HaoZi, come see me, I'm only a few hours away. We have twin-tip Sharpies.
I have no problems with that - but when I send in 5 or 6 boxes of Kleenex a year, it gets annoying. One per kid? OK. Even two. But...
The biggest issues hit later. "We need..." everything from ice cream to soda pop to prizes for some game. And they give you a list, that the kid uses half of, and you have to get a bunch of other stuff later.
I'm sticking to basics - the school J is at, all the teachers send their requirements - so he will get notebooks, ruled paper, binders, pencils and pens - and we will go shopping again after the first week.