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Posted: 01 April 2006 at 8:04pm |
Does anyone here know off hand whether or not Farmers would take credit card details over the phone as payment for stuff?
Rols' mum rung this morning to say hi and catch up (she lives in Colorado), and offered to buy a few things for baby, but basically said we choose what we need, then she'll ring and pay for it.
I know this is kind of short notice to expect an answer, as we are going to go tomorrow (Sunday), and will probably just ask when we get there. But if someone knows for sure, that would be cool...
Either way the alternative is that we buy it on our VISA and she wires us the money into our bank. I know that seems like the easier thing to do in the first place, but I think she *really* wants to pay for it herself directly, you know?
Either way I'm quite excited LOL As it is one (or a few!) less things we have to pay for. We are likely to get some bedding for the cot and bassinette, she wants to make sure we get one of those cream colored pure wool blankets, and we'll pick up one of those ear thermometers as well. YAY ! 
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Posted: 01 April 2006 at 8:08pm |
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As a rule, they only take Farmers cards over the phone. I had a HUGE argument with them about it a month or 2 back whe i wanted a matenity singlet they were advertising in a catalogue but didn't have in the blenhiem store. After an angry email to they customer services dept and about 3 agruments with the staff instore, they "made an exception" in the interests of "customer relations"... Good luck!
Yay for Rols mum!!!
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Posted: 01 April 2006 at 8:28pm |
Ok so, more than likely we'd have to choose the things and pay in-store ourselves if it's going to be by credit card. I'm always one for a good customer services challenge / argument, but don't have the energy for it right now ! I'm sure in the end she will understand (MIL), and can just wire transfer the money through. My dad actually emailed me (he's a bit of a computer phobe) and offered to send some money through as a wedding / baby gift, and it didn't take that much (as far as info needed etc). So things aren't going too badly at the moment LOL and Rols will be likely able to get the bike he wants so badly if we have a bit of 'extra' money floating around. 
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Posted: 01 April 2006 at 9:03pm |
I know that our Farmers won't take credit cards over the phone from when I had my wedding gift registry with them. I sent out all of the little cards with the invites to the rellies back home in the UK (this was after I told my "consultant at farmers" what I was doing) and when they phoned to pay for an item off the list all hell broke loose! They even put my nanna on hold for 20 MINUTES!  I'm not 100% sure but I don't think Farmers do gift registrys anymore!??!
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Posted: 01 April 2006 at 9:54pm |
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I was thinking that I'd had a discussion before with someone about this, so it must have been you Toni LOL Was just a bit fuzzy on the finer details. Especially considering my MIL lives in Colorado I don't want them doing anything so rude to her, so we will just pick it up ourselves I think, and save any problems.
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Posted: 02 April 2006 at 10:05am |
Thats correct Farmers no longer to gift registrys we wanted our wedding one to be there but yeh they dont do them 
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Posted: 02 April 2006 at 10:59am |
GOOD! I'd like to think my rant at the Customer Service Manager had something to do with that! (I can dream can't I? LMAO)
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Posted: 02 April 2006 at 11:06am |
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i'm glad they dont do gift registrys anymore, they screwed ours up SO badly! we spent ages with the consultant putting together the list and she posted it to us looking all professional complete with 'their gift to us for choosing to use them for our special day' an offer of $10 vouchers for every $100 people spent. woohoo we thought! well when we opened the gifts on our return we had 4 rice cookers, 4 telephones, 2 blenders, mountains of towels and bedding (all the same!) the list goes on, it was just nuts. we spent 2 hours in there returning and exchanging things because their system hadn't crossed anything off the list. which also meant we didn't get any vouchers for the money people had spent. their system wouldn't allow them to issue any. they were incredibly rude about it too.
despite that, i still shop there, i LOVE their baby section. have fun shopping jax!!
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Posted: 02 April 2006 at 11:29am |
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Posted: 02 April 2006 at 11:55am |
Yup there have been a lot of cases of double up on gift registers there and we didn't do ours there becuase of the no credit card over the phone thing...
They do have some great baby stuff though!! 
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Posted: 02 April 2006 at 3:42pm |
Well, sad to say we skipped Farmers altogether ! LOL We went into Baby Factory to get replacements for a couple of bolts that were missing from our cot, and didn't leave for almost an hour Hopefully Rols mum will still be happy to foot the bill because we overspent *just* a little Writing the email to her is my wee project for later on tonight !
However, I am quite proud to say that the only things we *don't* have yet are a bouncer (one of those things that sits in a frame on the floor and you rock with your foot) and a mobile for the cot. Since they're not critical items either, they can wait right until the end once the nursery is set up. At the same time I can't believe I have virtually *everything* else that I need... the next step is ages away - which will be packing my bags for hospital
I'm going to go 'unpack' now and peel price tags off and stuff Have to find plastic bins to fit it all in as well (so that it's ready for when we move house). I love this part of shopping almost as much as the actual spending LOL 
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Posted: 02 April 2006 at 4:05pm |
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Hey Jax, Do you want to do another list of all that you have, you can be my excuse to hubby of what we need!
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Posted: 02 April 2006 at 4:33pm |
Okie dokie ! I can't guarantee how quickly I will be able to come up with it, but will start working on it soon Glad to be of service of course ;)
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Posted: 02 April 2006 at 4:37pm |
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here is a start from your last post:
Clothes
Yellow knitted booties & jacket
7x fabric bibs
0-3m Maple Leafs booties
6-12m Maple Leafs booties
9-12m yellow ducky booties
3x 0-3m Kushies all in ones
6m Maple Leafs bodysuit
2x 0-6m yellow beanies
6m Toronto, Canada tshirt
0-6m Maple Leafs beanie
Gagou Tagou pacifier clip
2x Winnie the Pooh scratch mitts
0-3m yellow socks
Striped cotton Kushies beanie
1x 3 pack 0-6m white socks
54cm shirt and pants set (blue and yellow)
0-3m Peter Rabbit booties
56cm Peter Rabbit bodysuit
3x 56cm cotton-polyester bodysuits
1x 56cm 100% cotton bodysuit
Toys
Walker
Fisher price blocks
Lamaze giraffe
Lamaze flutterbug
Ride-on musical truck
Winnie the Pooh floor mobile
Plastic phone with wheels
Smiley face rattle
Musical egg shaped teddy
Squeaky plastic hammer
Plastic lamb rattle
Plastic cow rattle
Fabric mini-book
Lamaze fishies
Fisher Price link-a-doos
Plush Jellycat rabbit
Plush Winnie the Pooh mobile
Yellow plush ducky rattle
Bath & changing
Baby bath 500ml
2x 30 pack newborn nappies
Baby powder 400g
1x 24 pack nursing pads
4x 80 pack nappy wipes
18"x27" waterproof change pad
1x 12 pack washcloths
Gerber comb & brush set
Feeding
3x 8oz Winnie the Pooh bottles
9oz Maple Leafs bottle
Gerber cooling gum soother
Bottle brush set
Avent ISIS manual breast pump kit
3x 2 pack 0-3m soothers
Furniture
Stroller
Capsule
Change table
Sangenic nappy wrapper
Philips baby monitor
Bedding
Gagou Tagou blanket
Fuzzy yellow ducky blanket
Other
Nappy bag
First year calendar
Front carry pack
Gripe water 250ml
Baby sling
Looney Tunes wall stick-ups
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Posted: 02 April 2006 at 5:31pm |
Well, I could put the rest of it into categories, but I'm going to have a hard enough time remembering what I've bought since then as it is ! LOL
I now have in addition to the above:
Microwave bottle sterilizer
American size cot and innersprung mattress
Kingston bassinette
2x hooded flannelette bath towels
3x shortsleeve jumpsuits (no legs)
1x longsleeve jumpsuit (no legs)
Maternity pads (3x packs of the Libra ones)
2x bassinette mattress protectors
2x cot mattress protectors
2x flat + fitted sheet sets for bassinette
2x flat + fitted + pillowcase sets for cot
1x quilt and 'cot top' set for cot
1x ear thermometer (Safety 1st brand)
1x "medical" kit including medicine dropper, aspirator (little hollow bulb with point to get gunk out of nose), nail clippers, medicine spoon etc (travel size) - Safety 1st brand also
1x pure wool 'thermocell' blanket for cot
1x sleep wedge
A few more assorted toys, I bought two Carebears from Farmers coz I liked them so much in the pics of my little cousins new room... ummm... we got sent some handknitted blankets (2) and a couple of knitted wool cardy + bootie sets as well. I have also got bids running on about four of Janine's auctions (mum2paris) which include some sesame street beanie toys, some other assorted rattles and toys, the tigger suits, and some peter rabbit jumpsuits !
*cough* *ahem* Hi, my name is Jax, and I am addicted to shopping...  Anyone else with me?
I don't *think* I've forgotten anything, the only other things we are likely to pick up are the bouncer and mobile, but that's a little while away.
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Posted: 02 April 2006 at 5:55pm |
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hey I too am a shopping addict, I already have a few things, in both blue and pink as well. I really want a girl, hubby wants a boy, figured I should buy both, and hey, who cares what bubs wears when home alone with me!
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Posted: 02 April 2006 at 7:44pm |
*coughmeiamaddictedtoooocough* hehe 
Jax we need to start or attend a shopping addicts workshop lol
I cant even start to list what we have i have 3 drawers plus 4 little drawers full of clothes and bedding and some in boxes and more coming lol eeeek! poor Ella lol ill be changing her clothes so much just so she gets use outta them lol
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Posted: 02 April 2006 at 8:12pm |
The drawers I have are quite big, and it looks like I will have two sets, but I bet you I will be using both to their full capacity LOL I want to buy a few more things after tomorrow, although I won't rush out and do it straight away in order to give our budget a bit of time to recover
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Posted: 02 April 2006 at 8:54pm |
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Posted: 02 April 2006 at 9:58pm |
LOL
Lu, the baby bag was on the first list, Sarah Beth copied and pasted it, it's right at the bottom
And don't be sorry, I don't need a reason to shop but they are handy to have sometimes !
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