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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 404318" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>When Jess was in 4th grade the PTA got a bunch of these things and decided to do their own version as a fundraiser. Instead of buying a book with all the kids' work or whatever, your child drew a picture - the recommendation was that they draw a picture of themselves but some did other things - and then you got to pick what you wanted to buy with the picture htey drew on it. The cheapest item was a ceramic tile 4" by 4", unglazed, for $12. When you got it you realized that the picture was going to rub off if you didn't find some way to get it glazed. Our local community art studio was kind enough to fire them with glaze for $2. You could buy a glazed tile for $18 from the company. These were both advertized as trivets but the backs were very rough, some were even sharp enough to cut fingers, and they didn't even bother to glue felt on them. We let Jess get a cd holder for $16 because she really watned it. They tried to get you to buy cards (8 for $20, blank inside, $24 for various occasions) and other things so the kids could "share" their artwork with grandparents and friends. </p><p> </p><p>While this technically wasn't exactly a scam, the parents and kids sure felt like it was one. Esp as they were supposed to be able to order a book with a picture of each child's artwork and only about 1/3 of the art was in it. The company didn't tell anyone, even in the fine print, that if no items were purchased then the pics wouldn't be in the book - which was sold as a "class memory" that would be "great" for the kids and for their teachers. LOTS of kids couldn't buy anything but contributed $2-$3 to get the book for the teacher ($around 50 per copy) and then found that their art wasn't in it!</p><p> </p><p>I hate scams in general, but scams that take advantage of kids really make me angry.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 404318, member: 1233"] When Jess was in 4th grade the PTA got a bunch of these things and decided to do their own version as a fundraiser. Instead of buying a book with all the kids' work or whatever, your child drew a picture - the recommendation was that they draw a picture of themselves but some did other things - and then you got to pick what you wanted to buy with the picture htey drew on it. The cheapest item was a ceramic tile 4" by 4", unglazed, for $12. When you got it you realized that the picture was going to rub off if you didn't find some way to get it glazed. Our local community art studio was kind enough to fire them with glaze for $2. You could buy a glazed tile for $18 from the company. These were both advertized as trivets but the backs were very rough, some were even sharp enough to cut fingers, and they didn't even bother to glue felt on them. We let Jess get a cd holder for $16 because she really watned it. They tried to get you to buy cards (8 for $20, blank inside, $24 for various occasions) and other things so the kids could "share" their artwork with grandparents and friends. While this technically wasn't exactly a scam, the parents and kids sure felt like it was one. Esp as they were supposed to be able to order a book with a picture of each child's artwork and only about 1/3 of the art was in it. The company didn't tell anyone, even in the fine print, that if no items were purchased then the pics wouldn't be in the book - which was sold as a "class memory" that would be "great" for the kids and for their teachers. LOTS of kids couldn't buy anything but contributed $2-$3 to get the book for the teacher ($around 50 per copy) and then found that their art wasn't in it! I hate scams in general, but scams that take advantage of kids really make me angry. [/QUOTE]
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