School picture smackdown

[vegmom]

I stopped getting fall pics of my daughter in first grade. The first set turned out terrible, and when I sent them back with he on make-up day she "forgot" about them.

I usually get 1 sheet of spring pics if they are decent and a handfull of those trading card things from softball.

 

[Cowgirl]

Pete, just go to walmart. Their pictures are dirt cheap.....as long as you don't let them talk you into all the different poses.

 

[aanderson]

Pete, just go to walmart. Their pictures are dirt cheap.....as long as you don't let them talk you into all the different poses.

I got my boy's pics done and got a good package for $6. Then I bought two more sheets for $10 each. So...for $26 I got all the pictures I will need and I could view them right after they were taken and say yes or no. That way I insured they were good shots before they were printed.

 

[MMDad]

My child that I, for all intents and purposes OWN?

You don't own them, you're just borrowing them from the rescue.

Ooops, sorry, that's pets not kids.

 

[itsbob]

You don't own them, you're just borrowing them from the rescue.

Ooops, sorry, that's pets not kids.

So we can't give him to another deserving loving family, we have to take him back to the hospital where we got him??

 

[jenbengen]

So the school picture day was yesterday. I, in an unusual moment of clarity said "WTF, why do I have 5 years worth of pictures in my desk drawer, in their envelopes. Why am I paying $50 for something I am going to stick in a drawer?" I only need 3, one for me, one for the ex, and one for the grand parents, so I take the form and I skip all the packages which include tons of variations cleverly crafted to not include anything acceptable, and order from the "extra's" column only the 3 portraits in the size I want. Write the check out and tuck it in the envelope.

Today I get the envelope back and in magic marker is written "No Package" and the check is inside. Evidently my money is not good enough for them unless I pay an obscene amount for pictures I don't need or want.

I say "Eff you Lifetouch School photography racketeers!" :middlefinger:

Yup. Although I would like to have my child's actual school photo, I won't pay that much. I just wanted a few like you did. I just take the kids to WalMart/Target with a coupon each year and do it myself. That way the kids hair isn't all messed up by the time they get their pictures taken anyways.
They are a total ripoff.

 

[jenbengen]

The spiffy automated school calling machine called to inform me that all the junk he he did not sell is ready for pickup tomorrow.

That spiffy automated system gets on my nerves. They first used it for important matters, now anybody that has access to the stupid thing sends messages. This week I have been informed that it is Chick Filet night (as though the sticker on my child's shirt coming home wasn't enough of a reminder), a thank you for supporting the fund raiser message (didn't support it), and another thank you for something else.

 

[MMDad]

So we can't give him to another deserving loving family, we have to take him back to the hospital where we got him??

No, since you didn't actually buy him you have to keep him. If you pay for it, like when you get a dog, then you don't own it and have to give it back if you move, get new neighbors, change jobs, catch a cold, or stub your toe.