Jo Anne B.

From my most recent experiences the selling of GS cookies have come to be the parents chore, send out a mass email, take the orders and do the delivery. I don't think the cookies are as good, boxes are smaller and more expensive, I can buy better and cheaper cookies from Wal Mart. While I may not be supporting a cause, I don't think the cookies are all that good anymore. We have bought for the troops.
I was GS and was from the era of carrying the boxes door to door through snow and cold. I dreaded cookie time.

ManiacQuilter2

I would buy a couple of boxes from one of my neighbors but I hate to see them in front of a store. I just smile and tell them I am on a diet. Being overweight has one advantage!

Quilty-Louise

I ONLY buy them from my bosses daughters (he has 4 girls in GS).

But I don't buy them from anyone else, in front of the stores I just
tell them that I can't have them, and usually give them a few dollars
anyway.

rjwilder

We bought cookies from a young lady in our neighborhood for years. I was so glad to see her graduate and go off to college. I'd buy the cookies and give them away. In our county there is a new regulation, a solicitors permit is needed to go door to door, so we haven't seen anyone this year selling anything on our door step. Our local Wal-Mart received a lot of complaints about the aggressive sales pitch from GS and other groups they no longer allow them outside the store or in the parking lot. I like that I'm not approached when I enter or leave the store. HALLOWEEN Candy, yes we buy and give out the good stuff.....it's call "protection".

Wonnie

Training?????? What training????? Once you said you were willing to have a group you were ON YOUR OWN !!!

Wonnie

After spending $161.00 in the grocery we left through the only exit door only to find a group of girl scouts and their leader there asking us to buy cookies. When we said, ",No, thank you" one of the little girls came running after us saying, "We take credit cards!".

institches33

I agree that the troops don't make but a few cents on a box of cookies, but what I think is worse is the way some schools handle the sales.

I received an email from one of the students with a pdf catalog and her number (so she would get credit). I ordered, paid shipping, and the items were delivered to the house. The items were very high priced, high shipping and poor quality. I'll do it again because I know the girl, but I really appreciate when the parents cover the sales!

Chasing Hawk

How Cute!

quiltstringz

Well I love thin mints and will continue to buy them. The ones at the stores near me are very polite, not pushy so I really don't see any harm and I know that the organization does a lot of things. I will tell you that I have been impressed lately with who even the young girls are able to add up what you are getting and making change. They are a lot smarter than the young adults in the grocery stores - with out a register they can't make change and then have a hard time if you give them odd change after they entered the amount tendered

reginalovesfabric

I don't like the cookies they taste bad to me. Over the past few years some other company has taken it over and they are not the same. My brother bought me some of the lemon cookies and my granddaughter tasted one and spit it out. I hate not to support the girl scouts since I was one way back but they need to go back to the the original baker from 10 or so years ago and let them do the baking.