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<blockquote data-quote="Andy" data-source="post: 199347" data-attributes="member: 5096"><p>Stupid computer - just stole my huge long response and sent it into cyber space never to be seen again! GRRRR</p><p> </p><p>That means you probably get a shorter version. LOL!</p><p> </p><p>Schools and organizations do promote safe selling - go in pairs, with an adult, no going into a house, no after dark selling. However, what the families do are beyond the school's control. Sometimes kids will even sell without their parent's knowing they have something.</p><p> </p><p>I made the mistake of purchasing from a kid one year just to find out that the neighbor kids were waiting until their parents came home to start. The kids I bought from got off the bus and started selling. They were not even from our neighborhood and purposely came to "steal" the neighbor's sales.</p><p> </p><p>So, I make sure I know who and what I am purchasing for. If I believe a neighbor kid may be involved in the sales, I will decline the big expensive products (like $15 coupon books - can only afford one of those).</p><p> </p><p>I no longer respect "Top Seller" competitions. They are not based on each kid's sales but on the family sales. One year my easy child sold 150 boxes of cookies - every single box she made the sale. The girl who won only sold 75 boxes directly and her mom sent the order blank to a relative in another town. The relative gathered the sales and the mom did all the work in delivering, ect. The relative sold 100 boxes so the girl got the credit for 175 boxes. I didn't think that was fair to my daughter to not get recognition for the work she put into it.</p><p> </p><p>I also will not have my kids belong to anything that has a mandatory sales policy. Either sell $40 worth of merchandise in our fundraiser or donate $40. We do not join anything to sell anything. (Well, my difficult child does love selling anything and loves to earn the prizes involved in the different levels of sales).</p><p> </p><p>Those catalog sales are great to look through when you can actualy sit and enjoy looking through them but are cruel to have to do so on the doorstep while the poor kids uncomfortably stands watching you. Door to door sales need to be short and sweet.</p><p> </p><p>And a word of advise to all from someone who has been on the selling end for a long time - If at all possible, please pay for the product when you choose it. It makes deliveries so much faster when almost everyone has paid - you don't have to wait until the funds are found and for some people, you can leave the product with whoever is home or at the home if you have advanced permission. But of course, I have no trouble with you waiting for the product to be delivered - especially if you don't know the seller and feel more comfortable waiting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy, post: 199347, member: 5096"] Stupid computer - just stole my huge long response and sent it into cyber space never to be seen again! GRRRR That means you probably get a shorter version. LOL! Schools and organizations do promote safe selling - go in pairs, with an adult, no going into a house, no after dark selling. However, what the families do are beyond the school's control. Sometimes kids will even sell without their parent's knowing they have something. I made the mistake of purchasing from a kid one year just to find out that the neighbor kids were waiting until their parents came home to start. The kids I bought from got off the bus and started selling. They were not even from our neighborhood and purposely came to "steal" the neighbor's sales. So, I make sure I know who and what I am purchasing for. If I believe a neighbor kid may be involved in the sales, I will decline the big expensive products (like $15 coupon books - can only afford one of those). I no longer respect "Top Seller" competitions. They are not based on each kid's sales but on the family sales. One year my easy child sold 150 boxes of cookies - every single box she made the sale. The girl who won only sold 75 boxes directly and her mom sent the order blank to a relative in another town. The relative gathered the sales and the mom did all the work in delivering, ect. The relative sold 100 boxes so the girl got the credit for 175 boxes. I didn't think that was fair to my daughter to not get recognition for the work she put into it. I also will not have my kids belong to anything that has a mandatory sales policy. Either sell $40 worth of merchandise in our fundraiser or donate $40. We do not join anything to sell anything. (Well, my difficult child does love selling anything and loves to earn the prizes involved in the different levels of sales). Those catalog sales are great to look through when you can actualy sit and enjoy looking through them but are cruel to have to do so on the doorstep while the poor kids uncomfortably stands watching you. Door to door sales need to be short and sweet. And a word of advise to all from someone who has been on the selling end for a long time - If at all possible, please pay for the product when you choose it. It makes deliveries so much faster when almost everyone has paid - you don't have to wait until the funds are found and for some people, you can leave the product with whoever is home or at the home if you have advanced permission. But of course, I have no trouble with you waiting for the product to be delivered - especially if you don't know the seller and feel more comfortable waiting. [/QUOTE]
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