Girl Scout Cookie Sales Are Down, And Some Jerk Is Paying With Fake Money

By March 2, 2009

Delicious though they may be, Girl Scout Cookies are not recession-proof. Sales are down by as much as half according to one troop leader.

“The Girl Scouts are not immune to the economy,” said Sharon Bellinger, spokeswoman for the Girl Scouts of Connecticut.

As if that weren’t enough to deal with, some jerk in Washington state is buying Girl Scout cookies with fake $20 bills. One troop is out $100.

“I went to the bank, right inside Safeway, and she told me two of the $20s were fake,” said Gettings.

Gettings quickly left, returning with a counterfeit detecting pen. Its mark shows yellow on real U.S. currency, but the mark turns black on fake money. She discovered an additional $60 in fake bills.

That brought the total to $100 Troop 40411 may make up themselves. Two of the bills even had the same serial number. Troop 40411 isn’t alone; others around Bremerton invested in the pen.

“Another troop has come to buy them because they noticed they were getting fake money,” said Gettings. She said they’re being told to stop accepting $20 bills unless they use the pen.

So evil!

Fake money used to buy Girl Scout cookies [MSNBC]
This is How the Cookie Crumbles [MSNBC]
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  1. grumpygirl says:
    March 3, 2009 at 6:45 am

    I’d love to buy cookies from the Girl Scouts again. Alas, there are no cookies available for people with celiac disease, so they don’t get my money. Bummer for them.

  2. biikman says:
    March 3, 2009 at 12:44 pm

    Obn a positive note, they jerks were caught (my apologies if this was already posted, and I missed it)

    [apnews.myway.com]

  3. battra92 says:
    March 3, 2009 at 1:18 pm

    There was a great Dilbert strip about GS cookies where they basically said that most sales of the Trans Fat laden cookies are based on guilt and the working of the parents/leaders.

    We have a woman at work who sells dozens of the boxes of cookies for her daughter’s troop. Wow, way to earn that badge kid. But then, isn’t that all that GS are for is to sell cookies?

    Anyway, skip making funny money to give to kids trying to guilt you and just make you own.

    [bakingbites.com]

  4. atomoverride says:
    March 3, 2009 at 8:14 pm

    The bad guys are just going to start using 10$ fako bills. Man this depression is hurting everyone. Whats next donations to salvation army with fako money?

  5. irish_stickman says:
    March 3, 2009 at 10:01 pm

    i know its bad but i find it quite amusing, reminds me of when i used to work in a bingo hall, yes old people do steal and try forge tickets

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