AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – For some, it’s the evening earlier than the primary day of faculty, and which means dashing to the shops to get last-second provides.
Whether or not it’s a backpack or binder and a pack of pencils, the extra children you’ve got, the extra doubtless you most likely forgot one thing on the record.
We visited two shops all through the day, and it was tremendous busy. Numerous folks coming out and in making an attempt to get these last-minute college provides.
Contained in the shops, staff have been busy stocking the cabinets making an attempt to get all the things prepared for the frenzy of buyers.
We spoke to some dad and mom about what their expertise has been like.
“It was undoubtedly a greater expertise for positive,” mentioned Lindsey Williams, Richmond County mum or dad.
She isn’t any stranger to last-minute college buying.
“I’m type of like final minute, and there’s hardly something that I can discover. All the things’s often picked over, however this 12 months I used to be capable of finding all the things on the record, aside from hand sanitizer with none issues in any respect,” she mentioned.
She says they obtained the provision record at open home a couple of days earlier than college began.
“Open home was once a couple of weeks earlier than college began. So now you’re type of like scraping and scrounging and making an attempt to determine timing,” mentioned Williams.
One other mum or dad from Wilkes County is getting her buying in too, however she needed to make a number of journeys.
“We discovered all the things however a binder and bookbag, however bookbags are promoting out fast, particularly for boys, so we needed to come right here,” mentioned Ashley Chancey.
She says it was tougher as an entire.
“I feel final 12 months we hit up the shops, so this 12 months it was a bit bit tougher,” she mentioned
Empty cabinets are usually not the one factor making this 12 months’s buying tougher, but in addition inflation.
“Faculty provides, for each of them, I do know have gone up, tons of of {dollars}, not less than $100 for each of them to return to highschool,” mentioned Chancey.
Williams mentioned: “I do really feel like there’s a little bit extra inflation that you may inform simply from the little that we obtained.”
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