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[quote=Anonymous]I'm one who did the "buy there" that was suggested here and regretted it SO much last year!

The university where my kid went gave them assigned move-in times.  It was to help traffic flow and to ensure enough resources were available for all students.

My kid's move-in time was earlier than the stores opened.  So we dropped off her stuff, set up as much as we could, and then headed to the stores once they opened... and they were swamped.  We stood in line at BB&B for over an hour.  Then we sat in traffic to get back to her dorm for over 45 mins.  Stuff we picked over or completely gone at Walmart, Target, etc.

Also, we were against the clock because after their move-in time, they were supposed to head down to a new student all day picnic where they also learned more about the various on-campus activities, so she missed a big portion of that.

Then we had to wait in a secondary line to be able to drop off the stuff we bought because it was not her scheduled time.  All the while the RAs and dorm advisors (her college has a professor who lives in each dorm to oversee everyone) were requesting parents to start vacating the dorms to give the kids time to start adjusting.

Everyone else who brought their stuff had cute rooms all set up and ready for the first day of class and hers just looked like a disaster area with bags of stuff all over.  I felt horrible leaving, but she was antsy to get down to the picnic and begin making friends, etc.

I will NEVER do that agian.  DCUM failed me!  This year I have another one going off and everything has been purchased and packed!   [/quote]

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