Do you buy Girl Scout cookies

I bought some yesterday from a couple of girls who were outside the grocery store. Their parents (several adults at least) were there too as the girls were too young to be selling stuff by themselves. The girls handed out the cookies and took money, but the adults made the change and handed it back to the girls to give back to customers. I won't buy the cookies unless an actual Scout is involved. I can buy knockoffs of Samoas in the grocery store for less than half the price. So having the kids standing outside in the cold (near freezing) made the kids work for the sale in my opinion.

I had to institute a "Girl Scout Cookies Non-Agression" policy in one of my old shops -- had two of my officers darn near get into a fist-fight over hawking the things on behalf of their kids.

Samoas ... mmmm.

I'm on a no-sugar diet so no more cookies for me.

Used to when a neighborhood girl came to the door with her mom. She's too old, now.

Bat-mite said:

Used to when a neighborhood girl came to the door with her mom. She's too old, now.

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The girl or her mom? Oh you meant to sell cookies - never mind.

Guilty. I put a 1 in the column for each box I want that year and write a check when it shows up in the breakroom

My wife is the troop leader for our daughter, so we sell more than we buy...having said that, we buy whatever isn't sold by the troop...the GSA's way of controlling inventory. So, I wouldn't say it's 'voluntary purchasing' and sales do tend to drive one away from buying for oneself.

Don't even know if I'd recognize a scout.

Steven said:

Don't even know if I'd recognize a scout.

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Considering their uniform has been the same distinctive green for over a century, I find that hard to believe.

I bought a couple boxes yesterday when they set up at the local pet store. I'm much happier to support a fundraising effort like that, than a silly internet begging Go Fund Me.

I support Girl Scouts, not their parents or the GSA.

I ran into one of my local 'dealers' the other day outside the grocery store. I tried to walk by them (one of my 12 step methods) but she had me when she said Mister and Cookies. I bough some. I've left them in my truck for 3 days now! I feel I'm not a GSCJ (Girl Scout Cookie Junky) anymore! But in reality I'm waiting to finish the ones I bough from some door to door dealer last week..

Just Say No To Girl Scout Cookies!

Tony

Had Vince's Spaghetti and on my way out, the stand was set up for me to pay my 5.00 yearly dues.

timbucktoo said:

Considering their uniform has been the same distinctive green for over a century, I find that hard to believe.

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Not really a concern.

I've bought 10 boxes this selling season. I had 3 co-workers selling them, and whenever I go to the grocery store they are always set up selling them. 3 boxes for my daughter, 1 box for my wife, that leaves 6 boxes for me of which I think there are 4 boxes hidden in my secret stash for future hunger strikes.

$200 worth, I’m my daughters best customer
Lol

I try to avoid excessive sugar any more, but I'll throw a few bucks to some kids for a fundraiser now and again.

I'm in the tank for about $100 so far... my wife won't walk pass a Girl Scout without buying at least two boxes. Of course I'm the one paying for them... She was both a Camp Fire Girl and a Girl Scout, so there's no escaping from it.

A group of Girl Scouts and their parents set up shop in my residence hall lobby. Needless to say, they sold out very quickly. College kids love Girl Scout cookies. I confess that I am one of those college kids, buying 4 boxes for my sweet toothed self.

I buy from the parents at work. I buy from the kids in front of the store. My wife buy from her students in her class. We get gift of these from friends.

We support the girl and boy Scouts like everyone supported our son on his way to Eagle.

So far, I've put about $120 worth in the freezer, but I also only buy from the actual scouts when they're present and hawking their wares. That green box of crack is hard to resist.

I usually run into them every year outside my grocery store. I like the Thin Mints and Tagalongs. Bought the Samoas one year, didn't really care for the coconut. The adults made it into a learning experience for the girls: showing them how to calculate the change, etc. How can you say no to an enthusiastic kid?

I used to buy them from parents at work. Now that my daughter sells them I'm that parent.

I don't push the cookies, just offer and if folks want to buy fine, if not also fine. Many folks who have grown up with Girl Scout Cookies seem to be actually grateful for the opportunity to buy them.

As in interesting update, it seems like I've just busted a guy at work who is scalping by adding a dollar to the price of each box. He finally got to my office yesterday and I asked for 2 boxes of thin mints, which should have been $8. I wasn't around to pay him when he came back today and a coworker, to cover me, gave him the $10 that he asked for.

Upon returning to my desk, my coworker mentioned $10. Called the dude selling the cookies, and he hung up on me. Asked around, and it seems that he's added $1 to just about everyone's box(es) of cookies. Confronted him, and he's now gone to HR saying that I threatened bodily harm (which I did not, I only asked for my $2 back, as the other witnesses in the hallway confirmed).

Now about 30 folks have called HR about his 'business practice and pricing model'. Several ladies, who are also GS mothers, know what troop he's affiliated with and have apparently reported him to the GS council!

Karma is a b*%$#!

This year in NJ, they decided to test $1 higher pricing only for some areas. So the cookies my daughter was selling were $1 higher than some others in adjacent counties. I had to explain many times to many people why my cookie sheet had higher prices than others.

Padding the pricing you charge people though... sounds like that dude has issues.

Sometimes. I don't go out of my way to find them, but now that our family no longer needs to squeeze every penny, I try to support the young people in our church whenever they're selling something I can use (or eat). So I buy girl scout cookies, pizza pockets from the boy scouts, hard tack candy, peanut brittle, and who knows what else. Our kids aren't selling that stuff any more (we just mail them checks at school), but I remember how much I appreciated it when others bought stuff from our kids when we couldn't really afford to buy it from them. I see it as another way to pay it forward.

Nope. Simply because they're not real.

neil_w said:

This year in NJ, they decided to test $1 higher pricing only for some areas. So the cookies my daughter was selling were $1 higher than some others in adjacent counties. I had to explain many times to many people why my cookie sheet had higher prices than others.

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Here in MA, they've been $5 a box for a couple of years. Some troops still had them for $4 the first year. I think it may have depended on which bakery the cookies came from. For some reason, some troops around here have cookies from one source and some have the other. The cookies are different, so I have to buy some from each.

jbuscaglia said:

Here in MA, they've been $5 a box for a couple of years. Some troops still had them for $4 the first year. I think it may have depended on which bakery the cookies came from. For some reason, some troops around here have cookies from one source and some have the other. The cookies are different, so I have to buy some from each.

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We actually had different prices from the same bakery (Little Brownie). There was a whole lotta head-scratching going on until we found out the story.