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mbot says Spock yeah!
08/03/09

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As if we needed any further evidence that Wal Mart has NO SHAME. Honestly, it makes you think their execs would start kicking puppies in the face if they thought it would increase their profit margins by a dime.

Although, if they start selling discount Samoas, my moral compass is going to be set seriously awhirl...
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tirso
08/03/09

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man, is Wal-Mart going to be pissed when Girl Scouts start selling assault rifles and cheap DVDs door to door.
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andromache
08/03/09

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when I was little, the cookies were absolutely delicious and incredibly easy to sell, especially at $2.50/box. Then some other company took over the baking, and by the time I grew out of the Scouts (high school) the cookies didn't taste the same. Then when I was in college, about 5 yrs ago, suddenly the cookies came in smaller quantities in much smaller boxes and they didn't taste nearly as good as they used to, plus they had become a higher price that definitely does not encourage buying in bulk. My family used to keep Thin Mints stocked in the freezer year round, as we bought like two dozen boxes at a time. But once they changed bakers and downsized on box size, and upped the price, we don't buy them anymore. I say, the Scouts should go back to the original recipes and take a leap of faith by lowering their prices a bit. I bet they'd sell a huge amount and people would regain their faith in the cookies.
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AthertonMerriweather
08/03/09

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I don't see what the big deal is. Grocery stores in my area sell knock-offs of every brand in the store. Also, many cookie companies already make cookies comparable to Thin Mints, etc...
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Mrs. Stephen Fry
08/04/09

@AthertonMerriweather: I'm with you. Keebler, anyone? They've been making "knock-offs" for years, according to this woman's theory. Blah.
Let's all rant and rave at Walmart! That's what we're supposed to do!
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laureltreedaphne
08/03/09

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So, we shouldn't be shopping at Wal-Mart to begin with, because they treat their employees horribly. But this really sucks. When you buy the cookies from an actual girl scout, you are teaching her self-confidence, and paying for things like field trips, art supplies, and even uniforms for girls who can't afford to pay for them themselves. When you buy them at Wal-Mart, you are paying for...some CEO's 12th Caribbean vacation. Ick.
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lalaland13
08/03/09

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I think Wal-Mart definitely does some douche things, but don't other cookie companies already have Tagalong knockoffs? And probably Thin Mints, too-I know I've had some yummy peanut butter and chocolate cookies from Keebler Elf or some such that tasted quite a bit like the Girl Scout stuff. I don't know if it's marketed as a knockoff, but damn, they're good.
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Atsumi
08/03/09

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Stay classy, WalMart.
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sybann
08/03/09

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I hate Walmart. I especially hate that I have to drive past Wallyworld to pay higher prices somewhere else if I want to shop responsibly. Makes me very pissed.
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dreamweave
08/03/09

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Jesus Christ, Wal-Mart. What's next, jars at checkout taking collections for Ronald McSchmonald House? Will you be selling Naul Pewman salad dressing with all proceeds going to...Wal-Mart? Have you NO shame?? Wait, don't answer that.
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battleaxonista...is a humorless bitch
03/11/09

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Yea because that's totally different from a well-off family buying all the damn cookies and or a well-connected person beating everyone in their office into buying multiple boxes. What bullshit, the girl had a great idea and should be rewarded for it.

I cannot count the number of college professors/administrators who are out whoring those damn cookies to the general populace. Not everyone has access to thousands of kids with the munchies and no one's bitching about them. *harrrumph*
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veronykah
03/11/09

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I hate that living in a big city I can NEVER find girl scouts. I went to the online thing and signed up for them to tell me where they are, but really I live in Hollywood...where all the Girl Scouts AT???

I need some Samoas.
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WantToTouchtheWahine
03/11/09

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Related: Are Keebler's Grasshopper cookies as good as Thin Mints?

Discuss.
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WantToTouchtheWahine
03/11/09

@WantToTouchtheWahine: And furthermore, is the reason they are not as good (duh) because they are available year-round and thus, not susceptible to our social suckerdom for "limited time only" products?
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wideeyedgradstudent
03/11/09

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dude. did anyone else immediately think about troop beverly hills after reading this post??

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veronykah
03/11/09

@wideeyedgradstudent: Omg me and my best friend in grade school LOVED this movie. I probably watched it 1000 times.

Shelley Long...love her.
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Phyllis Nefler
03/11/09

@wideeyedgradstudent: Yes, I am the best and I know this. Just check out that awesome bird perched on my shoulder pads. There's no question whether I (and my army of preteen 80's girls) could sell a shit-ton of cookies.
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SomeAuthorGirl
03/11/09

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I feel qualified to comment on this. I was a Girl Scout until college.

GSA needs to wake the fuck up. Reading the requirements for the "cyber" badge made me want to cry. Send an email? Hell, by the time I was in Seniors, had we had the technology, I could have gotten a badge in "sexting."

Related is that fundraising via 3rd party products is now accomplished online using an agent model for loads of schools and groups. For my offspring's school, they use a few different companies that have this available. You enter in the school/group's code, it generates an email that you can then customize, and *ta-da!* you send it out to your unsuspecting friends, relatives and colleagues to shill for your kid. Just like with the cookies but, you know, less effort for all parties.

Do the Girl Scouts not realize the unbelievable cookie revenues they could realize if they set this model up?

I understand why they think what Wild and her dad did was wrong. But this should be a huge wake up call for them; they can turn this into a good news scenario by effecting change instead of bitching.
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BreeDMN
03/11/09

@SomeAuthorGirl: I was a troop leader for two daughters and dreaded the cookie sale. "Why can't Daddy sell cookies at work? So and so's dad sold 1000 boxes that way". Turf wars in neighborhoods - "honey, we can't go around the block because that's so and so's area". Did you ever see the episode of Everybody Loves Raymond where he's fighting with the troop leader over a selling table? Truly hilarious. Online selling would make life so much easier and more successful for everyone.
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SomeAuthorGirl
03/11/09

@BreeDMN: I could not agree more. It would go a long way to promote supporting the troop as opposed to its degeneration into a whining contest about whose mom or dad sells more cookies. Because let's be honest here: the girls don't really sell the cookies.

I've been waiting my whole life to grow up, have a daughter, and start reforming the Girl Scouts from within. I feel like all this time spent running a company was mere preparation for running a forward-thinking troop. (I am joking. More or less.)

Hang on to your hats, GSA-bishes.
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Lymed
03/11/09

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In North Carolina, and every other state, there are families that can't afford cars so they can't drive their daughters to different neighborhoods to sell cookies. There are families where the parents work 2 or 3 jobs so they don't have the time to accompany their daughter as she goes around selling cookies, so their daughter can only go to the houses of people she knows.
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veronykah
03/11/09

@Lymed: I love the idea of parents driving their kids everywhere. At the risk of sounding "old", my parents never really drove me anywhere. I got to take the BUS to school, and when I got older the school was walking distance...3rd grade, yes I was walking there with my best friend. NO parents.

Said friend and I also went door to door selling girl scout cookies, no parents then either.

We really lived on the edge in MN.
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