nutcracker

Hello everyone. Have you received a package from Residence Hall Linens stating that students tend to bring wrong-size beddings to the dorms ? I doubt the truthfulness of their words. Do I necessarily need to buy sheets, blankets, pillows, etc. from them or can I bring mine that can still fit beds at Colgate ?

stonecold23

bring your own, buy your own laptop, and avoid any transaction with any colgate product (if you dont want to get ripped off)

Tsubie-chan

Wow... are they THAT bad? Elaborate please...

stonecold23

haha im exagerating, but buy the expensive things (like a laptop) outside of the bookstore.

Tsubie-chan

I thought through the college you could get special discounts?

jrpar

Buy your own linens elsewhere - just be sure to get extra long sheets.

maof4

Target, Sears, Bed and Bath etc. all sell extra long sheets and they tend to put them on sale in August.

fireflyscout

RHL must have purchased the names of every incoming freshman at every college. Their quality is reportedly not great, and you can do better for the money. All you need is Twin XL sheets.

ticklemepink

Don't BUY anything from the bookstore- they'll definitely have all kinds of dorm stuff but they're overpriced (even the Ipods). What they mean by wrong sized sheets (happened to me) is that people brought regular twin, not x-tra long.

Definitely buy your laptop outside of Hamilton, NY. Or have it shipped.

GateNY09

I hate to disagree with the other Colgaters, but definitely buy your laptop form the bookstore - that way they will do ALL of the servicing, and for free, plus will oyu give you a loaner laptop when yours is broken!

MADad

Agree with GateNY09 re: computer. If you go to dell.com and try to build the computers Colgate is offering, you can't come close to Colgate's price.

stonecold23

my roommate dealt with the bookstore, we both had inspiron dells , mine had more features and was cheaper

MADad

Doesn't the bookstore sell Latitudes, the business machines, as opposed to the Inspirons? Just trying to compare apples to apples

ticklemepink

Seriously, is it really worth the price to buy a laptop form Colgate??? It doesn't hurt to use one of Colgate's many, many computers to work on papers/surf the 'net for a couple days.... they do service ALL computers- from Colgate bookstore AND outside purchases- they only won't do it if the repairs are beyond their means/resources. Never had that happened- they are so persistant in figuring out problems using whatever resources they had. The kids are incredible- one time it took them 4 days to figure out my laptop's problem without having me to drive it 2 hours back home for real service where I might've had to pay $50 for it. I was fine without it... was able to concentrate on my work a bit more without the distraction of AIM ITS is simply very resourceful and innovative.

Papa Chicken

I did a price comparison with my company's Dell discount for the latitude 620 vs the bookstore, & the bookstore was cheaper. One has to remember to price in the 4 year service package when comparing...thats a few hundred bucks.