a question for your techie surfers out there

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csa · 21/12/2005 08:33

after weeks of seeing my mil juggle fistfuls of papers of christmas lists and repetition of gifts bought, i am thinking there must be better way of doing this in the 21st century.
so, my question is : is there any website which you can hold say, 12 christmas lists and issue everyone with passwords so they can take off what they have bought on these lists but not able to see their own list?

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NotQuiteCockney · 21/12/2005 08:38

Amazon do gift lists, but only for things bought in their shops. And of course, you can see your own list.

Do people in your family write their own gift lists? Or does someone else?

You could write gift lists on Amazon for other people, just don't tell them where they are, iyswim?

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csa · 21/12/2005 08:43

yes, everybody write their own lists but it is not from one particular shop so wish lists on particular websites like amazon won't work unfortunately.

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NotQuiteCockney · 21/12/2005 08:52

Hmm, I know there are companies that "do" wedding lists, but they generally charge a good whack for it.

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csa · 21/12/2005 08:54

was wondering if a personal webpage would do the trick but i'm not technical enough to know how

and i keep thinking, there MUST be a way - it is the 21st century after all!!!!

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NotQuiteCockney · 21/12/2005 08:54

Oh, wait, I'm digging, there are definately sites out there. This looks ok, but I think you can only put gifts that are online on it. Dunno if you can say "a black sweater" or "some toast", iyswim.

I googled for "gift list service", and quite a few came up.

NotQuiteCockney · 21/12/2005 09:08

Ok, I think I've found it. This one is free, and has no adverts. You can put things on your list that aren't in shops, which looks useful.

Let me know if any one of them turns out to be good ...

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csa · 21/12/2005 09:21

oooo... this website looks really good NotQuiteCockney. will definitely check it out

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lizzeemum · 21/12/2005 10:27

I've been following this thread with interest as I'd been thinking the same thing. WhatToGive looks great. Probably a bit late for Christmas this year although I think I might sign up anyways and use it for the kids birthdays. I like the way you can add separate lists for each child but all under the one account. Should make organizing the dreaded parties easier.

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csa · 21/12/2005 13:57

i know lizzeemum. can't wait to try it out. 11 months to go

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fez · 16/10/2006 20:01

has anyone used this website before? is it any good? do you think i should give it a go for this christmas?

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