Duke Senior taking questions

HiWei
Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:57:52 +0000

I remember getting the complete bedding package when I first got onto campus (back when dinosaurs roamed the Earth). If you do decide to go this route, you would definitely be paying a premium for the convenience. Depending on which package you get (I think there are 2 or 3), I’d say you can expect to be paying at least 25 to 40% more than if you were to go to Target and buy the stuff yourself. I definitely haven’t done the appropriate research to be throwing numbers out like that, but that would be my best educated guess based on other things that Duke tries to sell to you.

The package itself is pretty satisfactory in that its not the best material you can find, but you probably also won’t need to worry about anything included in that package again for the rest of your college life.

My best advice to you would be to look for really good deals that exist even now for bedding and shower stuff. I especially like fatwallet.com or slickdeals.net forums myself. A simple search like,
[Macy’s bedding sale](Earn Cash Back at stores you 💜)
can save you quite a bit of money. Also the a lot of these sites have free shipping and if you time it pretty well (might take a little experience with shopping and shipping), it’ll be the same as Blue Devil Delivery… if not, you live a day or two without sheets (oh, no…)

Hmm… having typed all this, I just realized you’re an international student. Everything I typed above may or may not apply to you because you may value convenience even more. For everyone else, I believe buying outside-of-Duke is usually the way to go.