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Winter, spring, summertime, and fall are nice, but for many, Girl Scout cookie season is the best season of all. But there’s an important question: where do you buy your cookies ?
If you’re got a tendency for Tagalongs or you can’t help savoring Samoas, listen up, we’ve got some good and bad news: Girl Scout cookies are now available on Amazon.
This is not a drill, but there is a catch.
The good news, of course, is you can now online shop for Girl Scout cookies at your vacation, in majority, without having any actual connection to a Girl Scout or going out of your lane to try to find cookie tables outside of grocery stores.
But wait! A press representative with the Girl Scouts of the USA informed us of the negatives, and there are some major negatives: “We caution against acquisitions of Girl Scout Cookies acquired for sale online at auction and via community list websites, such as eBay and Amazon, because GSUSA, your local Girl Scout council, and our licensed cookie bakers cannot guarantee the freshness or soundnes of these cookies. In many instances, these cookies are actually expired.”
Those cookies sold online is not possible to the real bargain, and furthermore they could even be stale. Not so Toffee-tastic, huh?
This is tempting but think twice…
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If that tidbit of information didn’t induce you reconsider buying the cookies on Amazon, what about the thought of sad little Girl Scouts put out of business?
“Further, ” the rep explained, “purchasing cookies in this way does not assistance Girl Scouts participating in the cookie program … Its important to be noted that, when you buy cookies from a Girl Scout, you are doing so much more than scoring a box of treatsyou are investing in her future, and the future leadership of our country. And it doesnt stop thereGirl Scouts take their cookie proceeds and use them to make their communities better places for everyone.”
Think about it: Girl Scouts enjoy selling these cookies. They earn badges and gain important experience and life skillslike goal setting, decision making, money management, people skills, and business ethics. You’re just going to take all of that away because it’s easier purchasing the cookies online?
Not to mention, the cookies sold on Amazon are more expensivearound $10 per boxso it’s genuinely a lose-lose.
“Buying the cookies through Amazon is dedicating people access to cookies without access to Girl Scouts, which undercuts the programmatic part, ” a spokesperson for the Girl Scouts of the USA told New York Magazine .
Is convenience really worth sacrificing the beloved taste, freshness, and authenticity of your favorite treats and upsetting the entrepreneurial spirits of young Girl Scouts? Do-si- don’t think so .
And hey, if you merely sit tight and “ve been waiting for” Girl Scout cookie season to come around, you’ll probably realize the treats much more. Or, according to the Girl Scouts of the USA, “visit www.girlscoutcookies.org to discovery Girl Scouts selling cookies at booth sales near them.”
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