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Do you boycott particular businesses?

Do you boycott particular businesses?

  • Social issues

    Votes: 15 38.5%

  • Political issues

    Votes: 15 38.5%

  • Treatment issues

    Votes: 24 61.5%

  • Other

    Votes: 16 41.0%
  • Total voters
    39
EdwinWillers said:
No, but I got "sentenced" there for a couple of years and know a little about what I speak.
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I got "sentenced" here about ten years ago, likely a similar story.

However, when the sentence was up I decided I liked the place so much that I stuck around. California definitely isn't for everyone, but for my money I can't find a place that I'd rather be.

EdwinWillers said:
...and the video speaks for itself.

...just sayin'
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I've seen some pretty good, and accurate, takedowns of California and Californians. To me though, the video wasn't really convincing. He came off as overly dry and I'm quite sure the people signing the petition were likely not listening to him and probably only signed it so that he'd go away.

In my current work I need to sign a lot of things, typically I can't focus on writing and listing at the same time. So I'm quite sure that the people signing the petition didn't hear half of what he was saying.
 
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I don't boycott businesses based on social or political issues. Those are pretty far down my list of why or why not to patronize a particular business, and are nearly always eclipsed by other considerations.

I do boycott some businesses based on how they treat me. For example there's a very nice shooting range near my house that I refuse to go to because, among other things, I've repeatedly been treated poorly by the staff there.
 
Starbuck said:
I got "sentenced" here about ten years ago, likely a similar story.

However, when the sentence was up I decided I liked the place so much that I stuck around. California definitely isn't for everyone, but for my money I can't find a place that I'd rather be.

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where ya at in Cali?

I spend a lot of my early years in Cali, including all my high school years... and a few more years while I was in uniform.

I loved Cali back then..... but that Cali is long gone, never to return.
 
Not "particular businesses", but there's a similarity:

I wouldn't use the word "boycott" - I don't think I am actually "right" about this, and I don't think other people should follow my example - but when I do shopping and see "Made in China" or "Made in Vietnam" labels on an item, I put it back.

It is all about disgust. I grew up in a Communist country, and I don't want to buy, or visit, or touch anything controlled by Communists, even reformed ones, even controlled only nominally.

I will be the first to object against higher tariffs or sanctions. "Our guys" - average workers, honest entrepreneurs, even dissidents - are more likely to suffer from them than the powers-to-be. It is not rational. But disgust is a powerful force. I don't want to wear a jacket that makes me wince every time I take it off the hanger. I would rather pay a bit more and buy a jacket of the same quality Made in Taiwan or Made in Poland, if I cannot afford Made in USA or Made in Italy.
 
Starbuck said:
I got "sentenced" here about ten years ago, likely a similar story.

However, when the sentence was up I decided I liked the place so much that I stuck around. California definitely isn't for everyone, but for my money I can't find a place that I'd rather be.
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Well then that's probably where you need to be.

Starbuck said:
I've seen some pretty good, and accurate, takedowns of California and Californians. To me though, the video wasn't really convincing. He came off as overly dry and I'm quite sure the people signing the petition were likely not listening to him and probably only signed it so that he'd go away.

In my current work I need to sign a lot of things, typically I can't focus on writing and listing at the same time. So I'm quite sure that the people signing the petition didn't hear half of what he was saying.
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...and still they signed the petition... 'nuff said, I'd say.
 
EdwinWillers said:
Well then that's probably where you need to be.
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For now, once all of the kids are out of high school that could change though.

I've always liked Panama.

EdwinWillers said:
...and still they signed the petition... 'nuff said, I'd say.
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Sure, but I'd bet that the same would've happened regardless of where in the U.S. he ran the petition. I don't think ignoring irritating people and/ or signing a pointless petition to avoid confrontation is unique to california.
 
Thrilla said:
where ya at in Cali?
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I'm up north in the Bay Area.

I got stationed out here a while back and decided to stick around. The money is good, landscape is nice and for the most part I'm left alone to do as I please. I don't suppose there is much more that I could ask for out of a location.
 
I try to avoid Wal-Mart at all costs, don't like Applebees in general and avoid all fast food places as much as possible.

That being said, I have stopped doing business with small businesses that support the Obama agenda, but there aren't really that many.
 
Starbuck said:
I'm up north in the Bay Area.

I got stationed out here a while back and decided to stick around. The money is good, landscape is nice and for the most part I'm left alone to do as I please. I don't suppose there is much more that I could ask for out of a location.
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ahh yes, the bay area..... they gave me such a lovely welcome home from 'Nam...
I have 1 daughter at Stanford and 1 is a recent Stanford grad.....I'm one more commencement ceremony away from never seeing the bay area again in my life.:lol:
 
Thrilla said:
ahh yes, the bay area..... they gave me such a lovely welcome home from 'Nam...
I have 1 daughter at Stanford and 1 is a recent Stanford grad.....I'm one more commencement ceremony away from never seeing the bay area again in my life.:lol:
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It's definitely got it's share of negatives, sometimes the City of Berkeley comes to mind.

However, I can't say the place hasn't been good to me, military and all. Oddly enough, of all of the places I've been in the US I was treated best (as a veteran) in Boston and San Jose.
 
Thrilla said:
the Kochs have many consumer products....
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My mistake
I did not know they owned Georgia Pacific, luckily I do not buy any of the products owned by them directly at least

The cattle the grow might be in the food I eat, or their oil in the gas I buy
 
I boycotted this Food King grocery store on Collingwood Avenue in Toledo Ohio.

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Obviously I wasn't the only one.

I'm not sure when it became a parking lot but I started boycotting it when those POS Iraqi bastards sold me expired sour milk and gave me some BS excuse about black people never buying milk instead of giving me my money back.
 
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Local restaurant. Started charging me .35 cents to put mayo on my burger. Dollar foolish, penny wise. I used to eat lunch there daily.

Hmmm.... Fifty bucks a week. Around 2500.00 dollars a year. They lose. I win. They can shove their mayo up their ass.
 
Captain America said:
Local restaurant. Started charging me .35 cents to put mayo on my burger. Dollar foolish, penny wise. I used to eat lunch there daily.

Hmmm.... Fifty bucks a week. Around 2500.00 dollars a year. They lose. I win. They can shove their mayo up their ass.
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That would piss me off, too.
 
I didn't go to the Starbucks at my uni (or anywhere)for like six months after dealing with a bitchy worker there. That's about it, and it wasn't a real boycott like you're looking for though.
 
radcen said:
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.
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When business libertarians successfully argue that there should be no government regulation business treatment of social issues, and they say that instead we should let people vote with their dollars, I for one must take them seriously. They succeed at helping these businesses at avoiding regulation. As a consequence, I have no choice but to play by their rules, if I want social change. I must boycott as much as I am able without creating enormous inconvenience to myself.

I always find it odd that the same libertarians who claim we should vote with our dollars always seem to turn around and then say that people are stupid for boycotting.

Here is a little mock advertising for Chik fil a, for your enjoyment:

 
Dezaad said:
When business libertarians successfully argue that there should be no government regulation business treatment of social issues, and they say that instead we should let people vote with their dollars, I for one must take them seriously. They succeed at helping these businesses at avoiding regulation. As a consequence, I have no choice but to play by their rules, if I want social change. I must boycott as much as I am able without creating enormous inconvenience to myself.

I always find it odd that the same libertarians who claim we should vote with our dollars always seem to turn around and then say that people are stupid for boycotting.

Here is a little mock advertising for Chik fil a, for your enjoyment:

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incorrect it is not......no regulation,...... but only enough regulation needed to protect the rights of individuals.

there is nothing wrong with boycotting places..... you don't want to spend your dollars at.....its called liberty, freedom of choice.

however its never acceptable to do things with interfere with the operations of their business
 
ernst barkmann said:
Miller Beer.. I will not drink their products because I disagree with their views on things, besides what fool puts beer in a clear glass bottle.
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OK, I will bite: what views do Miller Beer have that you disagree with?
 
I don't have the time to boycott any particular stores. I also don't keep up with the news enough to know who is getting boycott and for what.
 
I don't actually boycott businesses per se. I'm not adverse to it, but so far I've never been politically or personally incensed about an issue to the point that I would take such a stand.

When it comes to quality product and/or service, however, that's a whole 'nother ball of wax. After being served inedible crap by IHOP, Outback and Applebees, I would never enter one of those establishments again, even though my rational mind knows that it very well could have been a single restaurant that was poorly run rather than the entire franchise. Serve me crap, treat me like crap, patronize and insult me when I request assistance with a product on your shelves and you will never see my gorgeous round ass on your premises again... and yes, your store management will be informed as to why.

Political boycotts like the Chick-Fil-A debacle... meh. That reeks of elitism, intolerance, and just plain neener-neener adolescence. I ain't got time for that ****. If you don't want me to patronize your establishment, you'll have to do more than wear a "Pro-Abortionists are Murderers" tee shirt, 'cause you're entitled to be wrong. Just flip me the bird, baby. I'll make like David Copperfield and go poof! Of course, I'll leave your bosses some nice correspondence for your personnel file on the way out... no need to thank me! Happy to help! :lol:
 
We are busy, and eat out a lot. We used to order pizza about 2 or 3 times a month from our local Dominos. Haven't eaten there in going on 2 years because of the way they treated us. Also there's a seafood restaurant that we used to frequent often. Good food, good atmosphere, right on the water. Was about 45 minutes from home, though, and expensive. For the four of us, we paid $95 plus another $15 tip. The last time we went there, the food was terrible. The crab stew was dried up and nasty, the food was cold and bland, the service was awful and they'd gone up in price. We paid $105 for the same thing that we'd paid for before. When you drive 45 minutes and pay that price, you expect the food to be good. I didn't have one good thing to say about it. I emailed them as we were regulars there and explained how bad everything was. Even sent pictures of everything. She sent me a half-assed apology letter that didn't really sound apologetic and said nothing else.

I decided if I'm going to pay that much for food, I'm going to go somewhere where somebody stands behind their product. We averaged eating there like once a month. Haven't been back in months, and have no plans to go back.
 
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