Was I Duped...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

I live in a nice neighborhood...

About two months ago some kids came buy selling flavored pop corn...


You had to pay and then they would oder the pop corn... They had a form for you to fill out. which I did and gave them $7.00 or $10.00... I can't remember now...


Two months later and no pop corn....

[Evergreen Emerald]

1. Let me guess...

....they will grow up to run the Republican party?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. At Least I Get My Entertainment Book I Purchased The Same Way

nt

[BoX o BooX]

2. You paid up front?

Bad idea. We live and learn.

[theorist]

3. A couple questions.

Did they tell you when to expect the pop corn? Did any other kids come by around the time they did (possibly selling other things)?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. I Have To Volunteer This...

I live in a gated neighborhood so the kids most likely were neighborhood kids...


My hunch is they weren't doing very well and gave up on the enterprise...

[theorist]

13. I see.

I was worried that this was part of those illegal rings that get runaways to go door-to-door selling fake goods. They always ask for cash and end up getting some pittance of 2% of their "earnings" from the ringleaders. I heard a piece on this on NPR and couldn't believe it.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

15. I'm Not Especially Biblical But That Is So Wrong...

"Better to have a millstone wrapped around your neck and be cast into the sea than to lead one of my little ones astray."

-Jesus Christ

[GCP]

5. Don't despair, I've signed up for endless stuff from neighborhood kids

Sometimes I thought they'd forgotten me, but they always came through in the end - although I usually didn't want the stuff in the first place anyway!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. I Didn't Really Need The Pop Corn

but I bought it to help them out...

I'm glad I didn't buy the $30.00 barrel....

LOL

[azoth]

6. You were so duped. Never pay in advance. And

Those magazine subscription folks? Twice now I have wanted to order Ellery Queen's digest from a door-to-door seller. I listened intently to both spiels and on both occasions asked them to return because my dh was gone and I didn't have the checkbook. BOTH times they promised to return and - guess what? I *still* don't get Ellery Queen.

Yeah - I know. Subscribe online. But still, just like you, it's the principle.

[johnnie]

8. Did they give you a receipt or something?

I would think that if this was for their school, it might take a while. Then again you might have been ripped off.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

no receipt...

The form and brochure looked legitimate

[bleedingheart]

11. they never give receipts for that school stuff...

which could be a problem...

[bleedingheart]

10. The popcorn/candy order in our school hasn't come in yet

however I always opt out and write a donation check to the PTA because I don't want my kids bugging me about that stuff..

You may yet get the order...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. How long have the campaign been going on?

[tjdee]

14. My cheesecake! I was thinking the same thing...

No cheesecake.
I don't even remember how long ago that was! :(
But in my case, I did ask when it would be arriving and I don't remember what she said :crazy: .

[DemocratSinceBirth]

18. you know there's a cheesecake company that gives a portion of it's profits

to charity...

I think it's called Father's Table...

[barackmyworld]

16. they often take a long time

because the kids might have 1-2 months for their little selling drive, and then they turn in the papers, and then another month later they send you the stuff.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

17. Maybe there's hope for tjdee and me...

[Renew Deal]

19. Probably not

Do you remember what they were raising money for? You might be able ot track them down that way. It's also possible that they screwed up. I was selling boxes of choclate for my football team in 9th grade. I am still trying to figure out which house I missed. I feel bad, it was a mistake.