Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a Girl Scout dad, I sell at work but I always have my daughter give me a message to put in the email about why she's selling and what she gets out of Girl Scouts. If people say they want cookies I send them the link to her site which has another message from her. I want her doing all much selling as possible.

But I'll also say people definitely want them. A friend passed along my daughter's link to one of her friends and that person bought 20 boxes from a girl she's never met.

My office banned parents selling their children's cookies. Wrapping paper, peanuts. Etc. as they should. You want to believe that the employees in your office want these cheap cookies. They feel forced because you are the boss and they look cheap and mean for not supporting your snowflake.

You forgot the vastly overpriced popcorn.

I like them but I don't know any girl scouts. I also don't want to pay $5/ box when I can get the Aldi version of samoas for $1.79.

Anonymous wrote:I love them. Sadly nobody goes door to door anymore. We seek them out. I would purchase a few boxes from any girl who asked. When my nieces were little I bought from all of them. I buy from anybody who sends me the cookie emails these days. I think too many parents are afraid to have their kids ask.

-former Girl Scout leader

Funny, my girls go door to door and nobody wants to buy from them. We do leave printouts with their website in case anyone changes their minds.

I don’t sell for my DD - she sells them herself at booths. Even at DH’s office, she actually goes there and walks around with a basket. We are certainly not top sellers - I add to her sale number by ordering a bunch myself online and shipping it to my MIL who likes them.

Anonymous wrote:A caveat: I live on a small barrier island so there is limited troop competition.

Our troop sells at the local businesses (grocery store and hardware store) and offers a drive through option where they come to your window, take you order and money, and come back with your cookies. There’s only a handful of girls in the troop due to island size and this seems more “equal opportunity” to everyone than soliciting from our small community base that is all intertwined.

As a Girl Scout leader, I love this!

My troop is a multiage troop in a tight knit school community. On the first day of booth sales, which is always a Friday, all of the girls set up a booth at school pickup so that school families don’t have to choose favorites between sisters or friends.

It's nostalgia for the majority of customers.

I buy the knock-offs at the store. Way cheaper and taste better.

My husband bought a few boxes from a coworker a 5 years ago and nobody in our family liked them. Since then he's switched companies and nobody else we know sells them.

Lots of people seek them out when they hear a Scout is selling them. People like getting their favorites each year. The GS org does a lot of good such as financial aid for kids who may not be able to afford sleep away camp or other opportunities. It also keeps GS camps affordable for everyone. Plus selling cookies gives each troop some funds to do fun things that they otherwise might not be able to afford. Our troops also gave a percentage to local food banks. Most people understand that they're paying for these good deeds, not just cookies.

I always buy cookies when I see a Scout selling.

- Former Girl Scout and GS Troop Leader

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a Girl Scout dad, I sell at work but I always have my daughter give me a message to put in the email about why she's selling and what she gets out of Girl Scouts. If people say they want cookies I send them the link to her site which has another message from her. I want her doing all much selling as possible.

But I'll also say people definitely want them. A friend passed along my daughter's link to one of her friends and that person bought 20 boxes from a girl she's never met.

My office banned parents selling their children's cookies. Wrapping paper, peanuts. Etc. as they should. You want to believe that the employees in your office want these cheap cookies. They feel forced because you are the boss and they look cheap and mean for not supporting your snowflake.

Perhaps in your office this was necessary, I have no idea. In my office, my daughter sells cookies to a small number of people (usually about three out of thirty employees) usually only people who expressly ask to be reminded about cookie season, and she's never sold to anyone who reported to me (but she always sells to my boss). I don't expect to change your mind at all on this, but in my experience, your comment seems quite silly.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a Girl Scout dad, I sell at work but I always have my daughter give me a message to put in the email about why she's selling and what she gets out of Girl Scouts. If people say they want cookies I send them the link to her site which has another message from her. I want her doing all much selling as possible.

But I'll also say people definitely want them. A friend passed along my daughter's link to one of her friends and that person bought 20 boxes from a girl she's never met.

My office banned parents selling their children's cookies. Wrapping paper, peanuts. Etc. as they should. You want to believe that the employees in your office want these cheap cookies. They feel forced because you are the boss and they look cheap and mean for not supporting your snowflake.

Yeah, and the good cookies being $6 / box makes it all a bit much.

Anonymous wrote:As a Girl Scout dad, I sell at work but I always have my daughter give me a message to put in the email about why she's selling and what she gets out of Girl Scouts. If people say they want cookies I send them the link to her site which has another message from her. I want her doing all much selling as possible.

But I'll also say people definitely want them. A friend passed along my daughter's link to one of her friends and that person bought 20 boxes from a girl she's never met.

My office banned parents selling their children's cookies. Wrapping paper, peanuts. Etc. as they should. You want to believe that the employees in your office want these cheap cookies. They feel forced because you are the boss and they look cheap and mean for not supporting your snowflake.

DD is selling cookies online right now with her troop. It is funny and awkward at the same time. Neighbors we barely know stepped in and bought cookies from her. Some other people I could bet would support her didn’t come through yet

Thin mints and Peanut Butter Patties

yummie

A caveat: I live on a small barrier island so there is limited troop competition.

Our troop sells at the local businesses (grocery store and hardware store) and offers a drive through option where they come to your window, take you order and money, and come back with your cookies. There’s only a handful of girls in the troop due to island size and this seems more “equal opportunity” to everyone than soliciting from our small community base that is all intertwined.