Gift lists - where are safe now?

becb1

Hi all

Just thinking about our wedding gift list, and realised there's very few places that are really safe in the current climate.

Does anyone have any guidance or recommendations please?

Many thanks

Becs

PasturesNew

Why not do it the way it was done in the 70s....

Get a small spiral bound notebook and write one gift down on each page. You can even cut out and stick in photos. If you want 6 lots of bathtowels then write on 6 separate pages. Then get the book round to all your wedding guests - they tear out the pages for the gifts they're buying.

That'd be safe.

^!£$&

I've told all my relatives no gift vouchers for my upcoming b'day because there just not safe anymore!
Instead I've created an amazon wish/gift list, as personally I think the online stores are the way to go in the current climate!

becb1

PasturesNew wrote: »

Why not do it the way it was done in the 70s....

Get a small spiral bound notebook and write one gift down on each page. You can even cut out and stick in photos. If you want 6 lots of bathtowels then write on 6 separate pages. Then get the book round to all your wedding guests - they tear out the pages for the gifts they're buying.

That'd be safe.

fab idea - if everyone wasn't so spread around! honestly though, it does make you wonder how we'd manage if we had all of our technology taken away. I am definitely guilty of not using common sense such as this!

Rachel85

We're using The Gift List Company (put into Google, not sure if I can post link?). It allows you to add items from any website, then guests log on, select what they want to buy and then its done. It means you get a variety and less chance of someone going under or not delivering. I think you can add items from shops which aren't online too but we'll probably just do online.

Degeneratemoo

I'm not sure why gift lists wouldn't be safe?

If I had a gift list at say, Argos, the guests go along and buy the product themselves, they don't put money in as credit or anything, they are literally buying the product like they would from anywhere.

I know it would be a pain if a company went bust halfway through people buying the list but it wouldn't be that hard to know what items had already been purchased and set up a new page elsewhere....

morg_monster

degenerate - the thing is that when you have a gift list at a store, the company hold on to the gifts until after you are married, so they all get delivered at once when convenient. so if the store goes bust between your guest buying a present and you actually taking hold of the presents there could be issues.

Degeneratemoo

I don't believe Argos do that (I don't know about other companies). With Argos the guest goes and buys the item from the store (or orders it) and it is taken off the list so they can give it to the bride & groom themselves on the day.

I don't think I would go with a company that keeps all the gifts after they have been paid for....

becs

I'd say you'd be safe with John Lewis. To be honest if you look at the shops that have gone bust at the moment are there really any real surprises? I have to say I haven't been shocked by any listed so far!

IamJen

Ditto to what becs said. Pick some of the old standards and you should be fine. John Lewis/M&S, Debenhams, etc.

Horace

Degeneratemoo wrote: »

I'm not sure why gift lists wouldn't be safe?

If I had a gift list at say, Argos, the guests go along and buy the product themselves, they don't put money in as credit or anything, they are literally buying the product like they would from anywhere.

I know it would be a pain if a company went bust halfway through people buying the list but it wouldn't be that hard to know what items had already been purchased and set up a new page elsewhere....

Some gift lists have been found to be unsafe - a huge company called WrapIt went boing in a big way over the Summer, resulting in lots of disappointed couples as well as a huge litigation case (think along the lines of Farepak). WrapIt knew they were in trouble but kept allowing people to sign up for their gift lists when they knew they had no intention of sending goods to them.

Either do the list the old fashioned way or if you insist on having a list - use a store like John Lewis, Debenhams or M&S - larger Department stores should be relatively safe and remember always buy the stuff wtih a credit card just in case someone goes boing because you then have a better chance of getting a refund.