The most expensive ever was a cooker costing £11,000. We’ve had some ridiculous items appear on lists. I often think of the good we could do with all the money spent on presents. I agree with this, though I’m not permitted to say so. Guests also complain that we don’t offer a charity contribution in lieu of traditional gifts. Nobody wants to gift a peeler or spatula. If you shop late, you are stuck with the perennially unpopular kitchen utensils. They will complain endlessly when they miss out on popular items such as luggage, china or silverware. Trying to explain that some couples just don’t bother to thank people is one of the nastiest parts of my job. Even worse are clients who never say thank you for their gifts, leaving guests to call us months later to check that there hasn’t been an error or omission. I try to gently suggest that all presents are given with the best of intentions, regardless of value. Such clients then query each order that falls below this value and make us check for mistakes. Highly demanding couples also tend to expect that a specific value will be spent on each of their gifts.
THE GIFTLIST PRO
‘Looking after a friendly couple is a privilege as opposed to an obligation.’ Photograph: Digital Arts Pro Greetings/Alamy These are the accounts that follow me home at night. They email in lengthy item requests overnight and then complain when we haven’t met their needs within 10 minutes of opening time the following morning.
THE GIFTLIST FREE
These clients think it’s fine for me to spend my free time delivering last-minute goods to them at work. There are, of course, plenty of difficult couples too. I have many lovely clients who are anxious to register for gifts in every price bracket and are delighted with everything they receive. Opportunities for progression are limited, but life in our office is never dull, and the pay isn’t bad either. You need strong administration skills but you have to be good with people too. I took an admin position in the company after university and a supervisor thought I’d fit well in the gift list team. I open my email with a degree of trepidation each morning, as I never know what will be waiting for me. I am encouraged to accommodate requests wherever I can.
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In the same shift I have tried on dresses for one client, who shared my size, and dispatched 24 place settings of gilt-edged china to another. In 10 minutes I can go from hauling stock to being at my neatly groomed best for a client meeting. So my working days don’t conform to any regular pattern. There was a trend for the Fifty Shades trilogy a few summers back, which made it hard to look some couples in the eye This blurs the line between gift list administrator and personal shopper. Offering this level of unrivalled flexibility creates challenges: I have had to become an expert on fashion and cosmetics as well as home goods, because my clients can and will redeem the value of their gift list anywhere in our store. Not satisfied with any of the gifts purchased for you? We’ll give you store credit for the lot. Not happy with your saucepans? Return them and buy the designer handbag you’ve always wanted. Couples don’t have to commit to receiving any gift that is purchased for them. Our service offers total flexibility to clients. But achieving this is easier said than done. My goal in working life is to ensure my clients and their guests are happy with our service. I use this money to help pay for the costs of operating this site.Summer is not about trying to catch some sun on my lunch break: I’m far too busy trying to keep up with the challenges of peak wedding season. If you want something from Amazon, could you please use the search box? By copying the search results and pasting this in the web link of the item you would like, I will receive a small fee when that item is bought. Your email address and the addresses of your friends/family will not be passed on to anyone else. So as not to spoil the surprise, you will not be able to see which gifts have been reserved or bought. You give this web site address and the list id to your friends and family.įriends and family can then view your wish list, mark gifts as tentative and when they have bought the goods mark them as bought.Īs the owner of the wish list you will be able to add/amend gifts.
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THE GIFTLIST PASSWORD
On joining, you will be given a login id and password and a list id. allows you to create a wish list with, if you like, links to websites selling the goods. This also forced people to buy from a particular vendor. The problem we were having with wish/gifts lists so far, was that we had to have various ones with different vendors. This website was created initially for my friends and family to share their wish lists after we had problems with the current set up.