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Do you boycott particular businesses?

Do you boycott particular businesses?

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I boycott the businesses that require you to use a club card for discounts. I do not allow such data collection which they sell to third parties.
 
I don't donate to Goodwill. They exploit disabled labor by paying special needs employees much, much lower than minimum wage (in some cases, under a dollar an hour) and the CEOs average $500,000 a year, and the owner profits $2.3m a year.

Also with United Way - my Husband used to work for them. Something like 6% of what you donate actually goes to help people in need. The rest goes to administrative costs, salaries, etc.
 
Your iPhone will be out of date in two weeks when they put out a new one for $600 that makes one minor alteration. :lol:

It's already out of date. :lol: Normally I'm not a "jump on the bandwagon" kind of girl, but the iPhone seemed to offer more than the Droid phones did, plus there was so much more that you could do with it, more cases, etc. So instead of buying the 5 for several hundred dollars, I got the 4s for free from Verizon. So it's already older, and the bad thing is, once the 5 came out, all the cool cases and accessories for 4 stopped being stocked in the store. *groan*
 
It's already out of date. :lol: Normally I'm not a "jump on the bandwagon" kind of girl, but the iPhone seemed to offer more than the Droid phones did, plus there was so much more that you could do with it, more cases, etc. So instead of buying the 5 for several hundred dollars, I got the 4s for free from Verizon. So it's already older, and the bad thing is, once the 5 came out, all the cool cases and accessories for 4 stopped being stocked in the store. *groan*

Isn't the difference between the 4 and 5 that they moved the headphone jack from the bottom to the top? :lol:

You should be able to find the cases on ebay still.
 
I'll basically avoid any local store that insists on a minimum spending fee before I can use my card. Not content with fleecing customers, they demand extra for the privilege of paying at all? That they 'can't compete with larger businesses who buy in bulk' is not my problem. I won't abet their greed. Also, HMV. What they charged for CDs and DVDs was criminal. I laughed when they went into receivership.

Just so you know

The reason stores will have a minimum charge is to allow the store to make money on the transaction. They have to pay a fee to the card company for every transaction, Small purchases that are bought using cards most likely are loss makers on the store
 
Just so you know

The reason stores will have a minimum charge is to allow the store to make money on the transaction. They have to pay a fee to the card company for every transaction, Small purchases that are bought using cards most likely are loss makers on the store

And how much do the banks charge per transaction?
 
And how much do the banks charge per transaction?


Credit Card Transaction Fees Rising for Canadian Small Business



Looking at the list you'll see, for example, that the transaction fee charged a merchant when a customer uses a regular MasterCard is 1.75 percent, but if a customer uses a MasterCard Premium High Spend card, the transaction fee is 2.71 percent. Some MasterCards in the World/World Elite category carry even higher transaction fees.

To a small business that processed $100,000 worth of credit card transactions each month, the .96 percentage difference charged for premium card transactions would cost an additional $960 a month, an extra $11,520 per year.



Credit card - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
I'm so anti-immigration, I won't even eat Taco Bell.

I see you share an aversion for the taco with that fellow in your avatar.
 
Dont eat at Chick-Filla because of Gay rights. Dont shop at hobby lobby over gay rights issues. Dont shop at Walmart for obvious reasons. Dont buy nikes because of sweat shop labor.
 
I sure see a lot of lemmings in this thread.
 
Just so you know

The reason stores will have a minimum charge is to allow the store to make money on the transaction. They have to pay a fee to the card company for every transaction, Small purchases that are bought using cards most likely are loss makers on the store
My heart bleeds for them. Because they didn't make enough profit on the goods I already bought. They had to **** me in the ass too.
 
Dont eat at Chick-Filla because of Gay rights. Dont shop at hobby lobby over gay rights issues. Dont shop at Walmart for obvious reasons. Dont buy nikes because of sweat shop labor.
I like Chick Fil a. They had the balls to stand up for their beliefs. Rare in todays PC world. Same with Hobby Lobby.
 
Two or three cents on the dollar is not going to equal a loss on a transaction. That's what the stores want you to believe though.

So the store should eat the money to attract YOU? A loss is a loss no matter how you cut it. Take a business class.
 
I sure see a lot of lemmings in this thread.

It might help to cut back on the hallucinogens, then.

I thought I saw prairie dogs in a thread about gun control the other day, but it was just some lingering effects from the window pane.
 
I like Chick Fil a. They had the balls to stand up for their beliefs. Rare in todays PC world. Same with Hobby Lobby.

They have every right to "stand up" for their disgusting bigoted beliefs.
 
My heart bleeds for them. Because they didn't make enough profit on the goods I already bought. They had to **** me in the ass too.

Generally the places that do that are small private owned businesses. We have a sub shop lunch place near where I work that does that.
But they have to compete with a resturant accross the street and a few more sub shops down the road including a Subway.
They make superior sandwiches and at a decent price.
So if they demand cash for under 10 dollar sales. Cash it what I will pay with.
 
It might help to cut back on the hallucinogens, then.

I thought I saw prairie dogs in a thread about gun control the other day, but it was just some lingering effects from the window pane.
Funny...

Of course I meant that differently...
 
Generally the places that do that are small private owned businesses. We have a sub shop lunch place near where I work that does that.
But they have to compete with a resturant accross the street and a few more sub shops down the road including a Subway.
They make superior sandwiches and at a decent price.
So if they demand cash for under 10 dollar sales. Cash it what I will pay with.
I get what you're saying and competition is the lifeblood. I just think the extras they do charge are often more than what you'd expect to pay, even taking into account their need to recoup losses. Hopefully they've already done that on what they charged for the items you already bought. Small businesses really push the envelope of customer tolerance.
 
They have every right to "stand up" for their disgusting bigoted beliefs.
Yes because anything you dont argee with must be disgusting and bigoted. Thank you for reminding me why I am so anti gay agenda.
You demand tolerance, yet give none.
 
I get what you're saying and competition is the lifeblood. I just think the extras they do charge are often more than what you'd expect to pay, even taking into account their need to recoup losses. Hopefully they've already done that on what they charged for the items you already bought. Small businesses really push the envelope of customer tolerance.
I would rather have a sandwich made by a person who is employing people in the community, bettering the city and striving for a better life. Then some pimple faced punk following the serving directions set up by some corporation to maximize profits to pay NFLers to hawk their food.
 
Do you boycott particular businesses? If so, which ones and why?

I general do not boycott over social issues. For example, many friends of mine boycott Chick-fil-A over their religious stances. I do not (though I don't think their food is orgasmic like many others seem to think). I figure that if I look hard enough that I can fine something in every business that offends me, then I'd be left with no place to go.

I general DO boycott over repeated instances of shoddy customer service and/or crappy policies. If you treat ME like crap, I'm going to stop going there. For example, I liked the merchandise and prices at Burlington Coat Factory, but hated their return policies. I rarely return anything, but still want the option when necessary, and don't like the feeling of that I'm somehow being unfair. You either stand behind your merchandise, or you don't. Hence, I stopped shopping there.
If Chick-fil-A's food is orgasmic, I'll be eating lunch there today.
 
Isn't the difference between the 4 and 5 that they moved the headphone jack from the bottom to the top? :lol:

You should be able to find the cases on ebay still.

I don't know. The 5 is bigger and it has a different charger, so my iHome won't work with the 5 if I were to get one. Hubs also bought the newest iPad (I think it's a 4) and it won't work with the iHome either. Last model would have. This one has to have a special adapter to fit the plug. Sheesh.

And yeah I have found tons of cool cases on ebay and amazon.com. Cheap, too. :D Thanks!
 
I would rather have a sandwich made by a person who is employing people in the community, bettering the city and striving for a better life. Then some pimple faced punk following the serving directions set up by some corporation to maximize profits to pay NFLers to hawk their food.
Quality is a a factor, obviously. Personally, I don't give a **** who's serving me as long as it's decent stuff and the price is right.
 
Do you boycott particular businesses? If so, which ones and why?

I general do not boycott over social issues. For example, many friends of mine boycott Chick-fil-A over their religious stances. I do not (though I don't think their food is orgasmic like many others seem to think). I figure that if I look hard enough that I can fine something in every business that offends me, then I'd be left with no place to go.

I general DO boycott over repeated instances of shoddy customer service and/or crappy policies. If you treat ME like crap, I'm going to stop going there. For example, I liked the merchandise and prices at Burlington Coat Factory, but hated their return policies. I rarely return anything, but still want the option when necessary, and don't like the feeling of that I'm somehow being unfair. You either stand behind your merchandise, or you don't. Hence, I stopped shopping there.

Basically the same here...

If I'm bothered by an actual BUSINESS practice, then I'll boycott a company. If something they're doing directly makes the thing they provide worse, then I'll happily look elsewhere. However, I don't boycott folks for non-business related reasons. There's little, to anything, that goes on that bothers me to a point where I'm going to essentially punish myself by buying something more expensive/inferior/less enjoyable simply to "send a message" about something totally unrelated to the business.

I'm not going to stop eating tasty tasty chicken because of being "shocked" that the resturant that closes every sunday gives charitable money to anti-gay organizations. I'm not going to stop buying cheap gas simply because it came from a country with a nutjob President. I'm not going to stop having tasty Hot Chocolate because a place lets people open-carry inside it's establishment.
 
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