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Re: Do you boycott any companies?
« Reply #30 on: June 28, 2007, 06:36:44 AM »

I don't really boycott anything but if you piss off my wife.......see ya.

She is boycotting Best Buy and will not even go in the store. Sometimes I have to just go to get my fix.

We also had problems with Ford and Dodge so probably won't see those in my garage soon.
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« Reply #31 on: June 28, 2007, 06:54:11 AM »

I have limited my boycotting to those that have treated me poorly.  Which means I should really be boycotting women as well - but again, the Little Prince also has a say.



I had the impression women were boycotting you.   Devil
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« Reply #32 on: June 28, 2007, 08:09:20 AM »

I have limited my boycotting to those that have treated me poorly.  Which means I should really be boycotting women as well - but again, the Little Prince also has a say.
I had the impression women were boycotting you.   Devil
Tell me it's because of poor service.
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Re: Do you boycott any companies?
« Reply #33 on: June 28, 2007, 09:01:44 AM »

I have limited my boycotting to those that have treated me poorly.  Which means I should really be boycotting women as well - but again, the Little Prince also has a say.
I had the impression women were boycotting you.   Devil
Tell me it's because of poor service.

He short-changed them.

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« Reply #34 on: June 28, 2007, 09:32:11 AM »

I have limited my boycotting to those that have treated me poorly.  Which means I should really be boycotting women as well - but again, the Little Prince also has a say.
I had the impression women were boycotting you.   Devil
Tell me it's because of poor service.
He short-changed them.

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Tough crowd  Devil Wink

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Re: Do you boycott any companies?
« Reply #35 on: June 28, 2007, 11:09:27 AM »

I'd like to boycott my electrical company but that wouldn't work for sure.  We've had 5 power outages in 4 months. 


With a family and walmart being so close we go there to save money on the staples. 

There are chain restaurants I will not eat in like Applebee's and Olive Garden.  The food plain sucks balls.

And this local sandwhich place called Gourmet Deli.  It was next door to my wife's work when we lived in Norman.  She didn't get much time for lunch so we ate there a lot.  The owner was a complete bitch and acted mad that you ordered something.  And you would never know whent the turkey would be "questionable" to say the least.  Sometimes one of us would get slimey ass turkey and the other good turkey.  We took stuff back so often and finally gave up.

Wendy's and Subway will never see me in their store either.  Found what looked like a pubic hair in my burger at Wendy's and Subway is just gross.  I've heard some horror stories about people getting food poisoning from Subway especially later at night.  Yummy cold cuts sitting out since lunch. Disgusted
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« Reply #36 on: June 28, 2007, 01:37:14 PM »

I'm boycotting Rolls-Royce and Mercedes-Benz.  Sure, they beg me to buy their vehicles, but I'm hanging tough.  No hyphenated cars for me.
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« Reply #37 on: June 28, 2007, 02:03:05 PM »

When I saw this, I thought "I don't boycott anyone anymore, it' gets too hard to keep them all straight." Then I saw the two posts about the ex-figs sponsor, and I remembered. Now I don't know if I'm thinking of the same one, but the 'breaking his arm from patting himself on the back' comment makes me think that it is. Not to mention the 'This clubhead is bigger than the rest, I'll get right down to the bottom of it' comedy act.
Oh well, don't want to think about negative thoughts.
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« Reply #38 on: June 28, 2007, 03:05:36 PM »

When I saw this, I thought "I don't boycott anyone anymore, it' gets too hard to keep them all straight." Then I saw the two posts about the ex-figs sponsor, and I remembered. Now I don't know if I'm thinking of the same one, but the 'breaking his arm from patting himself on the back' comment makes me think that it is. Not to mention the 'This clubhead is bigger than the rest, I'll get right down to the bottom of it' comedy act.
Oh well, don't want to think about negative thoughts.
It's who you're thinking of. But then doesn't that put him in the other boycott thread? I guess he can fit in both.
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Re: Do you boycott any companies?
« Reply #39 on: June 28, 2007, 03:14:56 PM »

Strict 'No Nike' policy in place, has as much to do with  shoe contracts in the NCAA as the fact that they tend to produce shoddily designed (or outright copies of OTHER companies stuff)  and even more shoddily manufactured products in sports from Hockey to Track and Field, which is a damn shame given the companies downright organic roots in Eugene, Oregon.

WalMart isn't 'Evil', but the morans what shop there may be... Devil

I've considered boycotting NAPA for continuing to sponsor No Talent Hack Extrordinaire Michael Waltrip for over a decade, but my NAPA rep is SMOKIN' hot... Grin
You also told me (the first time we golfed), whilst wearing a Wisconsin Timber Rattlers baseball cap about your boycott of Major League Baseball (Strike '94 right?).  That is a boycott I can sink my teeth into, and I have tried, they are not getting as much money out of me as they used to, it's probably been 5 years since I last paid for a ticket out of my own pocket, and maybe 5 0r 6 years prior to that.  I'm not sure what I'm doing would be considered striking though, and I clearly don't think it has an effect on that entity at all for reasons stated earlier.
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Re: Do you boycott any companies?
« Reply #40 on: June 28, 2007, 04:42:45 PM »

I stay away from big box stores in general, and Walmart in particular, in favour of locally owned and operated stores.
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Re: Do you boycott any companies?
« Reply #41 on: June 28, 2007, 04:56:03 PM »

A textbook store back in college.

They sold me the wrong book (same title, author, version, copyright date, etc, but not the right book!) for a class.
So, I go to return it, according to their proudly stated' easy' return policy.
The book is in new condition, I have the receipt, and it's within the time allowed by their policy.

I go to the return/service counter.
The lady, who had been helping other customers find new books very happily and efficiently, finds out that I am returning something.
Suddenly, her cheerful demeanor goes away, and she starts moving slower than a slug.
After a good 20 minutes, she finally completes the form that says that I have returned the book, and tells me to go stand in the cashier line to get my money back.

I go stand in the cashier line (both lines are 3-4 people deep)
The other cashier finishes through his line fast, and cheerfully calls me over to his line.
And, as with the lady before, as soon as he finds out that I have a return, the efficient, cheerful employee becomes the stupid, slower-than-a-slug employee with an attitude problem.
After a few minutes of this guy trying to count out the money (which for buyers he can do easily, but not, apparently, for returners), he says that he doesn't have a nickel that he needs.  But, he can give me all the money, minus five cents.  (Apparently they had no change in the store other than what he had in his cash box.)

At this point, I am too angry to speak, and I take the offered money and leave. 

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Re: Do you boycott any companies?
« Reply #42 on: June 28, 2007, 06:01:55 PM »

I boycott nickels.
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« Reply #43 on: June 28, 2007, 06:06:09 PM »

I forgot: we boycott the Boy Scouts of America, too, because of their anti-gay stance.  Pleasant enough to the little lads when they ask for donations and such, but a firm decline nonetheless.  I appreciate the many good character traits they instill, but I can't abide a group that indoctrinates prejudice in children.
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« Reply #44 on: June 28, 2007, 07:58:06 PM »

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You also told me (the first time we golfed), whilst wearing a Wisconsin Timber Rattlers baseball cap about your boycott of Major League Baseball (Strike '94 right?). 


Not boycotting MLB per se, just avoiding buying anything with this:



logo on it, because a cut goes to all the parties involved in the 94 strike, the MLBPA, the teams and the leagues.

So, when I need a new wool ball cap, I buy a minor league one.

Fortunately, if I want wool from now on, it will have to be from Ebbets Flannels, because 'Official' MiLB hats are now some kind of supposed 'Performance Fabric' (read "Polyester Mesh")

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