What happened to candy and magazines?!

Ghoulish Delight · 09-14-2005, 01:48 PM

I feel sorry for kids today.

We used to have candy drives. And when we weren't having candy drives, we were having magazine drives. And our schools made BANK. One year, our very motivated first grade class sold several thousand dollars worth of candy alone. Once class! It was awesome. The candy was affordable, the magazines were actually heavily discounted. Everyone in the neighborhood loved candy/magazine drives.

But now, at least in OC, it's all about those terrible holiday catalogs. 15 ugly wrapping papers, sappy christmas ornaments, 3 kinds of unapatizing candy, and way too many cookie mixes. And all for horribly inflated prices. Useless.

One parent here at work has had his kid's catalog sitting in a common space at work for several weeks now. There are two orders on the sheet. 500 employees, two orders. Who the hell is going to pay $10 for enough wrapping paper to wrap a gift and a half?

And just to make things worse, today a second, identical catalog has appeared next to it. I'll feel real sorry for the first guy if this one starts getting orders, but somehow I doubt it.

Reader's Digest, where are you?!?!

Morrigoon · 09-14-2005, 01:54 PM

They'd make a lot more money if the school just bought the candy themselves and had the kids sell it at a markup. Better candy, too.

scaeagles · 09-14-2005, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

And when we weren't having candy drives, we were having magazine drives.
Reader's Digest, where are you?!?!

It just so happens that my kids are right now selling magazines as a fundraiser. Anyone wanna buy some?????

Tito's Kitten · 09-14-2005, 02:04 PM

Damn I have got to be quicker!! I am selling magazines too!! No one I know will buy them and the people at my son's dad work are cheap so I am totally screwed. I now feel obligated to buy 2 subscriptions myself.....

scaeagles · 09-14-2005, 02:13 PM

I got first dibs, tito!

Take your business elsewhere.

Crystal · 09-14-2005, 02:24 PM

Our daughter is selling magazines subs. right now too! She only needs to sell 12 to win a trip to lunch in a Hummer Limo. She's jazzed!

Ghoulish Delight · 09-14-2005, 02:26 PM

Ugh. So it IS just Orange County. Stupid Orange County.

Prudence · 09-14-2005, 03:05 PM

My parents wouldn't let us sell things when we were in school. Something about no kids of theirs going door-to-door like beggars, bothering the neighbors. Whenever this came up, they just wrote the school a big fat check and called it a day.

What still bugs me is that the money my parents gave was outright gain for the school. And if you sorted out how many subscriptions/candy bars it was equal to, we'd have been top sellers. But it didn't count worth a hoot because we weren't "team players."

I am still against schools pimping out their kids like this. I hate that they make it a damn competition. How much money do they waste on "prizes"? And goodness knows what school needs is more ways to ostracize groups of people. And everyone knew the rich kids' parents just took the forms into work and the kids didn't "do" anything.

Now, I do consider student organizations to be a separate case. If student groups (band, choir, lacrosse team, underwater basket weavers) want to hold fundraisers for group specific items (send us to band camp, national underwater basket weaving convention, to the moon, Alice), I'm all for that.

I don't mind groups of people deciding they have a fundraising goal and pursuing it. I *do* mind public schools informing students that they are expected to sell a certain number of whatever or they get punished. I get detention because your levy failed? Wow. Yay public schools.

(and I'm going to quit now before this turns into a full-on "what's wrong with public schools" rant.)

Cadaverous Pallor · 09-14-2005, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Prudence

I *do* mind public schools informing students that they are expected to sell a certain number of whatever or they get punished. I get detention because your levy failed?

Huh? I've never heard of being punished because you didn't sell anything.

I'm bummed that my old high school has moved from World's Finest to See's. Yeah, they're better bars, but at $1.50 a pop they're a bit too pricey. World's Finest wasn't a super deal at $1.00 but it was more affordable. And I just loved the cardboard box smell that affected how the candy tasted.

I just bought a bunch from my youngest brother so I'm absolved of donation duties for the time being. Oh, and I don't read magazines

scaeagles · 09-14-2005, 03:20 PM

My kids go to private school. It is not a required activity to participate in the fund raisers, but everyone knows that the more money that is raised through fund raisers the less the tuition increases the following year.

The company the school goes through actually has a website with a school code. So they just go on the web, fill it out with the appropriate school code and student you are "buying from", and the school is notified. Makes it much easier.

09-14-2005, 01:48 PM	#1
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	What happened to candy and magazines?! I feel sorry for kids today. We used to have candy drives. And when we weren't having candy drives, we were having magazine drives. And our schools made BANK. One year, our very motivated first grade class sold several thousand dollars worth of candy alone. Once class! It was awesome. The candy was affordable, the magazines were actually heavily discounted. Everyone in the neighborhood loved candy/magazine drives. But now, at least in OC, it's all about those terrible holiday catalogs. 15 ugly wrapping papers, sappy christmas ornaments, 3 kinds of unapatizing candy, and way too many cookie mixes. And all for horribly inflated prices. Useless. One parent here at work has had his kid's catalog sitting in a common space at work for several weeks now. There are two orders on the sheet. 500 employees, two orders. Who the hell is going to pay $10 for enough wrapping paper to wrap a gift and a half? And just to make things worse, today a second, identical catalog has appeared next to it. I'll feel real sorry for the first guy if this one starts getting orders, but somehow I doubt it. Reader's Digest, where are you?!?! __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	They'd make a lot more money if the school just bought the candy themselves and had the kids sell it at a markup. Better candy, too. __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge
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Tito's Kitten Still in love with Ben Gibbard Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: where soul meets body Posts: 180	Damn I have got to be quicker!! I am selling magazines too!! No one I know will buy them and the people at my son's dad work are cheap so I am totally screwed. I now feel obligated to buy 2 subscriptions myself..... __________________ Who the hell needs a damn signature anyway?
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Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Ugh. So it IS just Orange County. Stupid Orange County. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	My parents wouldn't let us sell things when we were in school. Something about no kids of theirs going door-to-door like beggars, bothering the neighbors. Whenever this came up, they just wrote the school a big fat check and called it a day. What still bugs me is that the money my parents gave was outright gain for the school. And if you sorted out how many subscriptions/candy bars it was equal to, we'd have been top sellers. But it didn't count worth a hoot because we weren't "team players." I am still against schools pimping out their kids like this. I hate that they make it a damn competition. How much money do they waste on "prizes"? And goodness knows what school needs is more ways to ostracize groups of people. And everyone knew the rich kids' parents just took the forms into work and the kids didn't "do" anything. Now, I do consider student organizations to be a separate case. If student groups (band, choir, lacrosse team, underwater basket weavers) want to hold fundraisers for group specific items (send us to band camp, national underwater basket weaving convention, to the moon, Alice), I'm all for that. I don't mind groups of people deciding they have a fundraising goal and pursuing it. I do mind public schools informing students that they are expected to sell a certain number of whatever or they get punished. I get detention because your levy failed? Wow. Yay public schools. (and I'm going to quit now before this turns into a full-on "what's wrong with public schools" rant.) __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	My kids go to private school. It is not a required activity to participate in the fund raisers, but everyone knows that the more money that is raised through fund raisers the less the tuition increases the following year. The company the school goes through actually has a website with a school code. So they just go on the web, fill it out with the appropriate school code and student you are "buying from", and the school is notified. Makes it much easier.
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