Girl Scouts’ sold-out cookie is available on eBay. The Scouts are not pleased

I've done *** lot of crisis communication pieces and this is the first time that I've heard of something like this happening to one of our Girl Scouts. On sunday afternoon, *** man walked up to *** Girl Scout cookie stand outside of the safeway near the shady Grove Medical Center in Rockville and stole the troops cash box which contained more than $100. It is unfortunate that you know, *** situation like this has happened. Lidia Soto harmon is ceo of the Girl Scout council that covers the district and 25 counties across the D. M. V. We have 10 varieties of Girl Scout cookies. None of them are being sold by these amazing Girl scouts that use the funds for from this sale to do everything from community service projects to they give cookies to first responders, they are able to fund their trips, Montgomery County police tell seven news. The suspect had been sitting on *** nearby bench for around 15 minutes before snagging the cash box from the two middle school aged Girl Scouts and their two adult chaperones the season the girls sell cookies is really january through March Soto harmon said, she's grateful, no one was injured. The words that you see here are the part of our, our motto, the way that we live, which is that we're carrying were responsible were fair were honest. These are all the attributes that we want our girls to learn and and hopefully even in this incident we learn that you know, we need to be courageous, we need to be strong. We're not gonna let one incident stop us from, you know, pursuing the dreams that girls have.

The Raspberry Rally Girl Scouts cookie, a raspberry-flavored version of the beloved Thin Mint, was always supposed to be a limited edition item. Just not this limited.The new Girl Scouts cookie sold out in hours. Now, people desperate to try it can search eBay.The Girl Scouts would really rather you didn’t, though.In an email addressed to a New York chapter of the Girl Scouts, local leaders said that the “Raspberry Rally cookie sold out in less than a day.” The cookie “proved to be more popular than anticipated,” according to the letter, which was seen by CNN.Quickly, it ended up on the resale market. Raspberry Rally cookie packages are now listed on eBay, some for around $30 — well above the Girl Scouts’ price of about $5 or $6 per box.For over 100 years, Girl Scouts has sold cookies as a way to help members build their business skills and raise money for the group. But profits from the resale market don’t go to Girl Scouts, which said it was “disappointed” that the products are now available through other vendors.“When cookies are purchased through a third-party seller, Girl Scout troops are deprived of proceeds that fund critical programming throughout the year,” Girl Scouts told CNN in a statement. Plus, unauthorized sales can erode Girl Scouts’ good cookie name.“Girl Scouts of the USA, your local Girl Scout council, and our licensed cookie bakers cannot guarantee the freshness or integrity of cookies bought through unauthorized sites.” To buy cookies from Girl Scouts directly, customers should use the Cooke Finder on the Scouts’ website, Girl Scouts said.The Scouts may be disappointed, but eBay has no plans to pull the listings.“We strongly support the entrepreneurial spirit of hardworking local Girl Scout troops and encourage cookie-seekers to also support their local Girl Scouts,” eBay said in a statement to CNN. “However the sale of Girl Scout cookies does not violate eBay policies.”The Girl Scouts first introduced the coveted Raspberry Rally over the summer, months ahead of the January to April cookie season. At the time, the group explained that the Rally would only be available for purchase online for direct shipment to customers — a first for the organization. The online-only sales strategy is a new way to teach entrepreneurship, the group said.

NEW YORK —

The Girl Scouts cookie, a raspberry-flavored version of the beloved Thin Mint, was always supposed to be a limited edition item. Just not this limited.

The sold out in hours. Now, people desperate to try it can search eBay.

The Girl Scouts would really rather you didn’t, though.

In an email addressed to a New York chapter of the Girl Scouts, local leaders said that the “Raspberry Rally cookie sold out in less than a day.” The cookie “proved to be more popular than anticipated,” according to the letter, which was seen by CNN.

Quickly, it ended up on the resale market. Raspberry Rally cookie packages are now listed on eBay, some for around $30 — well above the Girl Scouts’ price of about $5 or $6 per box.

For over 100 years, Girl Scouts has sold cookies as a way to help members build their business skills and raise money for the group. But profits from the resale market don’t go to Girl Scouts, which said it was “disappointed” that the products are now available through other vendors.

“When cookies are purchased through a third-party seller, Girl Scout troops are deprived of proceeds that fund critical programming throughout the year,” Girl Scouts told CNN in a statement. Plus, unauthorized sales can erode Girl Scouts’ good cookie name.

“Girl Scouts of the USA, your local Girl Scout council, and our licensed cookie bakers cannot guarantee the freshness or integrity of cookies bought through unauthorized sites.” To buy cookies from Girl Scouts directly, customers should use the Cooke Finder on the Scouts’ website, Girl Scouts said.

The Scouts may be disappointed, but eBay has no plans to pull the listings.

“We strongly support the entrepreneurial spirit of hardworking local Girl Scout troops and encourage cookie-seekers to also support their local Girl Scouts,” eBay said in a statement to CNN. “However the sale of Girl Scout cookies does not violate eBay policies.”

The Girl Scouts first introduced the coveted Raspberry Rally over the summer, months ahead of the January to April cookie season. At the time, the group explained that the Rally would only be available for purchase online for direct shipment to customers — a first for the organization. The online-only sales strategy is a new way to teach entrepreneurship, the group said.

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