babywings76
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I just want to vent...
My cousin got engaged. She and her fiance are in their late 30's and both have their separate apartments fully furnished, etc. As an engagement gift, my mom wanted me to get her a GC for PC from all of us (mom, me, 2 sisters). I gave her a catalog and the GC. She was really excited about it. She said she loves PC and they love to cook. She ended up placing an order to redeem the GC. Meanwhile, they created 2 registries and sent out their invitations announcing them. They are Crate and Barrel and Macys. So I go and look at what they registered for and it's all stuff we carry. So I'm a bit sad that she didn't create a PC registry, but I can understand if maybe she had whatever reasons.
So here we (mom, me, 2 sisters) are all trying to decide what to get her for her bridal shower and we're torn. Do we go w/ getting her bedding, linens, or get her PC comparable items of what she had registered for. Since I'll get commission on it, I'd ask my family to only pay me the reduced price to zero out my commission.
I hate to buy her another companies products knowing that ours are better. But I want to respect her wishes, so do I just go with what she ordered and say nothing. Or avoid buying things that are what we carry. Or get her PC stuff and just let her know that she can return them if she's not pleased w/ their performance.
This could be enough to count as a small catty show for me and help me be active this month, since I don't know if my other catty show w/ a friend is going to pan out.
My cousin got engaged. She and her fiance are in their late 30's and both have their separate apartments fully furnished, etc. As an engagement gift, my mom wanted me to get her a GC for PC from all of us (mom, me, 2 sisters). I gave her a catalog and the GC. She was really excited about it. She said she loves PC and they love to cook. She ended up placing an order to redeem the GC. Meanwhile, they created 2 registries and sent out their invitations announcing them. They are Crate and Barrel and Macys. So I go and look at what they registered for and it's all stuff we carry. So I'm a bit sad that she didn't create a PC registry, but I can understand if maybe she had whatever reasons.
So here we (mom, me, 2 sisters) are all trying to decide what to get her for her bridal shower and we're torn. Do we go w/ getting her bedding, linens, or get her PC comparable items of what she had registered for. Since I'll get commission on it, I'd ask my family to only pay me the reduced price to zero out my commission.
I hate to buy her another companies products knowing that ours are better. But I want to respect her wishes, so do I just go with what she ordered and say nothing. Or avoid buying things that are what we carry. Or get her PC stuff and just let her know that she can return them if she's not pleased w/ their performance.
This could be enough to count as a small catty show for me and help me be active this month, since I don't know if my other catty show w/ a friend is going to pan out.