Used Car Salesmen Can Learn From Detroit Teen

Every year, Girl Scouts try to sell Girl Scout Cookies in an effort to raise money for their troops. The cost of each box of cookies varies depending on the buyer’s geographic location from $2.50 to $4.00 per box. This year, Jennifer Sharpe, a 15-year-old Girl Scout in Dearborn, Michigan set the unofficial record of sales this year with 17,328 boxes of cookies. How did you she do it? She setup a stand on the street corner and sold cookies every day with the help of her mother, Pam Sharpe, who is also the troop leader.

Approximately 70% of the proceeds from each sale stay with the local Girl Scout council, which in turn provide a portion of the proceeds to the troop that sold the cookies. This year, Sharpe’s troop raised approximately $21,000 from all of the troop’s cookie sales/. With the proceeds, the troop is going on a 10-day trip to Europe. Who knew selling girl scout cookies was so profitable? Maybe she will be the next best selling author?

My question is, where do they sell girl scout cookies for only $2.50? I could imagine someone buying quite a few boxes and then selling it on e-bay to a person in the $4.00 location. Just how bad is the economy?