What a shame! I had no idea what was going on behind-the-scenes of the girl scout cookie business. Everyone is out to make a buck these days and it doesn't matter who they step on in the process. Guess I'll be buying less as well.
If you seem to be tearing through those Girl Scout Thin Mints a little faster this year, it isn't you. Really, it isn't. Fewer cookies were packaged into Thin Mints, Do-si-dos and Tagalongs boxes this year and the Lemon Chalet Crème cookies were resized to compensate for the rising cost of baking staples Back in the day, my wife n I helped our daughter sell these cookies, the box cost $2.25 and we would get 35 cents in return. we also still support but buy fewer boxes.
Agree...the quality has sure gone done. If baylee is correct, it is indeed a rip-off. The parents and children spend a lot of their time and money to only get 25 cents in return. I also supported my grandchildren with another school fundraiser..."Great American Online www.gaschoolstore.com" when you look it up in the Internet, it seems all items you can get from the dollar store, but, they charge up to 75% more and then they charge outrageous shipping costs. I will still support them but not buy as many boxes..
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What a shame! I had no idea what was going on behind-the-scenes of the girl scout cookie business. Everyone is out to make a buck these days and it doesn't matter who they step on in the process. Guess I'll be buying less as well.
January 13, 2011 at 8:38 a.m.If you seem to be tearing through those Girl Scout Thin Mints a little faster this year, it isn't you.
January 13, 2011 at 6:19 a.m.Really, it isn't.
Fewer cookies were packaged into Thin Mints, Do-si-dos and Tagalongs boxes this year and the Lemon Chalet Crème cookies were resized to compensate for the rising cost of baking staples
Back in the day, my wife n I helped our daughter sell these cookies, the box cost $2.25 and we would get 35 cents in return.
we also still support but buy fewer boxes.
Agree...the quality has sure gone done. If baylee is correct, it is indeed a rip-off. The parents and children spend a lot of their time and money to only get 25 cents in return.
January 12, 2011 at 11:27 p.m.I also supported my grandchildren with another school fundraiser..."Great American Online www.gaschoolstore.com" when you look it up in the Internet, it seems all items you can get from the dollar store, but, they charge up to 75% more and then they charge outrageous shipping costs.
I will still support them but not buy as many boxes..
im not sure im going to buy as many as i usualy do since i have seen these comments. hope the thin mints still taste the same. love those things
January 12, 2011 at 2:47 p.m.They have changed several of the cookies, and not for the better. The peanut butter are yucky now. And the cookies are smaller.
January 12, 2011 at 2:18 p.m.'0' some company is using the girl scouts to make lots of money this is a really big business look it up. they get 25 cents a box.
January 12, 2011 at 1:36 p.m.You should have had a option of "0"
January 12, 2011 at 12:40 a.m.