How many late gifts did you receive?

You really should have things in all price ranges on the registry so people can buy gifts within their budgets. Saying you don't want guests buying cheap gifts sounds really rude and ungrateful.

Yeah, I realize I’m setting myself up for some attacks here about gifting, but realistically, we don’t need that many things and the registry is 80% items between $20 and $50 (30 items total for a guest list of 100 people). When I say cheap, I mean that i would prefer, if friends are strapped and can only afford something like a $5 spoon but want to give something, that they not spend their money on us and instead just gift us their presence or even a card would be awesome. However, as many people know, some more financially stable and traditional guests prefer giving material gifts and in general want to give gifts. I don’t judge others for registering for single inexpensive items like that, it’s just not what we want on our registry - we’d prefer nothing at all, or if people want to combine forces on a larger thing that’s cool too. Really I’m just curious about - if you’ve ever been a guests and gifted after the wedding, when did you do that - or, if you’ve received gifts after the wedding, when did you receive them?

I’ve never given a physical gift at a wedding because I always give cash or a check. In my circle physical gifts are very uncommon except at showers. We didn’t receive any gifts after our wedding but I’d assume this would vary by family. Honestly the last thing on your mind the morning of your wedding should be adding cheap items to your registry so that people don’t buy them but so you can still get the discount. That just seems a little unnecessary to me. If someone wants to buy you a $5 gift, they’re going to whether there’s one on the registry or not. Might as well add the items and if people buy them they do.

If you would be annoyed by someone gifting it to you, then don't put it on the registry. I added items to our registry after the wedding and they still count for the discount. There are and have been several things on our registry that I wouldn't expect people to buy (more expensive items), but if someone else gets to it before me, so be it. We are also still getting gifts a month after the wedding. More than likely, a person wouldn't just send a $5 gift, but purchase several small gifts.