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"PinterestFacebookI was clicking around the WWW recently when I stumbled across a blog post called &amp;quot;11 Tech Items to Consider for Your Wedding Registry.&amp;quot; And proceeded to spit coffee all over my laptop. {*But don&amp;#39;t worry! It seems I&amp;#39;m allowed to register for a new one! *} I&amp;#39;m not naming any blog names, but here&amp;#39;s the list:\n1. DSLR camera, like the Nikon D800\n2. Laptop\n3. iPad\n4. Flat-screen TV\n5. Record player, like this affordable Wood Turntable\n6. iPod speakers\n7. Blu-ray player\n8. Gaming system\n9. Stereo system with surround sound\n10. The Nest Thermostat\n11. High-tech washer-dryer\nI know I tend to be old-fashioned when it comes to registries, but lots of the items on this list made me cringe. The writer did check in with etiquette pro Anna Post, who said it&amp;#39;s fine to have tech-y items on your registry, which I agree with, but I&amp;#39;m wondering if she shared the above list of &amp;quot;a few basic items to consider.&amp;quot;\nFor starters, No. 1 is a THREE THOUSAND DOLLAR camera. I&amp;#39;m all for adding registry gifts that multiple guests can chip in for, but this just seems greedy.\n2,3,4, and__9__ could be OK, as long as you&amp;#39;re not asking for top-of-the-line models. A laptop can start in the $200 range and a small flat-screen in the mid-$100s. But all of these can easily cost into the thousands. And I know there are other standard registry times that cost a few hundred dollars (a KitchenAid stand mixer, All-Clad pots and pans), but generally speaking, those are items that will last a lifetime. I&amp;#39;ve literally gone through three laptops in the time I&amp;#39;ve had my KitchenAid. And personally, I&amp;#39;d rather not buy a couple a gift that&amp;#39;s going to be in a landfill (or at least be totally outdated) in five years.\n5,6, and__7__ I&amp;#39;m OK with. It&amp;#39;s fun to have some not-too-serious items on your registry, and they&amp;#39;re all around the $100 mark. (Although again, I&amp;#39;m partial to items that stand the test of time, and I wonder about the shelf-life of all of these.)\nI&amp;#39;m sorry, but 8 just kind of grosses me out. I don&amp;#39;t care if you play video games, but buy your own PlayStation. You could certainly argue that your hobby is gaming where mine is baking, but\u2026I don&amp;#39;t know. Just ick.\n10, a $250 thermostat, feels gimmick-y to me. I guess if you have a bunch of traditional registry items and you want to throw that into the mix, fine.\nAnd a high-tech washer and dryer, 11, are edging their way into &amp;quot;greedy&amp;quot; territory in my book. The cheapest front-loading washer I found was pushing $600, and the matching dryer cost the same. And these were the basic-fancy models. The fancy-fancy models were $1,300-plus.\nI guess I&amp;#39;d be more comfortable with this list if it had some parameters. Like, &amp;quot;Here&amp;#39;s a specific high-tech washer that is well-priced and offers a bunch of great features.&amp;quot; But I don&amp;#39;t think brides and grooms should consider this list a green light to go on a high-tech gift grab.\nAnd of course it&amp;#39;s a little tougher to set up a wedding registry if you already live with your groom and own a bunch of stuff, but I&amp;#39;d rather upgrade my dishes (and donate the old ones) than have my wedding guests think I&amp;#39;m greedy.\nAm I being too uptight? Would you be weirded out if you saw a $3,000 camera on a friend&amp;#39;s wedding registry? Or is that just what the kids are asking for these days?\nPhoto: Courtesy of Amazon."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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