With the final days of the semester winding down, students have a lot of things to take care of, including spending the rest of the money on their meal plans.
Flex dollars unused in the spring semester do not roll over to the next. This poses a problem for students who have a lot of money left over, since it will all go to waste at the end of the semester.
Dining Services is faced with leftover goods, which students can acquire using leftover money.
West End Market and Owens Food Court will offer students bulk products based on leftover inventory, according to Ted Faulkner, senior associate director of Dining Services.
The dining halls will sell products such as cases of Hokie Water and Coke, as well as frozen meats. But the products for sale will depend on leftover inventory.
If students are interested in purchasing bulk items, they should go to West End or Owens and speak with a manager to see what goods are available.
Other bulk products offered throughout the semester include Chick-fil-A party trays and assorted candy from Hokie Grill and Owens.
April Danner, D2 operations manager, has seen students take the initiative to use their remaining money. For example, many students pay for friends’ meals on their Hokie passport.
Danner has also seen students pay for two meals — one for themselves and one for an unknown customer in line who doesn’t have sufficient funds on their meal plan.
A version of this article appeared in the May 4 issue of the Collegiate Times.
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It's also a quick cash grab for some Dining Halls. Owens has a table of bulk goods you can buy, including bags of Skittles... for over $8 'without' your flex plan. These are the same bags you buy for a few dollars at Wal-Mart. Of course, they expect us to be fooled by 'FLEX' discounts.
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Everything is ridiculously overpriced, a case of Hokie water for around $30/$15flex, are you serious? Anyone that spends a cent on this scam is crazy
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The bigger scam is stealing the money that's leftover on the plan after the semester ends.
I was told that I'd be reimbursed after fall graduation, but after the fact, I never received a dime and the school couldn't care less that I was told the wrong thing by one of the managers as West End (before I was planning on 'dumping' my meal plan buying bulk goods, etc.)
I had about $300 disappear thanks to that crap.
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There must be alot of insane people then, because the Hokie water is selling like crazy, as well as soda, powerade and cheesecakes and pies...
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