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Gift Registry at Your Fingertips

Aired April 14, 2002 - 16:48   ET

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FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: The oh so elusive perfect gift, if you're like many of us who spend countless hours searching the malls and specialty shops for the right thing, there just might be an easier way. It's right at your fingertips. CNN's James Hattori logs on.

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JAMES HATTORI, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): So you're getting married. While you may not be an overly material girl, when it comes to gifts, you want more than the usual bridal store registry. Well, check out Felicite.com.

HANS XU, FELICITE.COM: Felicite.com is an online gift registry that allows people to register any gift from any store.

HATTORI: The Web site is part registry, part personal shopper. Couples can pick gifts from online catalogs, or bricks-and-mortar stores. Felicite records the requests, puts up a Web site that wedding guests can access, and even takes care of delivery.

LINDSAY STEVENS, GIFT REGISTRY USER: Whether it's REI, or Williams Sonoma, or Tiffany's, you can go anywhere and it's great. You can ask for anything.

HATTORI: Lindsay Stevens' fiance, Brett Gardner is thinking big. The couple has registered for a 43-inch Sony TV, costing $2,000.

BRETT GARDNER, GIFT REGISTRY USER: I mean, the whole idea of bridal registry or whatever is kind of weird as it is, so ultimately you're asking for a gift, you might as well ask for what you want.

HATTORI: That doesn't mean someone has to pop for the whole two grand. Felicite lets individuals donate cash toward a bigger gift.

XU: So if they only want to spend $20, it's fine, they can just contribute $20 toward something that you have on there.

STEVENS: It's more for him, definitely. I mean, he, I don't know, I probably would ask for a hot tub or something else.

GARDNER: Which I'm fine with that. We could ask for that too, you know, hey.

HATTORI: And it's not just for weddings.

When Mark Lipson went to the hospital for cancer chemotherapy, his wife, Marcy Abrams, decided to refer all the friends who wanted to send flowers to their Felicite Web page instead. They picked out some comfy patio furniture where Mark can convalesce in peace at their home in the Santa Cruz mountains.

MARCY ABRAMS, GIFT REGISTRY USER: Here we are in this organic farm in the springtime. I can't imagine a more healing place to be.

HATTORI: Mark says enjoying the gift is like having his friends with him.

MARK LIPSON, GIFT REGISTRY USER: Which is just really important. I can't overstate how important that is when you're trying to get your health back.

HATTORI: James Hattori, CNN.

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