Today I'm bringing back Controversial Topic Tuesday!
Today's Topic: Registry Incentives... and how we are (kinda) cheating the system!
I told you about our registries yesterday... and the -blah- process that was getting them all going.
Well, after playing around with the Bed, Bath, and Beyond online registry, I stumbled across their Registry Incentives. Basically, you register for a certain dollar amount of a certain brand and they send you a free* Registry Gift. Then, if it gets fullfilled on your registry, they send you another free* Fullfillment Incentive.
Well, the college girl in me came out (you know, the I'll-do-anything-for-a-free-t-shirt!), and I had to get the free* gifts. So I added a few little things to our registry so I could meet the requirements for the free* stuff. The thought is that I can get the free* gifts now and take off the extra things before it's shower/wedding time.
Out of the 11 Free* Registry Gifts listed on their website, I sent off for 5 of them (well, one of them we already wanted the products - Emerilware pots and pans). Here's what we will (hopefully) be getting for free*:
| Calphalon | $500 of Calphalon |  |
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5'' Santoku Knife |
| Emerilware | |
$200 of Emerilware cookware | |
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Set of 2 Pro-Clad ramekins | |
| Henckels flatware | |
$99.99 of Henckels flatware | |
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Wood flatware storage box |
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Sophie Conran for Portmeirion | |
$450 of Sophie Conran for Portmeirion | |
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Salt & pepper shaker set |
| Wilton Armetale | |
$300 of Wilton Armetale | |
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Heart dish | |
Am I absuing the system? Maybe. But hey, Free* Stuff is Free* Stuff! Would you register for stuff that you have no intention of getting if you got something free* to go with it???
*By "free" I actually mean around 50 cents each. When we printed out registry, it was 19 pages long. So even printing it front-to-back and 2 sheets per page required a little extra postage!
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