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Do you boycott particular businesses?

Do you boycott particular businesses?

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Come to think of it, I also boycott particular nations as well.

We were planning on taking the Trans-Siberian railroad for vacation this year but squelched that idea in light of their recent advances in human rights.
I'm boycotting California. Let the surfers and valley girls live in their own hell.
 
That is definition of a boycott.

Per Webster it states a refusal to deal or associate with a person in order to coerce them.

My dealings or my refusal to go back to McDonald's wasn't to coerce anything from them or to make them do something. It was just that they didn't give the wife a hamburger like she wanted. We don't care how they make their hamburgers, it is just McDonalds ain't for us.

In a boycott you usually try to get other people not to shop there or visit their establishment. That isn't the case here either. I don't care if everyone else in the world buys their hamburgers from McDonalds, I won't.
 
We were in there just yesterday shopping for a Thanksgiving wreath; some dweeb of a manager "greeted" us with "hey" not even bothering to look at us. We asked where we could find wreaths and he brushed us off "next couple of aisles, there," raising his arm behind him. It was in fact just one aisle. We just left.

With the economy not being the best it could be, you'd think that they would stress customer service! I shop at our local businesses as much as possible, because they appreciate our business, and they also sponsor kid's baseball and other sports in our town. Win-win in my opinion. Sometimes you have no choice but to shop elsewhere, but we remember who treated us well in the past, and we shop there. :peace:

Greetings, EdwinWillers. :2wave:
 
This is very true.

When I was working on the oil spill in the Gulf back in 2010 I remember people boycotting BP stations. Hell, some BP stations even covered up their signs with tarps & trash bags. However, it was hard to avoid those stations in some instances.

Personally, I buy fuel from Costco whenever the opportunity presents itself. This idea is two-fold, as they are usually cheaper and I like supporting their business.

Well, now I'm going to say something that is conflicted. Very few BP stations are owned by BP and I know that boycotting a BP station most likely hurts a private businessman who had nothing to to with the spill. It's probably the same issue with Chevron so I'm probably applying a double standard. That's life I guess.
 
With the economy not being the best it could be, you'd think that they would stress customer service! I shop at our local businesses as much as possible, because they appreciate our business, and they also sponsor kid's baseball and other sports in our town. Win-win in my opinion. Sometimes you have no choice but to shop elsewhere, but we remember who treated us well in the past, and we shop there. :peace:

Greetings, EdwinWillers. :2wave:
Well, we actually like Hobby Lobby - but that was an example of a good reason not to shop at that particular store again (we've several in our area, so we have choices). He's just one individual, but that's all it can take to turn customers away - and I agree with you - in this economy, you can't take anything for granted, customer-service-wise.

No, we're not boycotting them, or that store. But still... that wasn't cool at all.
 
Per Webster it states a refusal to deal or associate with a person in order to coerce them.

But then it also goes on to say "to stop using the goods or services of (a company, country, etc.) until changes are made."

Simply not patronizing a business because of poor service, is marginally boycotting, but I'd argue that it fits the description. Say you went to that McDonalds that day and got what you wanted, you'd still be patronizing them.

You stopped going there for a particular service related reason.
 
Well, now I'm going to say something that is conflicted. Very few BP stations are owned by BP and I know that boycotting a BP station most likely hurts a private businessman who had nothing to to with the spill. It's probably the same issue with Chevron so I'm probably applying a double standard. That's life I guess.

And that's very true, which is why I wasn't really discriminating when I was down there. Beyond that, it was just sheer luck that BP was the company to cause the spill and not someone else. I'm pretty sure that deepwater drilling & oil recovery is an inherently risky business and eventually someone was going to cause a spill.

That being said, you're right about the individual business owner and I'd go further to say that the people actually working at the station are also no more culpable for the spill.
 
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.

It depends on the issue if it's social and in the media. For my own personal experience it depends on the service, how the place operates, and whether I have had an extremely bad experience. Even with bad experiences I am willing to give a business a second try, but extremely bad businesses no.
 
But then it also goes on to say "to stop using the goods or services of (a company, country, etc.) until changes are made."

Simply not patronizing a business because of poor service, is marginally boycotting, but I'd argue that it fits the description. Say you went to that McDonalds that day and got what you wanted, you'd still be patronizing them.

You stopped going there for a particular service related reason.

The thing is I don't care if changes are made or not, that is their business. I am not trying to coerce them into doing or not doing anything. You right, I was not a happy camper and if they had put lettuce on the wife's hamburger, we probably would still be going to McDonalds. But the way I see it, if they want to put lettuce on their hamburger or not is strictly up to them. Where the wife and me buy our hamburgers is up to us.

IMO, boycotting McDonalds means I am trying to get them to do something or not do something, that isn't the case. I and the wife am perfectly happy to let McDonalds make their hamburgers anyway they see fit.
 
I'm boycotting California. Let the surfers and valley girls live in their own hell.

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Such hell, I love when people boycott California.

It helps keep our beaches empty.
 
If I get kicked out of a Hooters for grab-assing, does that count as a boycott?

Damn bitches. If they didn't want it, they wouldn't dress like that.
 
I boycott idiocy and overt ideology.

Most companies are not like that so I don't avoid them.

I would avoid business owned by the Koch brothers, if possible. But as they do not have consumer goods, that I know of.

I do tend to avoid certain places like Walmart, but if they had something I wanted at a very good price I would shop there
 
Independents and Indian reservations. Don't forget Hugo Chavez's pumps. I know all the gas probably is from the major's refineries, but most of the profit goes to the local independent retailers.

Profit from the gasoline is nearly non existent, most of the profit comes from the sales in the store (from what I was told fountain pop and chips provide the most)
 
The thing is I don't care if changes are made or not, that is their business.

You're right and I'm quite sure that it's hardly applicable to call that a boycott. I'm mostly coming from a semantic standpoint, where I think that any conscious decision to dissociate with a business is a form of boycotting (regardless of how insignificant it may seem).

IMO, boycotting McDonalds means I am trying to get them to do something or not do something, that isn't the case. I and the wife am perfectly happy to let McDonalds make their hamburgers anyway they see fit.

This is very true, I don't expect Wal Mart to change, especially on account of my financial contributions.
 
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.



Not boycott as such.

I do tend to try to avoid businesses I don't like for whatever reason... if they forbid concealed carry, if their product or service is shoddy, or they've otherwise pissed me off somehow.

boycott sounds altogether too formal tho.
 
I'm boycotting California. Let the surfers and valley girls live in their own hell.

Such hell, I love when people boycott California.

It helps keep our beaches empty.
Empty beaches would be great. Problem is those who populate them and the hell they've created in a state with all those amazing sights, beautiful forests, awesome coastlines... :2wave:



....just sayin
 
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.

I don't actively boycott. All other things equal, I tend to not go to Chik-Fil-A for example, unless I am at Kroger where there is a Chik-Fil-A built in and I am not going to feel like cooking lunch. I avoid Walmart mostly, but that has more to do with the fact it is crowded and full of really low class people, not due to any policy.
 
You're right and I'm quite sure that it's hardly applicable to call that a boycott. I'm mostly coming from a semantic standpoint, where I think that any conscious decision to dissociate with a business is a form of boycotting (regardless of how insignificant it may seem).



This is very true, I don't expect Wal Mart to change, especially on account of my financial contributions.

Isn't it fun to play with semantics? When the term boycott is used, I usually associate it with not only me boycotting someone or some business but trying to get other to do the same for a specific purpose. Whether or not that would be the correct definition I don't rightly know. But not going back to a place after bad service doesn't seem like a boycott especially if you do not want to change or coerce them into doing something or not do something.

Any way, thanks for the lesson in semantics.
 
Empty beaches would be great. Problem is those who populate them and the hell they've created in a state with all those amazing sights, beautiful forests, awesome coastlines... :2wave:

I don't know if I'd base my opinion on a state of 30 million people over a Mark Dice video.
 
Isn't it fun to play with semantics?

Absolutely, and likewise.

Thanks for debate over the use of the term boycott. I've always liked debating the use of any particular word.
 
I don't really boycott anyone, as i'm not trying to force or coerce them into changing.... i just simply refuse to due business with them.

Apple.... if you put a knife to my throat and told me to buy an Apple product, i'd lean forward and slice my own throat on your blade.
....horrible company, horribly fanatical fanbois... overall, it's a scourge on the universe.
God doesn't hate fags.. God hates Apple.

Walmart... unless it's a product I can find nowhere else on planet earth, I won't be walking though your doors.... you might do **** legally, but you are unethical as hell.

Wendy's.... God intended hamburgers to be round, not square... seriously, it's in the bible.

Subway.... your customer service is nearly as bad as your ingredients.... tell the pimply faced asshole highschooler to put another row of that turkey-like substance on my bread sandwich with a smile or i'll choke him with the Italian cheesy herb bread.... oh wait, I can't do that, 'cuz you are always ****ing out of it...sure, whatever, give me the oatmeal bread... yes, I know it's the only one you actually have in stock.

7-11... a big gulp is 32 ounces... so it follows that a double gulp would be 64 ounces.....somewhere along the lines, you changed it to 48 ounces.
I can almost tolerate that, but even 48 ounces is a lie... yes, i checked, ... I poured 12 ounce cans of beer into your 48 ounce cup.. I got almost 2.5 beers in there, filled to the brim.
......by my calculations, you double-****ed me....so, **** you back.
 
I don't know if I'd base my opinion on a state of 30 million people over a Mark Dice video.
No, but I got "sentenced" there for a couple of years and know a little about what I speak.

...and the video speaks for itself.

...just sayin'
 
Absolutely, and likewise.

Thanks for debate over the use of the term boycott. I've always liked debating the use of any particular word.

you're welcome. A word can mean many different things to different people.
 
Walmart, Carls Jr, Nestles, Target, Dominos, Coors. I try to avoid products made in China, but sometimes have no choice, or I get lazy.
 
I boycott idiocy and overt ideology.

Most companies are not like that so I don't avoid them.

I would avoid business owned by the Koch brothers, if possible. But as they do not have consumer goods, that I know of.

I do tend to avoid certain places like Walmart, but if they had something I wanted at a very good price I would shop there

the Kochs have many consumer products....
 
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