing, to say the least. It was not only the antithesis of my style, she then informed me it was so I could ring whenever I wanted to make my beloved perform some menial task for me.

I thanked her - including a nice note - and then spent more than a week trying to figure out where the heck it came from. She was a friend of my mother's more than mine, so I wasn't expecting her to visit me in my new home since I was moving...but there was no way I was going to hurt her feelings by telling her how much I hated her gift.

The good news is, I did finally find where it came from and exchanged it for a pretty set of serving bowls.

Thank your lucky stars this is a case of too many of something useful and widely available.

Oh, and even with the registry, we wound up with three ten-cup coffee makers. Even I can't drink that much coffee!

But at least we didn't end up like the girl my sister-in-law knew who didn't register...and was given a casserole dish by every single person at her wedding. Eighty-five casserole dishes.

By comparison, three Cuisinarts can't look that bad.

Answer 6

Hey more is better than none! Besides registeries don't always update right away sometimes it takes 24 hours or more and since most people purchase the gift the day before the wedding there isn't enough time for the registery to update. But since you are registered for the item most places let you take them back for exchange or at Bed, Bath and Beyond they give cash back. So take them to where you registered and ask for a store credit, then you can get what you need. But make sure you thank the person who gave you the gift for the actual gift given, you don't want to say thanks for the blender I got 3 of them and exchanged yours for a toaster.

Answer 7

Your attitude is pricelessly worthy of your screen name! Having said that, did the other Cuisinarts come with anything that could indicate the store where they were purchased? Most stores will exchange the item if in it's original packaging, even without a receipt, especially if you explain the circumstances. If not, just ask the person you got the gift from. Tell them you appreciate the gesture, but you have three and would like to visit the store to exchange their thoughtful gift for something else you can use.

Now that the wedding is over, please consider dropping the bridezilla attitude.

Answer 8

Ok this is what you do...

if it was a family member that gave you of other two then simply tell them what happened and they should be willing to give up the goods and be okay with it. Just dont be stunned as they probably got it on sale somewhere else so it might be a little cheaper.

If it's a friend of a family member...get them to conviently bring it up in a conversation and hopefully theyll get the drift.

If its someone you can't ask then go back to the store and either get your money back or return it for another item. Most stores will back their items so REMEMBER the key is...

DONT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER!!!! GET YOUR MONEY BACK!!!

Answer 9

If you know where they bought them from, see if you can return it to the store without a receipt. KINDLY explain that it was a wedding gift, and you don't feel right in asking the gift givers for a gift receipt to return the item.

If you don't know, then you either have to ask two of the three if they have a receipt for them still, or put them up on ebay or the classifieds or craigslist.

Answer 10

You could always keep them for re-gifting(make sure you write on a slip of paper who gave them to you) or check around at a few stores and see who sells the ones you don;t need. Most stores still return without a receipt, they'll give you a store credit but you can use that to buy something else you need.

Answer 11

wow. some 'tude, chicha! it was nice of people to give you stuff - you should thank them & be grateful, not upset! I like the idea of doanting them, but you don't strike me as the type, so I guess see if your registry will take them as returns. Perhaps your Mom & MOH can call people and explain your problem about not getting any more gifts that are off the registry also. Lighten UP!