Board 8 > Do you boycott any companies?

Topic List
Page List: 1, 2
Zachnorn
07/16/18 4:03:22 PM
#1:


There are a few companies that I don't buy from because of poor quality in things I bought from them before (such as Seagate). There are also some companies I don't like but their products/prices don't appeal to me anyway (such as Apple).

The only company that has products I'd otherwise enjoy if I wasn't boycotting them is Sony. I boycotted them because my mom bought me a PS1 when I was a kid and it had problems that, though it was covered by the warranty, Sony didn't want to fix. Long story short, my mom even tried paying for service, and Sony just took part of the money and said "nah." I don't buy things from companies with awful customer service. That was until I gave them a chance 20 years later in 2017. Now, they are locking out third party accounts from playing on other systems, and I just can't stand seeing them be anti-consumer like that. I've stopped buying PS3 games. A friend of mine is taking it a step further and not even playing on any Sony console - I've only stopped participating in the new and used game markets for Sony consoles.

I also boycott individual locations of some businesses due to poor customer service. I boycott some local restaurants if I see poor customer service or cleanliness as well - a good example is when I was at a buffet and ants were walking around the food and they shrugged when I brought it up to them, but still expected a big tip. It's been over a decade and I haven't gone back. I also boycotted EA at one point due to employee treatment. I'm considering boycotting Amazon for the same reason.

Are you boycotting any companies?
---
<D
... Copied to Clipboard!
pjbasis
07/16/18 4:06:48 PM
#2:


Nah. Fundamentally I don't see myself as an agent of change in the world.
---
... Copied to Clipboard!
BlackMageJawa
07/16/18 4:07:56 PM
#3:


Anything where there's a chance some of my money will end up in the pocket of Rupert Murdoch.
---
The shattered stage is set and there's a role you must fulfil
... Copied to Clipboard!
trdl23
07/16/18 4:13:24 PM
#4:


BlackMageJawa posted...
Anything where there's a chance some of my money will end up in the pocket of Rupert Murdoch.

So you buy almost nothing then
---
E come vivo? Vivo!
... Copied to Clipboard!
CelesMyUserName
07/16/18 4:15:43 PM
#5:


not really but I can get turned off from some companies where the mental association becomes so negative that it's difficult for me to become interested in their products
---
https://imgtc.com/i/1LkkaGU.jpg
something something hung something horse something
... Copied to Clipboard!
MarquessLaus
07/16/18 4:19:08 PM
#6:


Theoretically I'm boycotting Konami but they aren't releasing any tempting games anymore either.
---
"We'll tell the customers that the features promised are in a place outside of Heaven now" -- GransonEx
... Copied to Clipboard!
Esuriat
07/16/18 4:19:32 PM
#7:


Mostly easy stuff where I likely wouldn't be buying any of their products in the first place, like Apple.
---
Essy
... Copied to Clipboard!
trdl23
07/16/18 4:20:24 PM
#8:


I avoid shopping at Walmart whenever possible because of their labor practices.
---
E come vivo? Vivo!
... Copied to Clipboard!
KujikawaRising
07/16/18 4:20:32 PM
#9:


Zachnorn posted...
I'm considering boycotting Amazon for the same reason.

This is a surprise. What did I miss?

I boycott Konami because of obvious reasons - they treat their employees vindictively. Probably worse than Amazon doing whatever. I boycott Apple as well because of their overpriced garbage, poor treatment of employees, lack of charity, and megalomania. And I boycott all California dairy products due to a political attack ad on my home state of Wisconsin that was completely unnecessary. These are the three evil corporations that I consciously boycott.

I used to boycott Walmart until the factory fire in Bangladesh woke them up to a lot of their misdeeds. That is done now.

I also don't go to a couple of local restaurants for various reasons.
---
https://imgur.com/t3naEGu
I'm BlueCrystalTear, probably at work.
... Copied to Clipboard!
XIII_rocks
07/16/18 4:24:13 PM
#10:


BlackMageJawa posted...
Anything where there's a chance some of my money will end up in the pocket of Rupert Murdoch.


This but more soft. I tend to ignore Murdoch press where possible, but get Sky TV for convenience's sake. Also will never ever buy the Mail or Star.
---
Not to be confused with XIII_Stones.
... Copied to Clipboard!
Hardcore_Adult
07/16/18 4:28:59 PM
#11:


Will not buy Daily Mail or the Sun, both Shitrags that I wouldn't let my dog make on if I had one

Kind of soured on Pizza Hut as they may as well not exist the UK (so many branches closing) and their quality has been shithouse for the last decade.

I've pretty much had a ''Fuck IGN'' mentality for nearly 20yrs. Do not ask why but it's easy to work out.
---
I'll get back up for good this time and I ain't comin' down...
... Copied to Clipboard!
Solioxrz362
07/16/18 4:33:50 PM
#12:


I suppose I actively don't get Apple products. But if they released a product that really was a must-have or by far the best of its kind with no close alternatives, I wouldn't refuse to get it just because it's Apple. I just don't think they have any products that are that good right now.
---
Got a brand new blues that I can't explain
... Copied to Clipboard!
Zachnorn
07/16/18 4:35:20 PM
#13:


KujikawaRising posted...
Zachnorn posted...
I'm considering boycotting Amazon for the same reason.

This is a surprise. What did I miss?

Amazon workers are often overworked and abused. They have ridiculous targets for productivity, to the point where some people in the warehouses and drivers are peeing in bottles because their timed toilet breaks don't allow them to use a restroom properly. They get breaks, but restrooms and break rooms are far from their work areas. They don't take sick leave seriously. They also underpay people. Some warehouses require employees to go through security when they leave, and there are long lines which employees are not paid to go through. There are many more questionable labor practices - I know a few people that have worked or considered working for them and I've heard many things from them.

The problem with Amazon is that it's so big now that it's almost impossible to boycott them. Boycotting Walmart was easier because as far as physical stores go, you have Target, Costco, and many other stores. The only real alternative to Amazon is a bunch of smaller sites that are specialty online stores (Newegg for example), or have everything but getting ripped off is way easier (eBay).
---
<D
... Copied to Clipboard!
AquaArcane
07/16/18 4:39:54 PM
#14:


I think Apple is the only company I actively hate, although they do make it rather easy since their products don't appeal to me in the slightest.

Otherwise I don't find a need to boycott. Convenience matters most to me, so yeah walmart might suck but I used to work there so I know where everything is. Plus their self-checkouts are so much better nowadays, perfect for an anti-social hermit like me.
---
Let the past die. Kill it if you have to.
... Copied to Clipboard!
SeabassDebeste
07/16/18 4:48:47 PM
#15:


wendy's gave me food poisoning once, so them
---
yet all sailors of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness
... Copied to Clipboard!
Hardcore_Adult
07/16/18 4:49:23 PM
#16:


^ Chicken related?
---
I'll get back up for good this time and I ain't comin' down...
... Copied to Clipboard!
ChaosTonyV4
07/16/18 4:50:44 PM
#17:


Subway because the food is so bad.
---
Phantom Dust.
"I'll just wait for time to prove me right again." - Vlado
... Copied to Clipboard!
Snake5555555555
07/16/18 4:58:12 PM
#18:


I refuse to buy any future Konami games.
---
Suspense and shock beyond anything you have seen or imagined!
http://tinyurl.com/zqwzc9a - https://tinyurl.com/y9ndlnhp
... Copied to Clipboard!
JeffreyRaze
07/16/18 5:25:55 PM
#19:


I'm semi-boycotting KFC because the local one gave my entire family food poisoning. Semi because I haven't actually felt any urge to buy from them anyways, I just don't even think of them as an option now.
---
JeffRaze, for all your random spellcasting needs
... Copied to Clipboard!
azuarc
07/16/18 5:29:42 PM
#20:


Hertz Rental Car treated me awfully, and snaked about $500 from me due to unethical business practices. I tried my damndest to get some kind of resolution, but nobody wanted to help me with it because of the ridiculous "contract" Hertz jams in front of you. So I was told I had a car that was covered by my insurance and all I had to do was pay for any gas I didn't replace in the tank, and then I get charged for over two weeks' worth of rental before I finally figure out State Farm's not covering me. (I also dropped State Farm for that, since they were the ones who initially told me I was covered.)
---
Video Game Music Contest 12 winner: Ys 8 - Sunshine Coastline
... Copied to Clipboard!
MysteriousStan
07/16/18 5:40:26 PM
#21:


Went in to get an oil change at Firestone and they told me I had a nail in one of my tires and asked if I wanted them to take it out and patch it up. I was like "well I'm already here so sure." Not even a week later, I'm coming home from school on the highway and the tire that they "fixed" blew out on me. This was the 2nd or 3rd time I've had a tire related issue on my way home from school so I'm pissed and swore I'd never get my tires done at Firestone ever again.

This past spring I had to take my car in to get some wires fixed cause Squirrels chewed through them again (happened last year too). They said they could't do it this time cause they didn't have the technician on hand so I'd have to go to one farther away that did. The previous manager was always cool with my family and such but he's moved on to another store or something so now there's literally no reason for me to give them my business anymore. Fuck Firestone.
... Copied to Clipboard!
guffguy89
07/16/18 5:43:47 PM
#22:


I just avoid places I don't like rather than boycotting anything on some principle.
---
Don't mind me. I'm just here for the contest.
... Copied to Clipboard!
Reg
07/16/18 5:49:33 PM
#23:


When I'm not at work I go out of my way to avoid Microsoft/Apple/Facebook, and honestly I think I've done a fairly good job of it.

At work it's literally impossible though to avoid Microsoft though, so I just roll with it there.
---
Congratulations to BKSheikah, winner of the BYIG Guru Contest
... Copied to Clipboard!
KCF0107
07/16/18 8:02:08 PM
#24:


Only Gamestop comes to mind
---
KCF can't actually be a real person but he is - greengravy
https://imgur.com/VfpY7tg
... Copied to Clipboard!
OrangeCrush980
07/16/18 8:21:21 PM
#25:


BP because of the oil spill
---
Courage is the magic that turns dreams into reality.
... Copied to Clipboard!
foolm0r0n
07/16/18 8:22:30 PM
#26:


I boycott trojan condoms
---
_foolmo_
2 + 2 = 4
... Copied to Clipboard!
Aecioo
07/16/18 8:30:39 PM
#27:


foolm0r0n posted...
I boycott trojan condoms


I boycott all condoms.

Let my boys swim.
---
... Copied to Clipboard!
MariaTaylor
07/16/18 8:37:59 PM
#28:


pjbasis posted...
Nah. Fundamentally I don't see myself as an agent of change in the world.


pretty much this for me as well.

if I stop going somewhere or shopping somewhere it's usually because they have shitty service, or no longer carry products or services that I'm interested in. I've never thought to myself 'oh I really need to stop giving my money to X so they will go out of business and I can make the world a better place...'
---
~* Now I only see your dull imposter ~*
https://imgur.com/tdhOSKc
... Copied to Clipboard!
neonreaper
07/16/18 9:13:49 PM
#29:


I try to keep a note on every bad internet ad (ie more than 15 seconds) and actively avoid those companies.
---
Donny: Are they gonna hurt us, Walter?
Walter: No, Donny. These men are cowards.
... Copied to Clipboard!
Ashethan
07/17/18 9:16:10 AM
#30:


Chik-Fil a

There aren't really any others I can think of that I'd actually consider going to. LIke Hobby Lobby. I'd never shop there, but I would never shop there even if they weren't terrible people. Papa John's is another I'd add... if I'd ever get their pizza in the first place. But if I want crappy pizza, I'll go to Little Caesars and get less crappy pizza for less.
---
Growing up, I wish some teacher told me "You probably won't ever need this, but if you don't learn it, you might miss out on something really cool."
... Copied to Clipboard!
DeepsPraw
07/17/18 9:24:15 AM
#31:


Sodastream. Literally built on stolen Palestinian land

I try to avoid anything Israeli, tbh
---
pepsi for tv-game
... Copied to Clipboard!
Wanglicious
07/17/18 10:02:09 AM
#32:


i guess EA? but even then their current offerings don't match 'boycott' as much as 'i'm not going to be interested enough in this to spend money and it's EA.' by the time i even start to consider buying an EA game it's already in the cheaper half and i guess that mentality kicks in more once it's in the price range of backlog.
---
"Maybe it's a tentacle, molesting the planet itself. - Aschen Brodel.
... Copied to Clipboard!
Johnbobb
07/17/18 10:09:37 AM
#33:


Ashethan posted...
Chik-Fil a

this

although after not having them for like 8 years or so I tried them again when they opened one next to my work, and they weren't very good anyway
---
Khal Kirby, warlord of the Super Star Khalasar
PSN/Steam: CheddarBBQ https://goo.gl/Diw2hs
... Copied to Clipboard!
swirIdude
07/17/18 10:15:33 AM
#34:


Chik Fil A

They still donate to anti-gay causes.
---
"The people who play Final Fantasy 7 actually have lives and dont NEED polls" ~MajinUltima
BKSheikah won Guru, but you know that.
... Copied to Clipboard!
Great_Paul
07/17/18 12:24:59 PM
#35:


#fuckkonami
---
Bear Bro
It's kinda coincidental how like in most games pigs are evil.
... Copied to Clipboard!
Eddv
07/17/18 12:33:35 PM
#36:


Chik Fil A and Hobby Lobby
---
Board 8's Voice of Reason
https://imgur.com/chXIw06
... Copied to Clipboard!
MZero11
07/17/18 12:50:47 PM
#37:


EA cause they suck
---
MZero, to the extreme
"2017 Guru champ BKSheikah is racist against cute Pokemon." - Luster
... Copied to Clipboard!
Nanis23
07/17/18 12:51:35 PM
#38:


Denuvo
---
3DS FC : 3411-1762-0066
... Copied to Clipboard!
Lopen
07/17/18 12:55:18 PM
#39:


Only for things where I feel they've literally robbed me of my money

For the moment that's only Riot Games (the robbery being they've changed a lot of skins I've bought in League of Legends to something I would have never bought and refused an in game currency refund even when contacting support). And if they changed their refund policy I would probably spend again.
---
No problem!
This is a cute and pop genocide of love!
... Copied to Clipboard!
pxlated
07/17/18 1:14:12 PM
#40:


Not sure this has been mentioned, but another reason Amazon boycotts are taking off is because they are apparently paying nothing or next to nothing in taxes. I'm not sure of the extent to which this is true but its what's being circulated around.
---
[various robot sounds]
... Copied to Clipboard!
DeepsPraw
07/17/18 1:15:50 PM
#41:


^They also treat their employees very poorly
---
pepsi for tv-game
... Copied to Clipboard!
foolm0r0n
07/17/18 1:16:43 PM
#42:


It's true because they technically make no profit so they don't have to pay taxes. It's not even a loophole, it's "working as intended".
---
_foolmo_
2 + 2 = 4
... Copied to Clipboard!
pxlated
07/17/18 1:18:34 PM
#43:


foolm0r0n posted...
It's true because they technically make no profit so they don't have to pay taxes. It's not even a loophole, it's "working as intended".


...what
---
[various robot sounds]
... Copied to Clipboard!
KokoroAkechi
07/17/18 1:39:21 PM
#44:


The only place I can think of where I will not actively buy from is papa johns.
---
Kokoro's Anime Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaIA0gY11FQ_Zh6kLSam5OA
Updated: July 27th, 2016.
... Copied to Clipboard!
Sneakman
07/17/18 1:41:31 PM
#45:


About to start with the MGM...
... Copied to Clipboard!
Punnyz
07/17/18 1:47:44 PM
#46:


Yea, the recent papa johns thing was pretty shitty

on a much much lesser scale

I stopped playing SFV for petty reasons

I absolutely hated how they added fucking dumbass Abigail over Haggar to the roster

I was like, yea, I'm done here

Definitely put it away when they announced Cody next
---
... Copied to Clipboard!
guffguy89
07/17/18 1:52:29 PM
#47:


I tend to find people who say they boycott things to be a bit pretentious.
---
Don't mind me. I'm just here for the contest.
... Copied to Clipboard!
turbopuns2
07/17/18 1:57:48 PM
#48:


Apple. It's completely subjective based on my personal experience working in iOS support, though. Just left an awful taste in my mouth which no doubt would also happen if I'd supported a different platform.
... Copied to Clipboard!
SantaRPidgey
07/17/18 2:00:19 PM
#49:


Let's see, full boycotts:

MPAA, haven't watched a movie in theatres with my money since SOPA/PIPA

Facebook, i highly recommend everyone doing this, it essentially cured my depression.

Twitter/Instagram as an extention

Chik fil a , i mean its a crappy chicken sandwhich, its easy not to buy

A local restaurant near me that has bad business practices

Nestl, which is probably the worst company in america

Ea/activision, but they havent made a game worth playing in years

"Avoid when I can boycotts"

Walmart, sometimes you just need something and I live in a rural town and I dont want to drive an hour

Visa, haven't used "credit" on my debit card since SOPA/PIPA

YouTube red, until they fix their shuffle button
---
werd
... Copied to Clipboard!
ImTheMacheteGuy
07/17/18 2:03:44 PM
#50:


Apple
---
Place-holder sig because new phone and old sigs not saved :/
... Copied to Clipboard!
Topic List
Page List: 1, 2