I am writing in regards to your article concerning shipping and storage services (“Onsite: CollegeBoxes.com” April 13). The University has an agreement with Mail Boxes Etc. for shipping services. Mail Boxes Etc. is a reputable, nationally recognized company. Mail Boxes Etc. is the only firm authorized to provide shipping services on University property. The University does not endorse or authorize any company to provide storage services.
Marc Robillard Director of Housing Boston University
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I am currently a senior and i will no longer be needing student storage for the summer. I was lucky my freshman year to find a reliable storage company- ezdorm. For many of my friends, they are scarred for life. They now make their parents drive long hours to take all of their stuff back home for the summer because there are so many storage companies out there and some of them are not very reliable. Storage is needed since Boston is a city so most of the students that reside in the dorms utilize this so called “convenience” for the summer months or while traveling abroad. Since BU does not provide storage themselves, (unlike other school like UMASS Amherst) and after what happened with their contract with smartmovers, there needs to be more information for the student body on which companies are reliable. On the website there is a list of several companies but no endorsement of any of them. The smartmover disaster hurt a lot of people, but that company was bought out under another name and was at BU the next year, selling their storage to students STILL USING THE SMARTMOVERS BOXES!! I could not believe my eyes. Many students struggle with which company to go with and I have heard horror stories about 10-20 boxes missing and who is to blame? The company or the school for letting them on campus with out the proper screening requirements? Please for the future classes of BU please provide more information on these companies. It is in the interest of the student body.
I am currently a senior and i will no longer be needing student storage for the summer. I was lucky my freshman year to find a reliable storage company- ezdorm. For many of my friends, they are scarred for life. They now make their parents drive long hours to take all of their stuff back home for the summer because there are so many storage companies out there and some of them are not very reliable. Storage is needed since Boston is a city so most of the students that reside in the dorms utilize this so called “convenience” for the summer months or while traveling abroad. Since BU does not provide storage themselves, (unlike other school like UMASS Amherst) and after what happened with their contract with smartmovers, there needs to be more information for the student body on which companies are reliable. On the website there is a list of several companies but no endorsement of any of them. The smartmover disaster hurt a lot of people, but that company was bought out under another name and was at BU the next year, selling their storage to students STILL USING THE SMARTMOVERS BOXES!! I could not believe my eyes. Many students struggle with which company to go with and I have heard horror stories about 10-20 boxes missing and who is to blame? The company or the school for letting them on campus with out the proper screening requirements? Please for the future classes of BU please provide more information on these companies. It is in the interest of the student body.