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Parent of Student having issues with hire company of Graduation gown

Parent_Trap1 · 2022-08-03 11:16:41

Hi, I am looking for some advice regarding a graduation gown hire service my daughter has used. My daughter was due to graduate from the university after a two-year covid-related deferral and hired her gown and cap as expected. On the day of her graduation, she was very ill running a fever. She missed her graduation and…

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silvercar Posts: 49,680 Ambassador

4 August 2022 at 4:54AM

Brie said:

I'm glad others enjoyed this sort of event. I must admit I did think that it was a money maker for the photographers and gown people, possibly with kick backs to the uni. Maybe it's just me or maybe it was just that one uni.

I’m sure the gown people and photographers make a good profit, after all that is their business. Quite likely that they make a payment to the university for the rights to be the official suppliers.
It’s optional, you can choose to graduate without attending.

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