<p>Thanks so much for all the info. It is very helpful.</p>
<p>It looks like there is no dining at all in Forbes - is that so? How close/far is the nearest dining facility?</p>
<p>It would be Market Central at Towers.</p>
<p>Thanks for the additional information.</p>
<p>Does anyone know if I can use Dining Dollars at some of the restaurants along Forbes? I know Panther Funds are accepted at some. I’m getting sick of Taco Bell.</p>
<p>No - they take Panther Funds, but not dollars.</p>
<p>You can use about 4 - 7 dining dollars (depending on the time of day) at Market Central though! ;D</p>
<p>Yeah when I calculated one pass at Market Central amounts to like 8 dollars each. What a rip-off.</p>
<p>Passes are a waste of money: First of all there is no way to tell in the panther
usage center how many Passes are even being used they only show Panther funds, your money that you deposited and Dining dollars I was told there is no way to keep track of dining Passes being used by the school and if you don’t tell Market central specifically to take it out of the passes part of the panther card they can take it out of the dining dollars side of it instead. To me this sounds like all your dining dollars and panther funds part of the card gets used first and thats why kids are left with so many passes at the end of the semester because they not being accepted properly by a cafeteria cashier that doesn’t care what part of your cards funds are being used. I can’t believe some of the financial students at Pitt don’t address this issue and I’m just an average joe that figured this out.
For Pitt to say they can’t keep track of Food Pass usage and only dining dollar and Panther fund usage sounds very underhanded and sly. It’s a school of science yet they can’t figure out this simple flaw in the Panther card system I would always suggest get the smallest passes
the smallest of dining dollars and send money in another way to your child until Pitt figures out a way to smooth this bump in the system.
they must think we are all stupid to think they can hide this fact.As a parent that pays for my childs education I take it personally</p>
<p>You have to go to mypitt use password and email name then click on Panther central after it goes through click on dining not housing . Then click Panther funds usage report and it will show the usage of Panther funds (extra cash) or dining dollars( to be used in or outside of market central) but not Dining Pass Usage which Pitt claims they cannot keep
track of .There is a name given on the website that you can contact through Market central a lady is in charge. If you have a complaint. Personally i think everyone should be complaining about such a lame system.
Another thing is if your child has late classes and hasn’t eaten till like 8:30 or so the only thing they can really eat good that late at the cafeterias is like a waffle they make themselves. Everything else is old and dried up and the Pizza lady retires way before closing Oh she’s there but the pizza’s are not. Whose gonna ask before closing… will you make me a pizza Pizza lady. They should at least have a pizza sitting out for a quick meal. Talk to your child. Find out where your moneys going or not going. Oh yeah and I figured its 13 dollars a meal that’s an expensive waffle … Sept 2012</p>
<p>By the way, when I lived in Forbes, I had the lowest tier- most DD least passes, it was great. For lunch I would eat at Market Central on campus since I had huge gaps in my schedule. In the winter I would pick something up from Quick Zone or Schenley Cafe and eat in my room on my own time. Better than trekking to/from Market in the snow/wind/rain/cold of winter.</p>
<p>I am a current freshmen engineering student, and I got the 125 passes/ 600 dining dollars meal plan selection. Though I do not especially love Market, it serves its purpose. I would recommend a plan with 100 passes or less; that is most reasonable.</p>
<p>And in response to not beign able to see how many ‘swipes’ you have used… whenever they swipe your card, the number shows up right on the screen of the computer. I have never had a problem finding out. And they have not tried to use my dining dollars for my swipes. That would make no sense to do, unless I was all out of swipes, or if I had requested them to do so (because breakfast is like 6 dollars and I pay like 12 for my swipes).</p>