I can't believe it's only 6 more weeks until the (expected) birth of our baby boy! We went to Babies R Us (BRU) on Saturday to buy the remaining items off our registry. They give you 10% off and if you open up a store card, you get another 10% on top of that (which is like 15% off entire purchase). We didn't want to wait too long to get things ready for his arrival.
So we get to BRU and the salesperson tells us that those 10% completion certificates are mailed out by "corporate" once every month, and not printed by each store. So that means that we can expect the completion certificate either 2 weeks before our due date or 2 weeks after! Neither sounded reasonable to us. Why would they make first time parents, who have only the baby things they've received as gifts, wait until 2 weeks before their due date to complete their registry?! (I know this is fuel for the fire for those who have strong feelings against BRU)
Now, I kinda knew this in the back of my mind when the salesperson explained it to us when we first started our registry, but A and I were still upset by the fact. The best the salesperson could do for us is to tell us to call the store manager a few weeks before our due date and see if he/she can get corporate to send us the completion certificate earlier.
In the meantime, A and I will start purchasing items one at a time using those 20% coupons (either online or in-store). It's a better deal anyways, as long as we don't have to pay for shipping.
they do come before your due date, so don't worry. you're going to go out a lot the first few weeks to buy things too. but you don't really need that much with a newborn. As long as you got a swaddling blanket, you should be good.
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