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Alyssa
Savvy September 2019

Gift missing?

Alyssa, on July 29, 2019 at 11:47 AM Posted in Registry 0 11

I had my wedding shower a couple of weeks ago, family and friends were SO very generous in the thoughtful gifts they gave us! Has it ever happened to anyone though, that a gift was purchased but you didn't receive it?

I noticed when I went on the Thank you Manager, that there was a gift purchased (before the shower), but it wasn't there and no one in my immediate family knows who got it. It says purchaser information not provided on the Crate and Barrel site...so strange.

Is it possible they're holding on to it and just giving it as a wedding present? It's a cookbook...

Do people usually get gifts after the shower? Or is money as a gift more common? Just curious, I always thought it was just a card/money for wedding, gifts for shower typically.

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Latest activity by CourtneyBrittain, on July 29, 2019 at 5:31 PM
  • Caytlyn
    Legend November 2019
    Caytlyn ·
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    I would assume that they're going to give it between the shower and wedding or at the wedding.

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  • Alyssa
    Savvy September 2019
    Alyssa ·
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    Figured that too, we've made a joke that it's the mystery gift...lol

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  • Kelly
    Champion October 2018
    Kelly ·
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    We got quite a few Crate & Barrel packages where one or two items were backordered for weeks. So we got one part of the present a while later in the mail.
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  • B
    VIP July 2017
    Becky ·
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    We received a few packages at the wedding, so they may be waiting until the wedding, or it may be backordered and it will come in the mail.

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  • earias
    Champion December 2017
    earias ·
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    There were a few gifts purchased from my registries before my shower that I didn't get until the wedding. It's very likely they are waiting to give it to you later or as others have said it could be on backorder.
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  • Gloria
    Super March 2019
    Gloria ·
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    That happened to me .. someone bought me a gift from me and my husband from bed Bath and beyond but we never received it we talk to someone and they told us that the guest had picked it up They didn’t have any information so when our wedding came up we never got the gift because that particular person whoever that person was never showed up to the wedding ... it was wired. So I know how your feeling maybe your guest will take it to the wedding... we also had gifts 🎁 at our wedding and money cards. Good luck hope u get your gift.
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  • Alyssa
    Savvy September 2019
    Alyssa ·
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    So strange! Thanks Smiley smile

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  • Mcskipper
    Master July 2018
    Mcskipper ·
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    It may well be a wedding gift. We had a couple people who bought both at once. I wouldn’t sweat it til after the wedding.

    Even then, it happens. We registered for a pie plate and I saw that it was purchased (and by whom) but it was never actually given to us. She gave us something else at the shower, and did not attend the wedding. I don’t know what the circumstances are regarding it not being given to us, but....it wasn’t, so, ...well. Nothing honestly. We just let it be. I could tell from the thank you manager that it was purchased in store, not mailed, so no shipping incident. So either she changed her mind on what to give, bought 2 things (maybe eventually returned one), bought a wedding gift but never actually gave it to us. Either way, we didn’t receive it and nothing to be done. Things happen. I’m going to see her soon for the first time since the wedding, maybe it’ll be an anniversary present 🤣
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  • Alyssa
    Savvy September 2019
    Alyssa ·
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    😂😂😂 that’s wild , some people are very.. interesting In what they do. Just gotta laugh at the end of the day, life’s too short
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  • Cristy
    Master May 2021
    Cristy ·
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    Is there a way to track the gift after purchase? Like, was it shipped somewhere? If so, check to see if the tracking shows it was delivered. There are a lot of "porch pirates" out there who steal packages. I hate to think that's what happened to your gift, but you can't really know for sure until you check it out.

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  • CourtneyBrittain
    Master August 2019
    CourtneyBrittain ·
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    I would wait until after the ceremony, but even then if you don't get it someone may have bought it but forgotten or lost it. I wouldn't worry about it.

    I received mostly gifts and just a few gift cards and a couple of checks. I know for a fact that we will be getting several gifts at the wedding as well as gift cards and checks or cash. I think it somewhat depends on the person.

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