Couples scramble to save their wedding and baby shower registries from Bed Bath & Beyond

Distraught couples are scrambling to save their baby shower and wedding registries after Bed Bath & Beyond sensationally shuttered last month.

Customer orders have been plunged into chaos since the retail giant filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April.

Despite the firm's initial promise that it would find an 'alternative platform' for registries, families say they are none the wiser about what is happening with their gifts. 

It means many can no longer access their wishlist - and some have even lost money due to the glitch.

Mom-to-be Jessica Ferrara is celebrating her baby shower on Saturday and guests are now unable to view her registry data.

Even if they could view it, every item is out of stock or discontinued. 

On top of that Ferrara and her partner lost $1,000 on purchases they made themselves such as a crib that converts into a toddler bed and items needed to turn a dresser into a changing table.

Before the purchases arrived, the site said they were out of stock. Customer service has yet to offer her a refund. 

The 36-year-old told the Philadelphia Inquirer: 'Your third trimester you’re supposed to be enjoying it and nesting.

'There certainly hasn’t been any nesting going on.'

Similarly bride-to-be CC. Manstrom said she has watched the majority of the 30 items on her registry become unavailable.

She is now worried that several people will buy her the same limited gifts which are available.

The retailer has also stopped honoring credits - meaning Manstrom lost out on the $60 that had been put into her account for gifts which were purchased but not available.

She hasn't been able to speak to a customer service representative on the phone.

'It is frustrating. It’s a new task you have to deal with on the wedding checklist,' Manstrom told the New York Times.

Meanwhile, Amy Tamayo wrote on TikTok: 'When you find out that none of your wedding registry orders were fulfilled & BBB gave you store credit without telling you.' 

After initially announcing the bankruptcy, Bed Bath & Beyond said it would partner with another platform where couples could transfer their existing data.

It said it would share the information 'within days.'

But more than two weeks on, no announcement has been made.

Mom-to-be Jessica Ferrara, pictured, is celebrating her baby shower on Saturday and guests are now unable to view her registry

Customer orders have been plunged into chaos since the retail giant filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April

A note on the retailer's website still reads: 'Customers’ registry data is important to us. As we work diligently to partner with a third-party that allows our registry customers to transfer their data and complete their registry, customers can continue to view and download their existing registry data.'

The store told the Philadelphia Inquirer it would provide an update as soon as they can.

In the meantime, several companies are attempting to swoop in on frustrated customers.

Etsy claims thousands of shoppers have signed up to its wedding registry after launching the new service on May 10. 

And Zola, an online registry, told the New York Times it had received 'several hundred emails' from couples asking to transfer their Bed Bath & beyond registries.  

The chain is one of several bricks-and-mortar stores to fall victim to the so-called 'retail apocalypse.'

The store's official closing down sales began on April 26.

But dozens of customers took to TikTok to complain the sales were only offering meagre 10 percent discounts. 

Some told viewers not to 'waste their time' with visiting the store.

Bed Bath & Beyond was contacted for comment.