"@failurate: Around here some parents have started asking what the buyout is -- what amount do they have to donate to the school/extracurricular to get their kid out of selling shit and not let the for-profit company get a cut, while still allowing their child to participate in the activity.
It's often as little as $50.
I buy girl scout cookies."
"@katia802: I don't mind if it's unintentional -- one year my mom and my husband both got me an iPod, everyone laughed and made "great minds think alike" jokes, and I returned one for a whole honking chunk o' iTunes gift cards."
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