When Girl Scout Cookie Sellers Do It e-Bay

Jen Chaney — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:02:00 GMT

First Girl Scout cookies decided to get all health conscious on us, as Kelly told us last week. Now comes even more disturbing news: Some people are now selling Samoas, Trefoils and Thin Mints on e-Bay.

The Poop, the San Francisco Chronicle's baby blog, pointed out that several individuals are pushing Girl Scout cookies on the popular Internet auction site. Of course, the young members of this organization are not allowed to hawk their sugary wares online. Anyone who does so is clearly breaking the rules. But I take less issue with that than I do with adults re-selling the cookies themselves, which apparently is not unheard of.

Take a look at this posting. This guy wants $10.50 for three boxes of Tagalongs. Here is his justification for selling them: "These cookies are cookies that I purchased myself to help out the Girl Scouts. So this is my personal property. Since I cannot eat all myself I do sell all the extras I can. So this is not against any rules the Girl Scouts have in place for there [sic] girls not allowed to sell on the Internet."

No. 1: Look at the guy's profile. He also is trying to sell boxes of Do-Si-Dos, Samoas, Thin Mints, Cinna-Spins and Lemonades. Dude, buy fewer cookies. Obviously you can't eat this many by yourself unless you're trying to gain weight for an important role in a Martin Scorsese movie. There is no reason to buy this many boxes and sell the extras on e-Bay unless your MO from the beginning is to make a little cash off the Girl Scouts.

No. 2: Actually, this is against an important rule the Girl Scouts have in place. I refer to their Web site, where it explictly states: "Only Brownie and Junior Girl Scouts and Girl Scouts 11-17 may sell Girl Scout cookies." Call me crazy, but I have a sneaking suspicion this guy is not in the Brownies.

No. 3: If you genuinely overbought and just want to get back the money you spent, then sell them to a friend for the same amount you paid. No one auctions anything unless they are hoping to score at least a little more than the asking price.

I mean, what's next? Ttrick-or-treating for Unicef via Friendster? Selling Boy Scout merit badges on Craig's List?

What a world. I tell you, it's enough to make me eat three whole boxes of Do-Si-Dos. If only I knew where to buy them...

Photo Credit: Girl Scouts of America Via The Boston Herald

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