Tent Set Up

[Nugdawg]

[FONT=&quot]I'm trying to help a couple of college guys I know well by posting this here. They are setting up tents for folks for this season. Between now and the first game, they will come pick up your tents (if you are within 40 miles of Starkville and if not, other arrangements can be made) and then they will set each tent up on the morning of the game. They will store your tent(s) in a climate controlled place for the remainder of the season. The cost is $25 per tent per game (obviously you can have multiple tents) or if you want to pay in advance for all 7 home games you can go ahead and just pay the $175 up front. They are only setting up your tents and storing them...this is not a full service tailgate operation. Just a couple of very responsible upperclassmen looking to pick up a little income and they have experience as they set mine up last year as well. If interested, pm me or reply and I will give you their contact info and y'all can work out the details between you guys.[/FONT]

 

[tatedog]

Most in tents post on this board in a long time.

 

[Nugdawg]

Would be even more if the tents are a shade of sixpackspeak blue

 

[bruiser.sixpack]

Dang. I know students who got $150 per game and only plopped the tents up in the spot on Friday afternoon and tie down the chairs and tables.

These guys aren't very entrepreneurial if they are only charging $25 per tent per game.

 

[RocketDawg]

I thought that sounded like a pretty good deal as well. They should do well once word gets around. $150 is a bit steep, to say the least.

 

[Nugdawg]

About $25-30 per game per tent just to set up and store the tents only is the going rate from others I've seen. Maybe your folks were setting up multiple tents thus $150 per game. I've had the same service from multiple guys the last few years and have paid $25 per tent, I have 3 tents so $75 per game. So instead of taking a shot at their entrepreneurial spirit, maybe you should wonder if you're hanging out with people who have been overcharged.

 

[MarkDallas]

I thought the University picked a single supplier for this.

 

[bruiser.sixpack]

About $25-30 per game per tent just to set up and store the tents only is the going rate from others I've seen. Maybe your folks were setting up multiple tents thus $150 per game. I've had the same service from multiple guys the last few years and have paid $25 per tent, I have 3 tents so $75 per game. So instead of taking a shot at their entrepreneurial spirit, maybe you should wonder if you're hanging out with people who have been overcharged.

You have to remember back then when the Junction was the place to be, someone had to sit out there with the tents and tables in Friday's for 5-6 hours waiting for the horn to sound at 5 so they could get great locations. Getting students to set up 3 tents on Friday afternoon in the junction??? $150 was a bargain.

We set up our own tents now, on Saturday morning away from the circus cesspool that is the Junction. It was cool at first. Then it became a nightmare, especially after the game when the drunk students ran through the junction knocking over TV's and food tables and stealing beer.

We moved.

 

[EngDawg]

Will they still set the tent up if its blue?***

 

[johnson86-1]

I thought the University picked a single supplier for this.

Think you can set up a certain number of tents without running afoul of the university's single supplier rule.

Alternatively, you can offer to set up as many free speech tents for $75 each for people to present a certain view and tell the university to 17off when they try to claim you are violating their single supplier rule.

 

[stateu1]

Think you can set up a certain number of tents without running afoul of the university's single supplier rule.

Alternatively, you can offer to set up as many free speech tents for $75 each for people to present a certain view and tell the university to 17off when they try to claim you are violating their single supplier rule.

I think that's only if you are going through a tent vendor and not using your own tent. You can always use your own tent and pay someone to set it up.

 

[rem101]

Beer and food can be stolen anywhere - just saying. We aren't in the Junction and I've seen many a cold one disappear during those 3-4 hours I wasn't at the tent.

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

Beer and food can be stolen anywhere - just saying. We aren't in the Junction and I've seen many a cold one disappear during those 3-4 hours I wasn't at the tent.

We were on Bell Island for a while and we had issues with people stealing food and drinks while we were at the game. They go everywhere, not just the Junction.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

We were behind Creelman and our entire cooler was stolen during the Egg Bowl two years ago. Had to have taken two men. Maybe we should've put it in the truck, or at least in the bed, but we'd NEVER had any problems like that until then.

 

[TrueMaroonGrind]

We were behind Creelman and our entire cooler was stolen during the Egg Bowl two years ago. Had to have taken two men. Maybe we should've put it in the truck, or at least in the bed, but we'd NEVER had any problems like that until then.

We had started running a metal cord through anything valuable. Just like they do with lawn mowers at Lowe's. It worked for our coolers and grills, but it is pretty hard to secure a hamburger with a cord.

 

[Wizard of bulldogery]

i like to set out bear traps around my tents. If you try to steal my **** then you are in my mind a blackbear fan and deserve to lose a limb just like old testament days.

 

[The Peeper]

The max that any vendor can set up for.others w/out getting in hot water w/ MSU is 10 according to what I read in the specs that they used in the bid this year