Everyone knows what John Lewis is and what it's all about, so this review if for their wedding/gift registry.\n\nWe chose John Lewis for our registry because you can literally get everything here.  Literally.  From soup to nuts, as my mom would say (though...wtf??).  \n\nThe registry service is good - I phoned up to get all of the \""boring paperwork\"" as the girl called it, out of the way.  A few days later I got a ton of (free) inserts to give people to tell them where we're registered and what the registry number is.  They give you the option of allowing people to donate to charity, which is great, as well as the option to buy gift certificates, and even pay into the honeymoon provided it's booked by a certain company.  \n\nThe best part of it all (according to The Man) is the voucher for two free coffees/teas and two pastries while you shop.  The sugar and caffeine was definitely needed.\n\nWe arrived at the store reasonably early on a Saturday morning, knowing that the place would become pretty hellish by mid-day.  We got all of the relevant instruction, was told which departments could provide us with additional advice regarding table ware, got our little scanner, and headed on our way.  \n\nThe scanner was a borderline nightmare, not all items could be scanned and had to be keyed in, and not all codes keyed in properly.  Some of the items which should have scanned, didn't, and some items didn't seem to have any scan/code reference at all.  Basically, you just have to go in store to really *see* the things you're registering for, but then you need to polish everything up (and add and subtract items) at home, online.  I have no idea how people did it before the internet, it would have been even more of a nightmare.  \n\nIt's not John Lewis' fault, though.  They provided the best service they could, but it was just a bit unfortunate that the fun wedding registry afternoon I'd imagined ended with both of us shattered, with something like a dozen items on the list.