Is there a bigger ripoff than the college gown?

Cyber Ghost

Just been quoted €42 to rent those rags for an hour or two for my DCU graduation.

There's no way those things would come close to costing €42 let alone rent them for an hour.

I just bought a brilliant pair of jeans in Penney's for €6.

Why am I been asked to pay €42 to rent what are essentially rags?

Holsten

So you'll have lovely pictures with the family.

GLaDOS

You get them for more than an hour, to be pedantic.

Eutow

Cyber Ghost wrote: »

Just been quoted €42 to rent those rags for an hour or two for my DCU graduation.

There's no way those things would come close to costing €42 let alone rent them for an hour.

I just bought a brilliant pair of jeans in Penney's for €6.

Why am I been asked to pay €42 to rent what are essentially rags?

Because Penney's don't sell graduation gowns.

Frynge

I'm fairly certain that the jeans wouldn't withstand being rented out to a couple hundred people.

--LOS--

Because they know you've no choice so they just name their price. Only option is to not go which is what I actually did coz the whole thing cost so much

Augmerson

That's a bit steep.

Henlars67

Don't bother going to the graduation. They're a load of bol0cks.

It's not like you have to turn up in order to get your degree.

I'm not going to mine.

Why anyone would want to pay to sit through a long drawn-out ceremonial type affair is beyond me

The Backwards Man

Is there not a clasp at the back of them?

KeithM89

Don't go and use the money on a piss-up to celebrate. I never went to my masters graduation, sitting in an over-crowded room for hours just to get handed a rolled up piece of paper isn't exactly a trip to disneyland.

kneemos

Bin liner.

Glock Lesnar

Your DCU degree.

ba-dum-ch

Chance The Fapper

Water charges

shruikan2553

--LOS-- wrote: »

Because they know you've no choice so they just name their price. Only option is to not go which is what I actually did coz the whole thing cost so much

This is pretty much it. What else will you do?

I cant wait to deal with this after this year.

K4t

Don't wear the gown. Problem solved.

They are ridiculous looking anyway.

zetalambda

Cyber Ghost wrote: »

Just been quoted €42 to rent those rags for an hour or two for my DCU graduation.

There's no way those things would come close to costing €42 let alone rent them for an hour.

I just bought a brilliant pair of jeans in Penney's for €6.

Why am I been asked to pay €42 to rent what are essentially rags?

Get your moneys worth. Use them as a napkin/serviette, to dry the dishes with, clean the worktops down and finally, wipe your arse with before you return them.

mackg

Graduation is a rip off but with mine I knew it meant a lot to my parents so I went along with it. Having to dress up to listen to people pointlessly droning on will be good preparation for employment anyway.

Lapin

They have gowns in DCU?

I didn't think that place was a real university.

DEFTLEFTHAND

It's a racket for sure but you'll probably be glad you did wear them when it's all over. Nice pics to look back on.

Buy a black sheet in Harry Corry for under a tenner. Use cardboard from the packaging to make your hat.

Rent out after

kwestfan08

Steep alright. Chances are you're only going to graduate once though so it's a one and done cost at least.

Tails!

42?? I've to pay 77 for mine :O Jeez

--LOS--

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

It's a racket for sure but you'll probably be glad you did wear them when it's all over. Nice pics to look back on.

I dunno you could also throw on a superhero cape and take a selfie with your degree, might be better than some carbon copy photo memory

cunnifferous

€80 for mine. Complete rip off.

Uriel.

Tails! wrote: »

42?? I've to pay 77 for mine :O Jeez

85 for mine. Ridiculous

endacl

Rip off. Gown.

G'wan. I dare ya!

WoollyRedHat

Just buy some Gryffindor robes, they're kind of like graduation robes but cooler. Plus when your name is called out, you can go up and shout out " I've finally graduated from Hogwarts, hurrah!" while waving your degree manically. It'll be one to remember, that's for sure.

rawn

It pays to transport the gowns, file them, sort them, store them, and dry clean them. It also pays for the lovely patient people like myself that have to fit them on you's while you dilly-dally around talking on the phone/to your friends/to yourselves while the queue grows longer with impatient students wanting to get it over and done with, as well as pinning, fixing, pinning, refixing, pinning and refixing the hoods on ya's as ya's pull and drag out of them in the time it takes you from putting them on to getting to the photo studio. Believe me, €42 is a flippin' bargain.

colmufc

Just wear a suit the gowns look ridiculous

blindside88

In fairness it's only 42 quid. In comparison to the cost of the degree its a bargain. I graduated 3 years ago and the cost of the gown was the least of my worries you could skip the graduation but as had been said you'll probably only do it once and it's nice to have the pictures

Uriel.

Do a Robin Williams in Patch Adams and Wear nothing underneath the gown, presenting your ass to the congregation as you collect your parchment