My son's cub scout pack 'requires' popcorn sales, which we don't do. It's not that we really have anything against it, we just always seem to have something going on during the group sales and I don't want the boys going through the neighborhood selling to our neighbors. My husband is (and I was) in a job where he isn't allowed to sell at work which makes it really difficult.
Now, girl scout cookies are another matter. I have to have a couple boxes of thin mints, samoas, and tagalongs every year. I search out girl scouts to get the cookies from
Fundraisers aren't bad by nature, but I don't like being pressured to participate.