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mchames	The Budget Board was probably NOT the place to post this vent...	Lead	[-]
Posts: 504 (07/01/09 12:42 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2217650 The OP is bitching that her DD13 only got one camp t-shirt which she has to wear several times a week which is causing her to have to do daily laundry. Oh, the horror! She paid $6k for the camp and feels they should have been given more than one t-shirt. The budget boarders are completely flabbergasted by the $6k pricetag for camp and are completely unsympathetic to her cause. She probably would have gotten a little more sympathy on the CB. Doesn't she know that budget boarders can feed their family of ten chuckwagon for two years on less that $6k.
NikkiRT2		#1	[-]
Posts: 4109 (07/01/09 12:44 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	For 6k, I'd expect the camp to wash the shirt. .
aahmom1		#2	[-]
Posts: 10015 (07/01/09 12:45 PM) Mom Extraordinaire Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	For 6k, I'd expect more than 1 t-shirt. --and poohandwendy says AMEN
mchames		#3	[-]
Posts: 505 (07/01/09 12:50 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	aahmom1 wrote: For 6k, I'd expect more than 1 t-shirt. Me, too. I just thought it was pretty funny that she posted this on the budget board of all places. A $6k camp isn't exactly a "budget" activity for most people... expecially not the diehard budget boarders.
lunabkat2		#4	[-]
Posts: 12514 (07/01/09 12:53 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	For 6K I'd expect 5 tee shirts.
ManiacSteve		#5	[-]
Posts: 4869 (07/01/09 12:54 PM) Mr. Cool Hair Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I'm surprised (like others on that thread) that there wasn't at least an option to buy additional shirts. All of the camps that my son is in this summer (none of them $6K, BTW ) gave that option. We bought one extra shirt for each of them, well worth the extra $12 to not have to rush a load of wash through every night. "If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask?" -- Scott Adams
Jrmasm		#6	[-]
Posts: 472 (07/01/09 12:55 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	She's an asshole for paying that kind of money for a day camp.
ilisao		#7	[-]
Posts: 2513 (07/01/09 1:11 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	ManiacSteve wrote: I'm surprised (like others on that thread) that there wasn't at least an option to buy additional shirts. All of the camps that my son is in this summer (none of them $6K, BTW ) gave that option. We bought one extra shirt for each of them, well worth the extra $12 to not have to rush a load of wash through every night. She called them and they told her extras are $15. She thinks that's insane.
ManiacSteve		#8	[-]
Posts: 4871 (07/01/09 1:13 PM) Mr. Cool Hair Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	After paying $6K? $15 seems like a bargain. Yeah, the BB probably wasn't the place for that thread. Wonder if dvcgirl will chime in? "If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask?" -- Scott Adams
Bajanswife		#9	[-]
Posts: 689 (07/01/09 1:14 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	$6K?????? Geez, that most expensive camp here is $200/week! And you get to wear what you like!
CEDmom		#10	[-]
Posts: 1091 (07/01/09 1:15 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I thought my daughter's nature camp was expensive!! We do have a day camp here that lots of kids go to. It's a traditional one with swimming, arts&camps, sports etc. It includes door to door transportation and lunch/snacks. It's $4,600 for 8 weeks. The campers get 2 shirts and a backpack.
RannXerox		#11	[-]
Posts: 21 (07/01/09 1:27 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Wow, for about 2K we are sending our high school daughter on a senor trip to Spain. 6K for camps seems a bit much but if you are spending that, why compain about a $15 shirt(s)?
ilisao		#12	[-]
Posts: 2514 (07/01/09 1:28 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	CEDmom wrote: I thought my daughter's nature camp was expensive!! We do have a day camp here that lots of kids go to. It's a traditional one with swimming, arts&camps, sports etc. It includes door to door transportation and lunch/snacks. It's $4,600 for 8 weeks. The campers get 2 shirts and a backpack. And I decided I couldn't afford riding camp for my kids which was $225 each for the week plus riding gear! DD went to a traditional day camp a couple of years ago. It's $650 for 2 weeks which is now out of our price range.
ManiacSteve		#13	[-]
Posts: 4873 (07/01/09 1:31 PM) Mr. Cool Hair Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Yet another area where I think regional cost of living differences definitely come into play. A similar day camp to what CEDMom just mentioned, around here, is less than $200 a week. "If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask?" -- Scott Adams
RannXerox		#14	[-]
Posts: 22 (07/01/09 1:32 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	And on second thought, why would you want to be away from your child(ren) for months? The longest I was away was less then 2 weeks as a teen. We love our children and want to spend as much time with them as possible. But maybe this is a "I have to work and no one is home to be with them" cases.
pop1907		#15	[-]
Posts: 1978 (07/01/09 1:39 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	It reminds me of B2B, who doesn't mind treating her family on a vacation/ destination wedding, but who would never buy that one bathing suit full price. You can blame me and bless me, but you cannot possess me, cause I belong to me... - Elisabeth, the musical It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice - Scooter I am great and yet I am humble! - Shark Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional! - ?? My blog (incl. the story of my appartment with pictures)
RobinBFab		#16	[-]
Posts: 1112 (07/01/09 1:41 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	pop1907 wrote: It reminds me of B2B, who doesn't mind treating her family on a vacation/ destination wedding, but who would never buy that one bathing suit full price. Where is thar whore? I hope she pops up soon. I need to go look at her PJ to see the butt talking Mickeys again, I smile everytime I do
dcgrumpy		#17	[-]
Posts: 6192 (07/01/09 1:41 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	RannXerox wrote: And on second thought, why would you want to be away from your child(ren) for months? The longest I was away was less then 2 weeks as a teen. We love our children and want to spend as much time with them as possible. But maybe this is a "I have to work and no one is home to be with them" cases. What's the difference between sending your kid to camp or school? If you think I give a shit you obviously don't know me too well. -Donna
CEDmom		#18	[-]
Posts: 1093 (07/01/09 1:43 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	RannXerox wrote: And on second thought, why would you want to be away from your child(ren) for months? The longest I was away was less then 2 weeks as a teen. We love our children and want to spend as much time with them as possible. But maybe this is a "I have to work and no one is home to be with them" cases. It's a day camp. It's no different than being away from your children when they're in school. The parents likely both work and/or don't want their child laying around the house all summer. The OP is in New Jersey, like me, which explains the cost. The camp I mentioned has the same type program for middle schoolers and it's $5,400. My daughter is in several different weekly camps this summer. The cheapest is $200 and the most expensive is $340. I could get a sitter for $200 a week but that would get boring pretty quickly.
djp0602		#19	[-]
Posts: 1869 (07/01/09 1:49 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	When I was working, DS had to go to day camps all summer (we used it as day care). He primarily went to our local Y traditional day camp. It was $350-$400 (over the years) for a 2 week session. With bus transportation from various pick up locations. In the past couple of years we mixed in a couple of sports camps as well. This year, he and I are hanging at home for the most part. He's got 4 1 week camps scheduled, but that's more for our collective sanity, since he's so used to being busy. And there's one over night camp in the mix, it's a pre-season camp for his soccer team. He's OVER the moon excited about that one. But I agree that the BB was probably not the most sympathetic audience for her whining about a $6K camp, and the lack of extra tshirts. Owner of 50 pts on the DIS, courtesy of WM Doc. Apparently, I'm self-destructive, as that was the explanation
ilisao		#20	[-]
Posts: 2515 (07/01/09 1:54 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	dcgrumpy wrote: RannXerox wrote: And on second thought, why would you want to be away from your child(ren) for months? The longest I was away was less then 2 weeks as a teen. We love our children and want to spend as much time with them as possible. But maybe this is a "I have to work and no one is home to be with them" cases. What's the difference between sending your kid to camp or school? I told DH that next year the kids are going to camp from the time they get out of school to the time they start again, even if I have to rob a bank to do it! They're making me nuts!

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