I just bought my 25 boxes for the year.

rocket:

hannah didn't say anything to provoke your insulting post. Shame on you!!!

Here is a reply from eBay regarding the sale of GS Cookies on eBay:
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Thank you for writing eBay in regard to our policy regarding the sale of
Girl Scout cookies.

The policy you refer to sounds like a policy from the Girl Scouts of
America, however, they have not asked us to not allow people to sell
cookies on our site. That is why we still allow it.

Thank you for using eBay for your online trading needs.

Sincerely,
Carrie G.

eBay Customer Support

[pulling out hair] Spell Check! AAAARRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Girl Scouts have a bevy of activities to keep them busy. Don't believe me? Just look at the pictures on the cookie boxes!

I'm not bitter. I was a girl scout back in the day. I remember our troop spending more time earning activity badges than selling cookies, but you never hear about the girls with the sash full of badges anymore, just the ones who sell the most cookies.

I think greengina has a valid question. It seems the only time you hear about Girl Scouts is during cookie sale season. I'm sure they do many wonderful things, both as learning experiences and as public services. But, the general public just doesn't hear about it. Ask anyone who wasn't a scout or doesn't have a daughter and they like as not can't name one thing the local troop has done outside of cookie sales.

Of course, most couldn't probably name anything the local boy scout troop has done either.

it is soooo nice for our girl scout troops that the parents have a forum to come on and bash each other for way they sell their cookies what would we as parents do without the technology to do so

greengina: did you want them to sell used clothing instead? I know I know. How about recylcing bins? Maybe etown shared their sour patch kids with you today...you certainly are bitter.

I get 10-12 boxes annually. Freeze the thin mints. You can't beat them.

the carmel delights are the best, and since they only come around once a year i make sure i get 4 boxes, 3 are for me and 1 for the family lol just kidding i share them all

I love the cookies but just can't stomach (no pun intended) paying $3.50 a box for them anymore. I understand that the purchase of the cookies supports the mission but I just can't afford to pay that much for a dozen cookies that aren't much bigger than a half dollar. I wonder what it is like to have the kind of disposable income to be able to afford $40 on Girl Scout cookies.

Girl Scout cookies. Love 'em, buy 8-10 boxes annually.

what i really think is that no matter what is said on these forums and this goes for every one of them that there is always going to be someone who thinks you are wrong and they are right and that is that. people have their own opinions but i will tell you what sharing them on a forum is the last place you should do it, i got an email from one of the posters from one of the other forums and they called my kids nasty names and myself and my husband. so i doubt that after this i will be on here much - i hope the girl scouts do well this year. i know i ordered my 4 boxes

Zoom- yes donating directly to a troop can give them more money. Being a troop sponser is wonderful and does benefit a troop in different ways than the sale. THe girls do benefit from the cookie sale BESIDES the profits. They learn a lot of skills during the sale and build leadership.

beeferer- National puts a stop to auctions for cookies as fast as they can- as well as Ebay. Ebay tries to work with the GS to stop sellers like that.

Further- they are not stating that a girl cannot contact family members/friends via email for orders.
But Ebay is a big culprit- you never know how old the cookies might be and you don't know who the actual seller is.
I am an adult gs and sold cookies as a girl and my daughter is also a gs (now in college). The sale provides so many learning tools and the face to face contact is one of them.

What about all the GS cookies you can get on eBay?

Here is the reason GS cookies can not be sold via internet(this is directly from GSUSA website:
Q: Why can't Girl Scout Cookies be sold on the Internet?

A: Our existing National Girl Scout policy prohibits the sale of Girl Scout Cookies® or any other Girl Scout approved product on the Internet. The safety of our girls is always our chief concern. Girl Scout Cookie Activities are designed to be face-to-face learning experiences for girls. In an online setting, there is no guarantee that the seller is indeed a girl member of Girl Scouts. We have many ways for girls to explore and experience the benefits of science and technology and the Internet, including our Girls Go Tech initiative.

The Girl Scout troop will have more money if you just give them money directly.

...And the world would be a slower place...

rocket21- Before you accuse me of buying cookies at Wal-Mart, have someone read these messages to you. I buy GS cookies every year. As I stated here, I believe this is a very worthwhile organization. I was only trying to make one point- That this is not the classified section of the paper. For a person trying to avoid paying for a service by abusing the system, that person is oblivious to or contemptuous of what is right or honorable. Geez rocketman, what's your problem?

staceyt- Shelly Birkelo (author of the article) and Scott Angus (Gazette editor) both agreed that your post soliciting cookie sales was unscrupulous. Therefore it has been removed. Now do you get it? Oh, and good luck selling cookies. I sincerely hope, for the sake of the organization, that you do sell LOTS of cookies- the right way.

Girl Scouts of the USA is the world’s preeminent organization dedicated solely to girls—all girls—where, in an accepting and nurturing environment, girls build character and skills for success in the real world. In partnership with committed adult volunteers, girls develop qualities that will serve them all their lives, like leadership, strong values, social conscience, and conviction about their own potential and self-worth. Girl Scouts of the USA is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization.
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If you do not know what they do, I suggest you educate yourself at www.girlscouts.org.

$.40 for a wafer-sized cookie? No way! I would never pay that much for a lousy little cookie when you can get Oreos for a much, much lower price- unless it's for a worthy cause.
Oh and well said doc0430.

ilike girl scout or daisy cookies, but now for three bucks you get about 6 ozs. it takes the fun out of eating them.

Hey I'm looking to sell A 2004 GMC with low miles and looks just like new if your interested call me at..... Now do ya see the reason why this is A message board and not the CLASSIFIED ADDS? Some just can't or more likley refuse to get it, I use to buy Girl Scout cookies every year but none have even bothered to come door to door in my neighborhood in about 3 years now and I guess this might be the reason why! Some have suggested calling I say great if you want to train A future tele-marketer. If you truely want to help then get your kids out there (yup thats right turn off your computer and go outside there really is still A world after all) and take them door to door if you truely want to help that is...... I dread the thought of what todays youth is learning from some parents to run tomorrows country.

Do they do anything other than sell cookies?

Use technology, by all means. But I don't think the Gazette wants to allow free advertising on a message board that they provide for discussions about different articles that they report on. They would love for you to do it the right way- by taking out an ad in their classified section which will then automatically be put in their classified section in their website. But hey, whatever you chose to do, I do hope you sell a lot of cookies for a very worthwhile organization.

Girl Scouts are allowed to sell door-to-door. But for the sake of safety, it is required that an adult accompany any girl from Daisies through Juniors when they are selling door-to-door.

After looking closer to the photo with this article, I see that those girls are selling door to door. I could be wrong when I said that they weren't allowed to do so. It was my understanding that they were not at one time.

I think the main reason that parents take the order sheets to work is because Girl Scouts are no longer allowed to sell cookies door to door. When I sold cookies, that was our main source of orders. With this not being an option, after the girls sell to their families they aren't left with many options. Therefore, parents take the sheets to work to help their daughter out. I don't think they are trying to do the work for them. Instead, they are just doing what they feel is right as a parent.

Not very long ago there was an article about a "free give-a-way" and if I recall the person of that used this forum to "drum" up business. I also believe her personal website was also given on this forum. If a troop leader wants to advertise where cookies can be bought on the internet it is no different than going on a local TV or radio station and doing so.

"Folks, I don't think staceyt or latinmami2 are reading any of our comments. If they were, you'd think they'd understand where we're coming from. I think they should ask a girl scout to explain it to them in terms that they might understand. I wish them luck selling their cookies for their kids, but more so I wish their kids luck in coping with society when they get older and the wake up call comes in and they find out that underhanded rule-breaking behavior doesn't work in the real world."

i do understand what you are saying and i believe i did say that i don't know what the rules of girl scouts are yet because my baby is only 1 but it is something i want her to get into, but i do not think that it is a bad idea for a parent to be aloud to use technology to help raise money for the troops, hey you never know with the way things change so fast maybe when my little girl is in the girl scouts maybe they will allow her to use technology with the help of myself to sell her cookies.

Sheesh! Spend your weekend trying to help people and they're too stubborn or bullheaded to give your side of the discussion any thought or consideration. You can't say we didn't try.

Folks, I don't think staceyt or latinmami2 are reading any of our comments. If they were, you'd think they'd understand where we're coming from. I think they should ask a girl scout to explain it to them in terms that they might understand. I wish them luck selling their cookies for their kids, but more so I wish their kids luck in coping with society when they get older and the wake up call comes in and they find out that underhanded rule-breaking behavior doesn't work in the real world.

well i don't know the rules for that because my little girl is not old enough for girl scouts yet but i don't think it is a bad idea at all, it is good especially in this day and age with all the technology seems like the perfect thing to do

latinmami2 - She shouldn't drum up business here because it's against the rules to do so on the internet. GS is trying to help girls be socially responsible leaders. It's not responsible to teach them that breaking the rules is okay if you think it will help your group more.

why is not a good idea for stacy to drum up business here you come on here to have people read your opinions why can't she come on here and try to raise some money for her troops, anyway that you can advertise for the good of anything that will help our children stay involved in good activities is great. if she even gets one email and someone spends $10.00 that is $10.00 that could help a child out and that is the best thing she could do for the day.

I don't condone "putting down" anyone for trying to help either- I gave stacyt a "good job" for trying. But using this forum to drum up business is NOT the way to do it.

Fundraising is sometimes a group effort.

i think if the child puts in effort to do most of the work selling the cookies and the parent helps out by bringing the sheet to work there is nothing at all wrong with that. i look forward to my co-workers bringing in the sheet because it is the only opportunity i get in the year to buy these cookies. it is not that big of a deal that you need to put down another mother for doing so or for helping out their troops

The decline in members may also be due to the loss of credibility the National organization has had with a lot of former supporters.

latinmami2-There is nothing wrong with helping your children. We help her with the sorting and delivering. We have a great time. But what does that teach her if we do all the selling for her? And who is arguing? It is called a discussion.

Staceyt- You said "it is not my gain! i am only helping my troop try to do the best they can". If you are doing the work, how are they doing the best they can??!?!? Bless you for "trying" to do good, but your actions are not having a positive effect on the kids. I know you mean well, but this is not the way to help your kids. Let them do it for the personal satisfaction they'll get out of it. This whole cookie sales program was set up for the girls. GSA- "Girl Scouts of America, not MSA- Mommy Scouts of America. Again, you get a "good job" for trying, but I'm afraid you get a "Bad Job" for using unscrupulous tactics.

staceyt - As a leader, you should know that Girl Scouts are prohibited by GSUSA from direct cookie solicitation on the internet. That means as leaders, we can't do it either.

i would really like to know what it teaches our children when the moms are online arguing about who is selling the cookies properly. since when has it been a crime for a parent to help out their child. Bringing in forms to work has been going on since i was born 30 years ago, so all of you do it yourselfers need to get a clue. i think it is great if the parent and the child work together because then it is a family thing not just a child thing and not just a parent thing. it shows your child that a family can do things TOGETHER. the fact that all of you can find anything to argue about is amazing.

Then let the girls do it on their own. I agree with beeferer. My daughter is selling cookies too. But she had to call all the relatives herself. And she had a great time too!

clueless

it is not my gain! i am only helping my troop try to do the best they can

staceyt- Shame on you for using this forum for your own gain. You are not following the principles that you so freely bestow on your troop. DON"T ABUSE THE SYSTEM. You remind me of a Seinfeld episode. My daughter did it the hard way and she is one self-confident teenager with very high morals. If you sell your girl's cookies for her, think about what she is learning- that this is something too big for her- let mommy take care of it. And then down the road when she is faced with bigger chores, don't worry. The cookies took care of themselves, why lift a finger or make an effort? I know you are only trying to help, but you are enabling. Please, for the sake of your daughter, use tough love- get her on the phone calling friends and relatives. They will be more likely to buy from her than they will from you. And just think of what your daughter will be feeling like inside- "I did it myself!"

We always just buy our cookies when we see a troop has a table/booth set up where you pay and get your boxes of cookies right there.

Like all other fund raisers, payment should be made at the time the order is placed. This would eliminate the losers that don't pay for what they ordered.

How sweet! I hope they don't continue to get stiffed every year. It's amazing how many people don't pay for their cookies. When my daughter was selling them, her small troop was out over $300 from people failing to pay. These little girls are taught about honesty, morals, and self discipline. When they go out peddling their wares, they expect society to be on the up and up- after all, this is the way they are raised (programmed). And when they find out firsthand that there are dishonest people- not just one, but a significant number, they get the wrong message. The immoral ones get away with it while the honest people cover for them. Now, what did they learn here? Well, they learned that it's OK to cheat other people once in a while because things like this always happen. They don't here about the systematic way of dealing with these unscrupulous people to get them to pay for their orders. To them these idiots get away with it and life goes and and the bunnies keep on hopping and the birdies keep on singing.