Spin Off: Do you boycott any products?

[Mrs. Hoppes]

Are there any products or establishments you boycott?

I boycott Nestle due to their blatant violations of WHO marketing codes leading to the death of over a million infants each year.

If that's not good enough, research Africa, Ivory Coast, Chocolate. Children are bought for about $30, routinely beaten, kept as slaves and forced to work over 100 hours a week with no medical care, no education, and given enough food to be kept alive so people can enjoy a kit kat.

If that's not enough, here in the US, a (white) contractor flips of protestors who were protesting the fact that Nestle routinely picks up Illegal Mexican immigrants to work and says on camera "F* White People!"

[AuxNY]

No, I try to buy the the "best" level of product that I can afford, regardless of what the company's practices are.

Quite frankly, I'm not aware of most companies poor business practices. I know about Nestle and infant formula in developing nations and the whole Nike child labor thing, but not much else.

[deputy x 2]

men :eek::eek::eek::p:p:D:D:D

Ya walked right into that one!!!

[pujolsfan146]

I boycott ben and jerry's ice cream as well as anything that has to do with whoopi goldberg. Can't stand her.

[texaschickeee]

I shop away from Walmart as much as I can. I hate their politics.
I stopped going to Erkard Drugs after I got shorted some allergy medication, then when I asked the pharmacist about it she acted like I was try to steal stuff. (it was noted in the computer that I was short due to them being out. )glad they went out of business.
jiffy lube. Went one time and was kinda late. they took a guy that came in behind me for a state inspection, after telling me the machine was broke. Never gone back and complained loudly to the manager and on line. :D

[The Dude]

I boycott Wal-Mart. Don't get me wrong I'm way more on the side of free market capitalism than socialism, but I see Wal-Mart as a burgeoning monopoly that uses destructive (to local business) business practices. They go into smaller towns (like mine) and deliberately harm small franchises and sole-proprietors in an effort to drive them out of business. That, and they drive what I think of as a "made in china mentality", i.e. people always seeking out the lowest price period and ignoring quality or other factors such as their local economy. If we end up with nothing but Wal-Marts selling stuff, they can then dictate price and choice.

To that end I try to avoid purchasing good made in Communist China, if a suitable US made alternative is available.

I also would like to tell the whole world that Nextel/Sprint is by far the worst company I have ever, ever, ever, dealt with in terms of customer service. They are horrible in that area. I advise anyone that I can to not use them.

I'll get off my soapbox now, thank you.

[Kycop28]

SUBWAY
There "company policy" would not alllow me to solicit for the Shop w/a cop program, all I needed to do was leave a bucket by the register for two weeks.

[Flanker]

Playstation 2s because they incited an African war.

[David Hineline]

If it wasn't for the 50cents a day and the bowl or gruel they get to eat, then those kids would have nothing.

Rather than taking away thier jobs by boycotting thier product, you should buy more and maybe they will get an extra ration of gruel.

[Monkeybomb]

Mens Warehouse (Pro Drug)

Progressive Insurance (Pro Drug)

Ben And Jerry's (Support cop killer)

Paul Newmans products and films (Support Cop Killer)

Conoco---Anti Gun

CitiBank (Anti-gun) although they bought my Mortgage

[Southflaguy]

Playstation 2s because they incited an African war.

What happend?...:confused:


I've never boycotted a product...

[JasperST]

I'm not much of a ice cream eater but when I do indulge I won't touch Ben & Jerry's, they're very outspoken leftists, I heard Ben on Medved's talk show, he was very anti-Bush and quite hateful about it. He went on a campaign towing around an effigy of Bush with his pants on fire (liar, liar pants on fire). His reasoning was very much like the campaign, juvenile and not well reasoned. How he made the bucks I don't know, I assume he wasn't the brains of the outfit.

[asullivan]

All womens clothing manuactures.....Ahhh dang.. Womens clothing period..What Im I trying or fail....[let/or{x-y}] * 12

[cgh6366]

I boycott ben and jerry's ice cream as well as anything that has to do with whoopi goldberg. Can't stand her.

^^^^^^^What he said, and Rosie O'Donnell too (No The View for me) :(

[Monty Ealerman]

Nestle (That's mostly because of 3rd World Infamil -- I denounced them face to face over that in front of thousands, and helped to get our University's boycott continued.).

Geico (They sold my facs number after promising they wouldn't.).

Jack Black (I hate his unfunny and profane Tenacious D stuff.).

Ameritech (They hosed me for gently being right about something technical at a meeting.).

Ben & Jerry's (They support cop-killer Wesley Cook, AKA Mumia Abu Jamal, who was convicted of the murder of Officer Daniel Faulkner (RIP), and who has yet to pay the appropriate penalty. He's been named an honorary citizen in 25 cities around the world, and the Paris suburb of St. Denis named a street after him. That makes me want to boycott Paris, too. I've been there 3 times, but I can't stomach the idea of seeing that filthy name on a street sign, or even in a listing of suburban streets.).

AT&T (they use that horrible hoo hoo sound on their TV commercials).

Anyone that uses deliberately annoying advertisements.

Anyone excessively cruel.

[LCM99]

Walmart. Don't like how they treat their employees and how they run small shops out of business.

American Eagle, Hollister, Amercrombie. I just don't like them for some reason.

Ben & Jerry's after reading this thread.

Also, not really a product, but I refuse to return to a gas station that didn't have those window washer buckets with the squeegee or if it didn't have any fluid the last time I was there. Kind of anal about that.

[2001GTTT]

Japanese cars.

[2001GTTT]

Nestle (That's mostly because of 3rd World Infamil -- I denounced them face to face over that in front of thousands, and helped to get our University's boycott continued.).

Geico (They sold my facs number after promising they wouldn't.).

Jack Black (I hate his unfunny and profane Tenacious D stuff.).

Ameritech (They hosed me for gently being right about something technical at a meeting.).

Ben & Jerry's (They support cop-killer Wesley Cook, AKA Mumia Abu Jamal, who was convicted of the murder of Officer Daniel Faulkner (RIP), and who has yet to pay the appropriate penalty. He's been named an honorary citizen in 25 cities around the world, and the Paris suburb of St. Denis named a street after him. That makes me want to boycott Paris, too. I've been there 3 times, but I can't stomach the idea of seeing that filthy name on a street sign, or even in a listing of suburban streets.).

AT&T (they use that horrible hoo hoo sound on their TV commercials).

Anyone that uses deliberately annoying advertisements.

Anyone excessively cruel.


whoa really!? Got anything I can read about this craziness?

[MsTwilight]

How does Ben & Jerry's support this scum of a cop killer?.. if I may ask...

[The Dude]

Add me to the list activly boycotting Ben and Jerry (never ate their hippie crap anyway), and others on this list:

From the Fraternal Order of Police website:
http://www.fop.net/causes/faulkner/projamal.shtml

[Monty Ealerman]

whoa really!? Got anything I can read about this craziness?"Boycott Ben & Jerry's" used to be part of a banner that was always on this site. There were several threads about it. One guy said he liked the product but wouldn't buy it any more no matter how much he would otherwise have liked to.

Here's a link to just any old article:
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=1330

And here's the article with Ben & Jerry's bolded:
Abu Jamal's Visual Map


* Convicted of the 1981 murder of Philadelphia policeman Daniel Faulkner
* Former member of the Black Panthers
* Leftist icon and frequent guest speaker at college commencement ceremonies



Born Wesley Cook in 1954, the man currently known as Mumia Abu Jamal was a member of the Philadelphia branch of the Black Panthers; he served as that group's Information Minister when he was just 15 years old. Well known for referring to police officers as "pigs," a young Abu Jamal was a supporter of MOVE, a Philadelphia-based Black Power cult known for its demonstrations against local residents and its incitements against police officers and the city government. An outspoken, controversial figure, he was a frequent guest on television and radio programs. For awhile, he even hosted his own show on Philadelphia's National Public Radio affiliate WUHY-FM -- though he was eventually fired from that job because of his radicalism.

Mumia Abu Jamal was catapulted into the public limelight by an event that occurred shortly after 3:55 a.m. on December 9, 1981, when white police officer Daniel Faulkner made a traffic stop of William Cook, Mumia's brother, on a Philadelphia street. Falkner pulled behind Cook's car, radioed for police backup, approached Cook's vehicle, and ordered the driver to get out of his car. While Faulkner handcuffed Cook, Mumia Abu Jamal, who was behind the wheel of a taxi parked across the street, suddenly got out of his vehicle, ran toward Faulkner and shot him in the back. As the policeman fell, he drew his own gun and managed to shoot Abu Jamal in the chest, wounding but not killing him. The gun-wielding cabdriver then fired repeatedly at Faulkner, finally dispatching him from close range with a bullet in the brain. Abu Jamal's presence near the scene of the roadside stop at that particular moment has led to serious speculation that William Cook intentionally led Faulkner into an ambush -- one that had all the earmarks of other Black Panther provocations in places like Newark and Oakland.

The body of evidence placing Mumia Abu Jamal at the scene of Faulkner's killing was overwhelming. There were three eyewitnesses who testified that Abu Jamal was the killer. His brother William Cook has never testified that Abu Jamal was innocent. Abu Jamal himself never once claimed his innocence at his own trial. Two policemen and one hospital security guard testified to the court that while Abu Jamal was being brought into the hospital following the altercation with Faulkner, he shouted repeatedly, "I shot the mother f---er, and I hope the mother f---er dies." The bullet that the doctors removed from Abu Jamal chest came from Officer Faulkner's gun. The bullet in Faulkner's brain came from Abu Jamal's gun, which had five empty cartridges when investigators found it. All the relevant facts of the case are detailed on the website danielfaulkner.com.

In June and July of 1982 a racially mixed jury, which Abu Jamal himself helped select, heard testimony during court proceedings that were frequently disrupted by outbursts from Abu Jamal and his MOVE supporters. After three hours of deliberation, the jury returned a guilty verdict and later ordered the death penalty. After court reviews, the verdict was affirmed in 1998 by Pennsylvania's Supreme Court.

Then a new legal team acting on Abu Jamal's behalf challenged most of the facts in the case and waged an international propaganda campaign to rehabilitate their client's image. The leading attorney on the team was Leonard Weinglass, a Fidel Castro supporter who once served as Co-Chairman of the International Committee of the National Lawyers Guild. Following Weinglass's lead, a bevy of prominent leftists rallied to Abu Jamal's defense, claiming that his first trial had been an exercise in injustice and that the actual gunman was an unnamed passenger in William Cook's car who fled from the scene after murdering Officer Faulkner and was never subsequently found.

Besides Philadelphia, the principal nodes of support for Abu Jamal are located in leftist enclaves of Paris, Hollywood, and San Francisco. Believers include such luminaries as Maya Angelou, Ed Asner, Alec Baldwin, Noam Chomsky, Ramsey Clark, Ben Cohen, Susan Sarandon, Snoop Dogg, Roger Ebert, Mike Farrell, Howard Zinn, Molly Ivins, Norman Mailer, Robert Meerepol, Michael Moore, Paul Newman, Spike Lee, Oliver Stone, John Landis, Joyce Carol Oates, Naomi Campbell, Salman Rushdie, and Angela Davis. When the city of Paris made Abu Jamal an honorary citizen, Ms. Davis picked up the parchment for him. Another supporter was the late actor Ossie Davis.

A number of Abu Jamal advocates have started their own websites; one of them, freemumia.org, is run by longtime Trotskyite communist Jeff Mackler of the California Federation of Teachers; Mackler is also the National Secretary of Socialist Action.

Among the organizations to publicly declare their solidarity with Abu Jamal are the Committees of Correspondence, Refuse and Resist, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the National Lawyers Guild, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Products, the International Action Center, and the NAACP. The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, whose officials frequently speak at "Free Mumia" rallies, has filed an amicus curiae brief on Abu Jamal's behalf. Another notable backer is International ANSWER, which, at its massive March 14, 2004 anti-war rally, played a videotaped message from Abu Jamal, recorded in his prison cell, to the cheering throngs in attendance.

In December 2001, Abu Jamal's death sentence -- but not his conviction -- was overturned by Federal District Court judge William Yohn. Both the prosecution and the defense appealed Yohn's ruling. Abu Jamal is presently incarcerated in the maximum-security State Correctional Institution Greene, near Waynesburg, Pennsylvania.

An icon of the academic left, Abu Jamal has been a guest speaker at several college commencement ceremonies -- in each instance delivering his addresses from the confines of his prison cell. In 1999, for instance, Abu Jamal spoke to the graduating class of Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. Likening himself to persecuted social-justice leaders of the past, he explained that he was a revolutionary seeking to raise public consciousness about America's alleged repression of blacks and other minorities. "Revolution," he said, "according to the Declaration of Independence, is a right" of all oppressed people. Among the other schools whose graduates Abu Jamal has addressed are Antioch College, UC Santa Cruz, Occidental College, and Kent State University.

Abu Jamal is a great admirer of the late Black Panther founder, Huey Newton. In October 2007 he wrote: "It is easy to write with admiration of the life and contributions of the late Dr. Huey P. Newton. ... He was, and remains, a brilliant revolutionary, who learned how to pierce the rock-hard psyches of our people -- especially our young brothers and sisters."

While serving his prison sentence, Abu Jamal has earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Goddard College and a Master of Arts from California State University, Dominguez Hill. He also published a 1996 book titled Live from Death Row, wherein he discusses the prison experience from an inmate's perspective. He also hosts his own radio program that airs regularly and can be heard online at Prison Radio.(emphasis added)

I think Wesley Cook should have long ago been killed by firing squad.

[Nikk]

For those who boycott Ben & Jerry's ice cream, they don't own it anymore. The new company just kept the name for brand recognition.

I still don't buy it because it has their lil mugshots printed on the carton and I don't want to look at Ben's face in my freezer. (Same reason as given by others, plus I don't agree with the majority of what Ben Cohen supports.) I like Kemps better anyway.

[2001GTTT]

thats absolutely nuts. Thanks for that info guys.

[10-74 S8]

I despise WalMart.... They have ruined more small businesses than anyone will ever be able to count.

CitiBank (anti-gun)
I don't do much Ice Cream, but I'll join the B&J boycott!

[Explorer528]

I hate Wal-mart...

[2001GTTT]

oh yea....any and all types of fast-food...its tough, believe me.

[Flanker]

What happend?...:confused:


I've never boycotted a product...

http://videogames.yahoo.com/feature/playstation-2-component-incites-african-war/1231745


Not sure how "truthy" it is.

[catch um and ba]

KY jelly. Don't ask.

[Brendon]

Walmart. I hate their Junkie products.Not a fan of their business tactics either.

Any Video Games with DRM (Digital Rights Management. A good idea to begin with, except that it can destroy your computer and does nothing to prevent software piracy.)

Nestle, after reading all the stuff I did about them just now.

Ben And Jerry's. Nothing personal against them, their ice cream is just too fatty for me. It's like eating a butter stick ( Actually, that probably would be healthier). :p

And, of course, any company or group/organization who's anti-homosexual, partly excluding the Military.

[2001GTTT]

KY jelly. Don't ask.

now this made me LOL.

Im not gonna ask, I can only imagine what would wanna make a person never want to use that.

[JTShooter]

No.

Boycotts do not effect those "in power" and those who make the decisions.

If anything, it effects the lower level workers.

Just my opinion.

[catch um and ba]

now this made me LOL.

Im not gonna ask, I can only imagine what would wanna make a person never want to use that.

LMAO I would tell you but I don't want to get banned.

[katzeyze]

Until now I never boycotted a product. However, now I will gladly join the B&J boycott. I have never been a fan of their stuff anyway. Too overpriced for that little dab of ice cream.

[catch um and ba]

^^^^^^

My wife would agree.

[2001GTTT]

LMAO I would tell you but I don't want to get banned.

fair enough. chances are I been there! lol!!

[catch um and ba]

^^^^^

LOL bad mental image! :eek: Lol just kidding. :cool:

[Brendon]

What's wrong with KY Jelly? (Never used it for that kind of stuff, had to use it once as a sterile lubricant after I had Surgeries)

[catch um and ba]

^^^^

I'd tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.

[dvtny2]

wow I am absolutely going to boycott Ben and Jerry's now. what kind of society are we living in where a cop killer is praised. DISGUISTING!!!!!

I also boycott subway cause they just make terrible sandwiches with virtually no meat.

Otis Spunkmeyer (or however its spelled)muffins only because I ate so many in Iraq I just cant bring myself to eat them ever again.

France which should be self explanatory

Symantec- Worst customer service EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thats all I can think of for now but I know theres more lol

[TrooperAB]

I boycott any movie, show, etc with Sean Penn. Can't stand that guy for many reasons. (except Fast times at Ridgemont High...that doesn't count :))
Anything Oprah has a hand in...
CNN...
MSNBC...
Bill Maher...
Ford...until they bring back the Lightning and a "real" Thunderbird
Yahoo...their stuff always junks up my computer and makes it run slow
The word "Awesome"...I have just started this recently. I'm sick and tire of people over using that word.

[gopherpuckfan]

I will not purchase the St. Paul Pioneer Press newspaper. Last summer, they decided they needed to release a list showing the names, titles, and salaries of public employees. Titles and salaries are fine, but leave the names out of the list of rank-and-file employees. It really chapped my *****.

[gopherpuckfan]

I boycott any movie, show, etc with Sean Penn. Can't stand that guy for many reasons. (except Fast times at Ridgemont High...that doesn't count :))
Anything Oprah has a hand in...
CNN...
MSNBC...
Bill Maher...
Ford...until they bring back the Lightning and a "real" Thunderbird
Yahoo...their stuff always junks up my computer and makes it run slow
The word "Awesome"...I have just started this recently. I'm sick and tire of people over using that word.

Pretty awesome list you got there :D

[David Hineline]

Not really a boycott but if a store has a no guns sign in the window, I would ususally go in there with 2 guns instead of one, then start an internet call in campaign with thier corporate manangement. We have gotten a lot of signs removed here in Nebraska in the year since we got CCW, or maybe 2 yrs now.

Telling a store you are not shopping there does more than just not going there because they never know you are gone.

[Fuzz1028]

Sam Ash music stores. When I was a young rock star wannabe I spent thousands of dollars in their Huntington NY store. I was treated like a P O S every time by these washed up mullet headed fat 80's hairband rejects <---not bitter at all

[djblank87]

Anything that has to do with Michael Moore or anyother leftist loon.......

As for Ben&Jerrys I never knew that and I eat there ice cream once a month when I break from my diet. I wonder if I can get a refund for the ice cream.......?:D

[texaschickeee]

I boycott any movie, show, etc with Sean Penn. Can't stand that guy for many reasons. (except Fast times at Ridgemont High...that doesn't count :))
Anything Oprah has a hand in...
CNN...
MSNBC...
Bill Maher...
Ford...until they bring back the Lightning and a "real" Thunderbird
Yahoo...their stuff always junks up my computer and makes it run slow
The word "Awesome"...I have just started this recently. I'm sick and tire of people over using that word.

Amen. That should also include the new prsident since she did everything in her power to back him up. :mad:

[10-74 S8]

I will not purchase the St. Paul Pioneer Press newspaper. Last summer, they decided they needed to release a list showing the names, titles, and salaries of public employees. Titles and salaries are fine, but leave the names out of the list of rank-and-file employees. It really chapped my *****.


Yea FOIA sucks doesn't it? There needs to be more clear cut rules for this. Sorry, but some things are not necessary for the public to know.

BTW, I better add to this thread:
I will NOT eat at these places

Zaxby's (overpriced KFC)
KFC (service just sucks!)
Our local Applebee's (similar to KFC)


I don't care if these places close down forever

[djblank87]

I did watch Michael Moore's movie Sicko and I have to say, it was very informational. It wasn't as bad as I was expecting it to be.

Oh, I will not lie, I have seen Sicko and some of Fahrenheit 9/11. Both of them were given to me by a liberal co-worker. I watched all of Sicko and another co-worker of mine who is from Cuba told me not to buy the hype cause it's nothing like what was depicted in that movie.

Fahrenheit 9/11 was a joke and I stopped watching about 15 minutes into it and I returned her movies with a copy of Fahrenhype 9/11...........:D

[JasperST]

For those who boycott Ben & Jerry's ice cream, they don't own it anymore. The new company just kept the name for brand recognition.Well, that's their problem. The brand recognition includes the extremist political views that were made so public. It isn't like a buyer didn't know.

[cgh6366]

Well, that's their problem. The brand recognition includes the extremist political views that were made so public. It isn't like a buyer didn't know.

Yup, you buy a brand and you buy their history and reputation. Until they want to donate some money and renounce the earlier position, no business from me. They have tried to distance themselves, saying the support was done by one of the founders acting as a private citizen. If he wanted to do it as a private citizen, then we never would have heard about it - instead, they publicized it.

http://www.weblogimages.com/v.p?uid=TrekMedic251&pid=526180&sid=mGT44gsAT6

[ten08]

I will not shop at WALMART, their predatory supply prasctices have closed more factories in the US than the great depression and left the downtown areas of most small towns looking like war zones. Osama couldn't possibly have done as much damage to America as WALMART.

I will no longer buy cars built in non union shops. The UAW has given up sizeable concessions to keep afloat their rich CEOs.

Wasn't Ben and Jerrys sold to one of the big corporations? I never liked their stuff anyway.

[roces95]

I would have to agree with everyone else I cant stand walmart.

I hate anything to do with dell and there customer service.

I dont care for abercrombie & fitch and old navy clothing. Every time I go into one of their stores it feels like I am in a commercial.

I hate dealing with the VA. Every time I have to deal with the VA I can never get a hold of anyone or have to wait hours on the phone waiting to talk to someone.

[velobard]

Not really a boycott but if a store has a no guns sign in the window, I would ususally go in there with 2 guns instead of one, then start an internet call in campaign with thier corporate manangement. We have gotten a lot of signs removed here in Nebraska in the year since we got CCW, or maybe 2 yrs now.

Telling a store you are not shopping there does more than just not going there because they never know you are gone.
This is what I consider grounds for boycotting a business. If I'm not welcome there, as I am, then I won't burden them with my money. I avoid Hallmark products for the same reason, because they spent quite a bit trying to defeat ccw permit laws in Missouri and Kansas.

I try to buy American whenever possible, and prefer to buy from local businesses when I can. I feel that one of the only things we can do on a personal, day-to-day basis to help strengthen the value of the dollar is to support American businesses.

[Southflaguy]

http://videogames.yahoo.com/feature/playstation-2-component-incites-african-war/1231745


Not sure how "truthy" it is.

Wow it's always something...

[Presence]

well, I hardly ever eat Ben and Jerrys anyway, but I'll gladly say goodbye to my "Cherry Garcia" frozen yogurt that I occasionally (maybe 2x a year?) buy of theirs, in light of what I've read about the founder's support of Mumia.

Sick. :P


I don't shop in Walmart either, because I believe that place is owned by the Devil. They treat their workers like crap, they are driving small business out of business, and it is generally just a cluster whenever I see that place. It makes me crazy just thinking about it. Ugh.

[-Erik-]

I know this is going to anger alot of people after reading the other 'Brand loyalties' thread but....

.... I do not like Dr. Pepper. At all. Cannot stand the stuff.

[RedRaider911]

All this hate at Wal-mart makes me laugh. Sure they are now a massive empire of a store brand, but once they were a small local joint in Arkansas. They happened to do what they do better then the others, so they have been successful. Many of these "mom and pop" stores that go out of business would have collapsed as the economy changed and diversified, all wal-mart did was speed up the process. Its survival of the fittest.

That being said i don't go there unless i absolutely have to. I have seen way to many people that i have also seen on the other side of the county hotel bars.

[Fuzz1028]

I know this is going to anger alot of people after reading the other 'Brand loyalties' thread but....

.... I do not like Dr. Pepper. At all. Cannot stand the stuff.

BLASPHEMY

[Nikk]

I know this is going to anger alot of people after reading the other 'Brand loyalties' thread but....

.... I do not like Dr. Pepper. At all. Cannot stand the stuff.


That's OK, I don't like any kind of cola (Coke, Pepsi, RC, whatever

[Nikk]

well, I hardly ever eat Ben and Jerrys anyway, but I'll gladly say goodbye to my "Cherry Garcia" frozen yogurt that I occasionally (maybe 2x a year?) buy of theirs, in light of what I've read about the founder's support of Mumia.

Sick. :P

I think it's just Ben, and unrelated to the company. He once signed his name to a petition and put the name of his company after, but Jerry to my knowledge never signed anything and I've never read of him supporting it. I still don't buy the products. Ben supports a lot of odd things and he once came right out and said that a business donating to charities increases profits - which implies anything he does that could be considered good was purely for publicity and profits. I have very little respect for him based on everything I have ever read about him, and I try very hard to always dig for facts and read unbiased things.

[LMUcrazycagegrl]

^^^^^^^What he said, and Rosie O'Donnell too (No The View for me) :(

Rosie isn't on the View anymore. Whoopi is, though. lol

[Vinbuck]

I'm boycotting France :D

[Explorer528]

Rosie isn't on the View anymore. Whoopi is, though. lol

Same differance, IMO.

[MsTwilight]

I know this is way after the information was given, but thank you for the facts on the scum cop killer and B&J's, I appreciate it.

[-Erik-]

I forgot my biggest one.

Apple computers or laptops.

I will never own a Mac. Apple charges its customers twice as much as the competion and the specs are not even as good as there competors. They get you on some crummy gimic that their computers "just work" and that "they dont get viruses". The latter being a massive lie. Yeah Macs are good for things like video and picture editing, but then again, so are PC's.

Sorry but you wont fool me. To match up spec for spec a mac and PC you would have to spend literally hundreds, if not thousands more. That to me is not worth it. For the price of a good spec'd Mac, you can get a better spec'd PC with great anti-virus software and still have money left over.

[LCM99]

I forgot my biggest one.

Apple computers or laptops.

I will never own a Mac. Apple charges its customers twice as much as the competion and the specs are not even as good as there competors. They get you on some crummy gimic that their computers "just work" and that "they dont get viruses". The latter being a massive lie. Yeah Macs are good for things like video and picture editing, but then again, so are PC's.

Sorry but you wont fool me. To match up spec for spec a mac and PC you would have to spend literally hundreds, if not thousands more. That to me is not worth it. For the price of a good spec'd Mac, you can get a better spec'd PC with great anti-virus software and still have money left over.
+ one million. There's a reason the world is run on Windows. Macs are fine if you do graphical design, but then again photoshop and those programs run on Windows too. Apple products (includes ipods, iphones, etc) are overpriced and overrated in my opinion, and I don't care for Steve Jobs either.

[stormz5192]

I completely disagree with the MAC comments. I have never had an issue with a Mac and believe that they are well worth the money.

[Steve354]

Qantas airlines Pizza hut, KFC, ford.

[JSD73]

Wow, I thought I was the only one who was on a personal boycotting mission against Wal-Mart.

[JTShooter]

Qantas airlines

That limits the options a bit for ya, doesn't it?

[Steve354]

That limits the options a bit for ya, doesn't it?



Qantas as had nothing problem after problem even with it's new A380.

So no I will be taken Untied all the way.

[Jellybean400]

I stopped going to Erkard Drugs after I got shorted some allergy medication, then when I asked the pharmacist about it she acted like I was try to steal stuff. (it was noted in the computer that I was short due to them being out. )glad they went out of business.


Funny - i got treated like crap twice in an Eckerd's years ago, and never went back. I didnt even know they went out of business. Their customer service was HORRIBLE before it even got popular to have horrible customer service...

jiffy lube. Went one time and was kinda late. they took a guy that came in behind me for a state inspection, after telling me the machine was broke. Never gone back and complained loudly to the manager and on line. :D

I ALSO had a terrible experience with them the ONE time i went, many years ago - and i never went back. They checked all my fluids, and the imbesile held up the little cardboard card to the light and showed me, saying "there's either a problem with your brake fluid, or something just blew onto the card." :eek: ummmm... OK :confused: Plus they took forever, when it was supposed to be done in a "jiffy." I told everyone i knew to avoid the place.

I guess the only other thing i really dont buy is like fresh fish in the grocery store. The kind that is wrapped in plastic at the seafood counter. One time i bought it, and when i opened the pkg at home to cook it, it had tiny live worms crawling up out of the fish. And this was fish (monkfish) from the Acme, a large chain store!! gak!!

[vwabbitman]

Humboldt Beacon Newspaper because they hounded the county until they were given the name of EVERY SINGLE person that has a CCW in Humboldt County AND put every single name in fine print all over the front of the paper as the front page picture. Violation of privacy? Reason for having a ccw is so NO ONE KNOWS!!!

Also Ben and Jerrys, Nestle, Walmart for the above mentioned reasons. Anything made in china. Any of Paul Newmans stuff. ANY and all business' and companies that are anti gun, leo, homosexual. Also Arcata, CA AKA The Nation of Arcata. I have my reason for the last one. I work there and thats all i do there.

[FNA209]

I am boycotting my local newspaper simply because they changed the layout on the crossword puzzle. I am indeed an social activist! :p

It's too hard to fold it and do it in the car anymore. They actually called and asked me why I cancelled my subscription. When I told them, the lady said that a lot of people have complained about that and stopped subscribing.

But they haven't changed it back so they obviously don't care about customer input.

As far as the Ben & Jerry's situation, Ben Cohen did sign a petition in the 90's advocating freeing that piece of crap cop killer . However, the company Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, Inc was bought out by an international corporation well after Cohen did so; in 2000 to be exact. So for years now, boycotting the company because of Cohen didn't make much sense as you were not directly impacting Cohen.

But before you all jump up and run out to buy some ice cream, it's changed again. In January 2009, Ben and Jerry's went private. Cohen bought out Jerry Greenfield and Cohen now owns about 36 percent of the stock. He is totally unbashed about his continuing support of Mumbia. So I guess the boycott is on again.

[Bearcat357]

Damm Wal-Mart bashers....:D

I go to the local Super Wal-Mart because one can either go there.....or the local Hy-Vee....and Hy-vee doesn't have anything but food and booze....so.....as that's all we have for grocery stores.

It's either that or drive 45 mins and shop out of town.....and I won't do that....

Ben and Jerry's
Paul Newman products
Heinz products
Smith and Wesson

I am sure there are more, but I just can't think of any right now.....

[hxd]

Dick's Sporting Goods.

Ask a cop in New York State (downstate in particular) how easy it is to walk in there and buy pistol ammo.

[Monkeybomb]

I dislike Dicks for how anti-gun they are...............But not boycott.

[Monty Ealerman]

Hey Bearcat, why S&W?

[luvmylabs]

Direct TV

[LA DEP]

Hey Bearcat, why S&W?

Probably the same reason that alot of gun rights people do.....because they rolled over and showed their yellow belly during the Klinton admin.....

I have a couple of SW revolvers which I like, but I will NEVER buy one of their products again if I can help it.......

[FNA209]

Probably the same reason that alot of gun rights people do.....because they rolled over and showed their yellow belly during the Klinton admin.....

I have a couple of SW revolvers which I like, but I will NEVER buy one of their products again if I can help it.......


Ditto. I'll buy an old S&W from a private owner, but I will not buy any of the new ones. They sold out. There was actually some talk of switching our PD to a S&W as the new duty gun.

I can't be sure why, but that gun didn't make the cut. :p

I guess if you want to call my refusal to do business with various companies and stores a boycott (I don't think my decisions are based on any principles that noble, but...) I'd have to include Sears and a local movie theater.

Also I guess I boycott entire states- Massachusetts and New Jeresy are top on that list. I have to drive into them once in a while, but I spend little or no money while there. Gas up before I enter or after I leave and, in the case of Massachusetts where I have to go for work reasons once in a while, I pack a lunch.

[Bearcat357]

[QUOTE=LA DEP;1626091]Probably the same reason that alot of gun rights people do.....because they rolled over and showed their yellow belly during the Klinton admin.....QUOTE]

Bingo....

[oshphopeful]

Right off the bat: Time Warner. Their cable sucks (They're the provider to the YSU dorms and they've taken away ESPN Classic and VERSUS:mad:)
After hearing about it: Ben & Jerry's (although I don't eat that ice cream anyway-it's Edy's for me.)
Wal-Mart. My whole family's union.
If I buy foreign with regards to cars, I'll buy German, British, or Swedish.

[Monty Ealerman]

Bearcat and LADep,

Thanks for answering about S&W. I'd forgotten about them caving like that. Now that you remind me ... . I like the Airweight J-frame Titanium (with regular .38 rounds) and had already got used to it before that happened. I guess I'll have to think about it.

Regards,

Monty

[JasperST]

Bearcat and LADep,

Thanks for answering about S&W. I'd forgotten about them caving like that. Now that you remind me ... . I like the Airweight J-frame Titanium (with regular .38 rounds) and had already got used to it before that happened. I guess I'll have to think about it.

Regards,

MontyThere's alot of folks who don't care for the internal trigger locks too, one of the concessions they made. There are reports of them malfunctioning and locking up while shooting. Fairly rare but an unnecessary risk. I'm glad I bought my .44 mag Mountain gun 10+ years ago.