Girl Scout cookies are a scam!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I haven't seen anyone ever buy a bag of popcorn from a cub scout at the grocery store. People just walk by them ($15 a bag is steep). Where as GS tables usually have at least one or two people buy. GS have done a lot of marketing, so much that there are cereals and copycats out there. Not so much for the CS.

Former Cub Scout mom. Actually, lots and lots of people buy the popcorn. My son was a top seller his years in Cubs and earned rewards and trips from his sales.

[Anonymous]

I pay that much for organic cookies, not for regular cookies that the Girls Scouts sell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Aldi Tagalogs and thin mints are sooo good

Do they only have them seasonally?

I buy the Keebler and Safeway brand knock-offs. So much cheaper and, honestly, taste way better. The GS cookies taste too oily.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Boy scout troops get 70% of every bag of popcorn they sell

Girl scout troops get .40c for every box they sell

Do the math and see who is getting scammed

Incorrect. Girls get .65-.70 per box, depending on whether the troop opts for prizes. I’ve been our Troop cookie Mom for 8 years. I know what I’m talking about.

You're quibbling over a .30 difference. What a pointless hill to die on. The troop is getting scammed no matter which one of you is accurate.

[Anonymous]

The gluten free ones are SO terrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The 5 skills the girls in the cookie program learn are:
Goal Setting
Decision Making
Money Management
People Skills
Business Ethics

Definitely MLM in the making.

Here i am wondering where my skills are.. sold plenty of cookies in my day, and I'm terrible at all of those.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I haven't seen anyone ever buy a bag of popcorn from a cub scout at the grocery store. People just walk by them ($15 a bag is steep). Where as GS tables usually have at least one or two people buy. GS have done a lot of marketing, so much that there are cereals and copycats out there. Not so much for the CS.

Former Cub Scout mom. Actually, lots and lots of people buy the popcorn. My son was a top seller his years in Cubs and earned rewards and trips from his sales.

He selling used cars now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The 5 skills the girls in the cookie program learn are:
Goal Setting
Decision Making
Money Management
People Skills
Business Ethics

Definitely MLM in the making.

Here i am wondering where my skills are.. sold plenty of cookies in my day, and I'm terrible at all of those.

In the 7 years since that was posted, you couldn’t have improved your skillset?

[Anonymous]

Total scam! I read the ingredients and I didn't find any girl scouts in them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That’s outrageous. Time to break a Brownie’s thumbs.

Nah, start with the Daisies. Clearly inflation is the littlest kids’ fault.

OP, what do you want anyone to do?

[Anonymous]

Yup. And you can buy the same cookies for $1.99 at Aldis and Lidl. Yes I said Aldis, I said what I said.

[Anonymous]

I don’t like the taste of any of their Girl Scout cookies. I feel bad, but I really don’t care for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yup. And you can buy the same cookies for $1.99 at Aldis and Lidl. Yes I said Aldis, I said what I said.

Aldi doesn’t help Girl Scout troops fundraise

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Still better than paying $15 for a single bag of popcorn from the boy scouts!

They're both for fundraising so you have to buy them with that in mind!

LOL! Boy Scouts is the true scam. The larger tiny bag is $25. For popcorn!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Mom of a cub scout and a girl scout here. The popcorn and the cookies are both scams. But at least the way DS's den does the popcorn, it isn't a big hassle to deal with individual sales goals and deliveries etc. I hate GS cookie season with a burning passion, because it's so much work for the parents (usually moms)!