DawnM Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Our scout troop wants us to do another sales thing. I would rather cut out something from our budget and just pay for the darn event than "raise money" by selling crap. :glare: Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawana Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 We're not in anything that requires door to door selling...but yeah, I'd have a big problem with it. I think I'd just pay my portion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share Posted February 7, 2012 I don't mind standing in front of the grocery store at a table with boxes of popcorn. People can come to me if interested, or avoid me. But door to door sales? ICK! Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justasque Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Just tell them. Often you can ask how much they would have made if you had sold whatever-it-is, and give them that. If they want you to sell $100 worth of whatever, and they would make $25 from that sale, ask to give them the $25. There may be others who would prefer to do the same thing. Many groups I've been part of over the years have offered this as a standard option - sell the stuff or pay $X. It works well, generally speaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5LittleMonkeys Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Just tell them. Often you can ask how much they would have made if you had sold whatever-it-is, and give them that. If they want you to sell $100 worth of whatever, and they would make $25 from that sale, ask to give them the $25. There may be others who would prefer to do the same thing. Many groups I've been part of over the years have offered this as a standard option - sell the stuff or pay $X. It works well, generally speaking. :iagree: When dd9 was in GS (we are out now, Yah!) we opted out of the Fall Product sales every year. Whatever the troop would have made off of the "goal" set for each girl is what I wrote a check for to the troop. It was never more than 20.00. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 We sold Camp Fire candy every year my dds were members. And mostly it was door-to-door. ::heavy sigh:: But it was only once a year, so I put up with it. And I'm thankful that I don't have to do it any more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChandlerMom Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I was a consciencious objector from fundraising at my private high school. :D It just made me feel sick to ask people to buy over-priced goodies because they knew my parents or were my neighbors. I felt like it was abusing the relationship. I don't think I could have my kids in a group that required doing it -- I guess I still don't feel any more comfortable about the idea than I did as a kid. :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azalea Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I absolutely hate door to door selling and refuse to participate if there is any way I can get out it. I hope that some day this will fall under child labor laws and we can stop using children in this fashion. Well a Mom can dream... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappyhappymama Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 No, you are not the only one! We moved this fall and WHOOPS didn't re-enroll in cub scouts until after popcorn sales. Fortunately this troop does a lot of tables at the door of Walmart type sales, which I don't hate as much. But door to door sales are wretched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Our scout troop wants us to do another sales thing. I would rather cut out something from our budget and just pay for the darn event than "raise money" by selling crap. :glare: Dawn yep. And that is what we usually do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelbe5 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 This is what I really disliked about Girl Scouts. We never did door to door but set up outside stores (in the cold of February/March). But we also had to find a place where the cookies for all the local troops could be delivered (for free) and divide up all those boxes (free labor) all to make 75 cents on a 4 dollar box of cookies which were not that good. The local paid GS staff had a very posh office building and the Worldwide GS headquarters is on 5th Avenue in New York. THAT is where profits are going and I did not care for that. :glare: I miss the girls and the fun we had but not the fundraising! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandra Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 (edited) :iagree::iagree::iagree::iagree::iagree: I am so not an extroverted selling person. BSA popcorn, GSUSA cookies -- just makes my heart sink to think of them. Edited February 7, 2012 by Alessandra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I always "buy out" so my kids don't have to do the selling. The stuff they sell is always useless stuff and the amount the group makes on the items is so minimal as to be ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 sales are one HUGE reason that we don't do girl scouts. I refuse. And this is one reason that I am SO glad that I homeschool. I can opt out of fundraisers if I don't want to participate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cassiemc Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 My daughter is a GS. I would rather not sell cookies, but she LOVES it. I figure if she wants to knock on every door in our neighborhood than I will walk with her. That's exactly what we did this year. She had a blast and we got to know a lot of our neighbors :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 We're lucky I guess that our Troop only has us only do the Popcorn fundraising and we have $5 dues per month. Ds actually loved the door-to-door sales and was really good at it. I like it as it made them work for it, not just see how much mom and dad could sale to their friends. However, once a year is enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 We are not in anything that requires door to door selling and if we were, I know we wouldn't do it. I despise it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Our scout troop wants us to do another sales thing. I would rather cut out something from our budget and just pay for the darn event than "raise money" by selling crap. :glare: Dawn :iagree: I refuse to go door to door with the popcorn. I will stand at the show and sells for hours rather than go door to door. But I would much rather pay for the ding-dang events that sell overpriced, chemical-tasting popcorn that doesn't even look like popcorn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkacademy Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I hate selling stuff too. My kids don't do any of that stuff anymore. Girl Scout drop outs and the boys never got to do scouts because of it. It is stupid and way over priced and to be truthful I HATE walking into walmart and seeing kids selling stuff. "No I don't want your $4 box of cookies, I can walk in the store and buy twice the amount for less". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I hate door to door selling and all fund raising. I used to just buy everything myself, even when we didn't like the product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChandlerMom Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I hate door to door selling and all fund raising. I used to just buy everything myself, even when we didn't like the product. For me that's part of the ICK factor: the organization KNOWS most product is bought by the immediate families. If you're going to do that (and so little $$ ends up at the club level) why not just have dues? It just seems dishonest or creepy by the larger organization to push for child labor at best, manipulating relationships at worst...eeewwww. I avoid shopping at stores with those kids at tables out front. :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiana Daniels Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 We only sell to family/friends, and on a very limited basis. Thankfully we don't get door-to-door here, living in the ghetto and whatnot :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I was a consciencious objector from fundraising at my private high school. :D It just made me feel sick to ask people to buy over-priced goodies because they knew my parents or were my neighbors. I felt like it was abusing the relationship. I'm so glad the private school my ds's attend don't do lots of fundraisers. They try to do one major campaign each year, but it does not require the kids to do any of the fundraising nor does it employ the door-to-door tactic. It pretty much just relies on families to participate--or not, there's no pressure. In fact, this year they decided to skip the fundraising and just ask for donations. They're trying to raise money to purchase property for the school. My neighbor hit me up a couple years ago to buy stuff for her school fundraiser. I turned her down (I know, I'm a meanie) and she hasn't asked since. If she'd gotten dh, though, he's a pushover and will buy anything if a kid asks him to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetMissMagnolia Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 :iagree: hate it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rain Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I don't think I could have my kids in a group that required doing it -- I guess I still don't feel any more comfortable about the idea than I did as a kid. :p :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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