I always get the tagalongs...

I remember when you paid less and got more cookies! One of many reasons I don't buy too often. When I do, younger family members are happy I help out.

I wasn't allowed to be a girl scout when I was a kid. My dad was determined to help my oldest sister sell the most cookies in town, and then my mom was stuck on delivery duty

Thin Mints! I always wanted to buy a whole refrigerated truck full and then wait till it was way off of GS cookie season and sell them for $20 a box!!! I am sure people would buy them!!! It's my evil capitalist plan to exploit the Thin Mint addicts (like me) among us. The problem is, the cookies might not make it to mid year...and I would weigh 2000 pounds and have a reality show about me!

Dear "Debbie". It's not a racket, it's a fundraiser! Speaking as the mom of a prior GS who used the cookie money to pay for many trips and events, the profit the GS's make is not huge(per box), but in total it adds up and does a LOT of girls a LOT of good. The inner city and limited resource troops get the most benefit from those cookie sales and would not be able to do so many fun and educational things they do without them. Thus, Stormy, open up your purse, and forget "buying" a box of cookies. Just make a $4.25 cent donation to a very good cause in support of many young woman and enjoy your tasty little reward of 16 very yummy cookies!!! In fact, you can make much larger donations to most organizations and not even get one cookie!

I agree...but please, don't forget the benefit that the cookie money gives directly to supporting all those activities, like GS camp, for a lot of girls, some of whom might otherwise never get the chance to be there.

Then do what we do. Give the donation and check the box that let's the GS's donate the cookies to our servicemen. On overseas deployments, these are certainly very much appreciated by our troops...or so I have heard from a couple of them who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

You know, there are a few different companies that make them. I am wondering if it is your regional baker? Ours, for the Southern USA is routinely...awesome.

way too expensive, the cookies arent that great and you get so few. It is a shame what they have come to. I also read that the organization supports others that support abortion so im out. These little girl scouts work hard and get only a very small portion back from sales.

Thin mints...if only I could find someone who sells them.

Any girl scout troop selling cookies should have these.

Girl Scouts do NOT support Planned Parenthood or any other organization that supports abortion. This is a rumor that has been going around for a few years and always rears its ugly head at cookie time.

They do get a small portion but that is better than nothing and the skills that they gain are very important.

Exactly, we troop is able to pay for 20 girls to go to camp this summer with our cookie profits. Not bad when camp is over $200 per girl and we live in a town of about 3500.

You are NOT alone!!!