CouponScout

I just dropped off our ad to National Headquarters. Look for our ad in Scouting magazine, Jan/Feb issue 2002. I found out fromour supplier, who has been printing these books for 25 years, that the books are regarded as a service by the government - the coupons are not sold, just the donation to the group (BSA/GSA troops in this case) printing, advertising, and distribution costs. Therefore, they are perfectly legal. We will not be offering prizes, but we are developing a small application to create a "Troop Bank" to track the individual accounts of scouts in your troop. SMs can autho

We were thinking about prizes, but realized we could offer more in profits to the Scouts, and then let the troops decide how to split it up. Every troop I was involved in put a portion into a scout's account for camping supplies and fees, as you mentioned. This is also an incentive to the parents...

True-Coupons need to be used intelligently, and generally they encourage you to buy more expensive brands. These books do help with that - you select the brand & product you already buy anyway, and it's already clipped - it should not take you an hour like it does clipping a few out of the Sunday Newspaper. I'm looking into a method from a local mom here who pays almost nothing for her groceries, but gets bulk inserts from the paper. She cuts and sorts, uses local double/triple coupon days, and ends up donating her extra food to charity. With these books, she can get the same cou

Come to think of it, M&M Mars Inc has their fundraiser kits and I may have to make a trip to national before my ad runs to show them the coupon books. And these aren't brand specific...just leftover from millions of Sunday papers.

I must give credit where it is due. Troop 61 in Moorestown had the mulch/fertilizer fundraiser annually, which at least was an interesting twist on the traditional sales.

I am an Eagle Scout (Troop 76 '98) and my wife and I just started a business with grocery coupon books. I'm about to place an ad in Scouting magazine and hopefully online here (not sure where to send suggestions for external sites go) but here's the deal: Scouts would sell coupon books worth $500. Your customers would mail the 50 $10 certificates in to get newspaper coupons of their choice - so they really do get $500 in grocery savings. Scouts sell the books for $29.95. The troop's cost is about $16 per book (working on details) This is a profit for the troop of about $13. A s