Did your DD bring designer stuff to school? How do they protect their stuff? Anything Stolen?

[Anonymous]

Someone was kicked out of my boarding school in 2006 for stealing someone velour juicy sweatpants. Good times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People will steal anything from Old Navy to Hermes. Pay attention to your things, don't leave them laying around, label them, and think twice before you send things you can't afford to replace. And do have a lockbox of some kind, for jewelry, passport, medication, cash, etc.

Unless your kid is jetting off every weekend or is an international student, why take passport to college?

Because some kids go to Middlebury, UVermont, Syracuse, Case Western… places where the border (and legal beer) is a short drive away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People will steal anything from Old Navy to Hermes. Pay attention to your things, don't leave them laying around, label them, and think twice before you send things you can't afford to replace. And do have a lockbox of some kind, for jewelry, passport, medication, cash, etc.

Unless your kid is jetting off every weekend or is an international student, why take passport to college?

Because some kids go to Middlebury, UVermont, Syracuse, Case Western… places where the border (and legal beer) is a short drive away.

they can get a passport card for driving to canada

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People will steal anything from Old Navy to Hermes. Pay attention to your things, don't leave them laying around, label them, and think twice before you send things you can't afford to replace. And do have a lockbox of some kind, for jewelry, passport, medication, cash, etc.

Unless your kid is jetting off every weekend or is an international student, why take passport to college?

Because some kids go to Middlebury, UVermont, Syracuse, Case Western… places where the border (and legal beer) is a short drive away.

they can get a passport card for driving to canada

But why bother if they already have a passport…? You are overly invested in what these hypothetical kids are doing with passports.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People will steal anything from Old Navy to Hermes. Pay attention to your things, don't leave them laying around, label them, and think twice before you send things you can't afford to replace. And do have a lockbox of some kind, for jewelry, passport, medication, cash, etc.

Unless your kid is jetting off every weekend or is an international student, why take passport to college?

Because some kids go to Middlebury, UVermont, Syracuse, Case Western… places where the border (and legal beer) is a short drive away.

they can get a passport card for driving to canada

But why bother if they already have a passport…? You are overly invested in what these hypothetical kids are doing with passports.

Because losing a passport is a real PITA and many people don't think about it until it happens.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Alo and Lulu are not designer. OMG (faints)

Quick, someone get madame a glass of Nevas!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My daughter has a locking trunk. I guess the roommate could have taken the whole trunk and sawed it open but that didn't. There has to be some trust there. She didn't sleep with one eye open the entire school night. The roomie is a nice girl, and she stayed with our family over the holiday break. Nothing was taken from our house either. I guess I don't think the college experience is that different than your own house.

FWIW it's an LV trunk, and she locked up her designer outfits. She also brought her Chanel bag to school, but that was in constant use so she never put it away

Does your DD ho to a southern school? Realy is stupid to bring designer stuff to college.

[Anonymous]

My kid left her laundry in the laundry room overnight and someone stole all her designer jeans. She was devastated . I went to the store to try to find the style and size she wears and mentioned it to the salesperson who was about her age. It was actually funny because the two 20 something women were shocked and devastated for her. Lots of OMG OMG . Everyone lived.

When DD was home she mentioned it to a friend who pointed out that you should immediately start looking on Poshmark and other sites to see if your items turn up. Apparently this is a thing where students will monitor laundry rooms or lift things from roommates or friends roommates if the opportunity presents itself and then have a friend or family member outside the school sell it on Poshmark. Probably more common at weekend commuter type schools.

It’s a similar mindset to if the system lets you get away with cheating, you are stupid not to take advantage of it. If someone doesn’t protect their property, then it’s stupid for you not to take it.

[Anonymous]

I’ll throw this out as a cautionary tale- the year my oldest moved into his freshman dorm, there was a student who had all of her belongings stolen out of the family’s vehicle the night before move-in in the hotel parking lot. They were in a downtown hotel, and they assume the valet or a hotel employee took their keys from the valet stand and cleared out all her stuff overnight. So the night before move-in, bring your stuff into the hotel if possible! Big hotels near colleges are a target for thieves during move-in weekend

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid left her laundry in the laundry room overnight and someone stole all her designer jeans. She was devastated . I went to the store to try to find the style and size she wears and mentioned it to the salesperson who was about her age. It was actually funny because the two 20 something women were shocked and devastated for her. Lots of OMG OMG . Everyone lived.

When DD was home she mentioned it to a friend who pointed out that you should immediately start looking on Poshmark and other sites to see if your items turn up. Apparently this is a thing where students will monitor laundry rooms or lift things from roommates or friends roommates if the opportunity presents itself and then have a friend or family member outside the school sell it on Poshmark. Probably more common at weekend commuter type schools.

It’s a similar mindset to if the system lets you get away with cheating, you are stupid not to take advantage of it. If someone doesn’t protect their property, then it’s stupid for you not to take it.

She was devastated because someone stole her jeans. Wow. Good job mom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ll throw this out as a cautionary tale- the year my oldest moved into his freshman dorm, there was a student who had all of her belongings stolen out of the family’s vehicle the night before move-in in the hotel parking lot. They were in a downtown hotel, and they assume the valet or a hotel employee took their keys from the valet stand and cleared out all her stuff overnight. So the night before move-in, bring your stuff into the hotel if possible! Big hotels near colleges are a target for thieves during move-in weekend

I was wondering about how insane we were being about not wanting to leave the packed car overnight. So this makes me feel better and worse.

[Anonymous]

Nope

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid left her laundry in the laundry room overnight and someone stole all her designer jeans. She was devastated . I went to the store to try to find the style and size she wears and mentioned it to the salesperson who was about her age. It was actually funny because the two 20 something women were shocked and devastated for her. Lots of OMG OMG . Everyone lived.

When DD was home she mentioned it to a friend who pointed out that you should immediately start looking on Poshmark and other sites to see if your items turn up. Apparently this is a thing where students will monitor laundry rooms or lift things from roommates or friends roommates if the opportunity presents itself and then have a friend or family member outside the school sell it on Poshmark. Probably more common at weekend commuter type schools.

It’s a similar mindset to if the system lets you get away with cheating, you are stupid not to take advantage of it. If someone doesn’t protect their property, then it’s stupid for you not to take it.

She was devastated because someone stole her jeans. Wow. Good job mom.

They were her only pants. And yeah the salesclerks were devastated for her. It’s clearly important to people that age.

[Anonymous]

My DD attends SMU in Dallas. My DD does not have much in the way of designer stuff, but a lot of the girls do. Many use designer purses instead of backpacks.
It does not seem to be a problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid left her laundry in the laundry room overnight and someone stole all her designer jeans. She was devastated . I went to the store to try to find the style and size she wears and mentioned it to the salesperson who was about her age. It was actually funny because the two 20 something women were shocked and devastated for her. Lots of OMG OMG . Everyone lived.

When DD was home she mentioned it to a friend who pointed out that you should immediately start looking on Poshmark and other sites to see if your items turn up. Apparently this is a thing where students will monitor laundry rooms or lift things from roommates or friends roommates if the opportunity presents itself and then have a friend or family member outside the school sell it on Poshmark. Probably more common at weekend commuter type schools.

It’s a similar mindset to if the system lets you get away with cheating, you are stupid not to take advantage of it. If someone doesn’t protect their property, then it’s stupid for you not to take it.

She was devastated because someone stole her jeans. Wow. Good job mom.

They were her only pants. And yeah the salesclerks were devastated for her. It’s clearly important to people that age.

lol.

Sorry