Five ways for the Girl Scouts to sell more cookies

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2. Have celebrities sign the cookie boxes.

Honey Boo Boo -- and her mouthy, mud pit-diving mother -- pissed off all but one of their local Georgia Girl Scout troops this week when the trailer-park toddler autographed boxes of Girl Scout cookies and had momma sell them on the "annernet." They sold like dime bags of ditchweed in Georgia, and the favored troop got all the spoils while the other troops got jack and squat. And the kicker here was that Honey Boo Boo isn't even a Girl Scout. You gotta love redneck marketing schemes, so why not level it up and have other famous celebs sign boxes for sale? Chris Brown can sign a few, charge extra for the boxes he punched holes in, and some lucky troop will benefit.

1. Sell the f*cking cookies on the f*cking internet!!!!

Sell. The. Damn. Cookies. On. The. Internet. For the love of the new pope -- whoever he is -- just let the girls sell on the Internet" by the box, by the case, by the pallet, by the ton, with free shipping included. The Girl Scouts don't currently allow Internet sales because of some outdated notions about community, developing social skills and sweat-equity entrepreneurship, but they are completely depriving an entire market of fervent consumers who don't have the time or energy to track down a little cookie-peddler. If the organization really wants to help the kids learn useful skills that will last a lifetime, then teach them how to build cookie-selling websites, train them to hack into other troops' sites for corner-the-market sabotage, and give those industrious little tikes some real-real life skills they can use to get ahead.




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K. Lyn Baker
K. Lyn Baker

They all do. I always buy cookies because I was absolute crap at selling them.

thespot84
thespot84

one word. Square. Take credit cards for god's sake.

foodcrazy
foodcrazy topcommenter

@thespot84 

Unless you pay your entire credit card balance at the end of the month in which you charged the boxes of cookies, you'll end up spending more than the $3.50 per box you're wasting.

thespot84
thespot84

@foodcrazy @thespot84 oh you're saying that girl scout cookies are a waste of a purchase? and to pay interest on them would be even more of a waste? I was surprised to see so much girl-scout cookie hate on here but when I took at look at who all was dishing it out I'm less than surprised....

thespot84
thespot84

@foodcrazy @thespot84 where do you get $3.50 per box figure? (and yes, I do pay my entire balance, that's how you maintain good credit)

foodcrazy
foodcrazy topcommenter

@thespot84 @foodcrazy

Each Girl Scout council determines the price of the cookies for their council. For the 2013 cookie sale, some councils have set their price at $3.50 per box and some councils have set their price at $4.00 per box. Other councils may have set a different price.  According to the Girl Scouts Council of Colorado website, the price here is $3.50 per box. Not all credit card holders pay their balances in full each month. I plain don’t use credit cards. Debit cards are the way for me to go.

tropicalchrome1
tropicalchrome1 like.author.displayName 1 Like

If they want to sell more cookies? They could make them taste better. If they cut the chocolate coating in the Thin Mints with any more wax, they're going to change from food to table illumination, just add a wick.

davebarnes
davebarnes topcommenter

Jenn,
Just go to My Brother's Bar.

Denver Dave
Denver Dave topcommenter like.author.displayName 1 Like

Is it just me or are the boxes shrinking every year?  For $3.50 you really are just making a donation because your certainly aren't getting much bang for your cookie buck.

foodcrazy
foodcrazy topcommenter

Stop at the King Soopers in the shopping center at Colorado Blvd and Yale on a Saturday or Sunday.  Those little Girl Scout wenches won't leave ya alone.  I stopped buying their cookies a couple of years ago because they're just too expensive, which makes me wonder if seniors could afford them.

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