# How goes your personal boycott? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 18, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-goes-your-personal-boycott/162265 "2003-03-18T14:34:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-goes-your-personal-boycott/162265/81 "2004-03-11T19:52:56Z")
> [@kniz](#): > > My trip to France is still **CANCELLED**. What a shame, it’s a beautiful place to visit. Might I ask _why_ you’re boycotting France? ---
**Author:** ![AmericanMaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-goes-your-personal-boycott/162265/82 "2004-03-11T20:32:17Z")
My boyott of Comcast has been going strong for the past year. It’s going even stronger this year because I just found out Stephen Burke, president of Comcast, is a Bush campaign contributor. This fact alone was enough to convince one of my co-workers to drop Comcast. Now, I’ll have to get rid of Verizon for the same reason… My lifelong boycott of organized religion is as strong as cement. I don’t care if I burn in hell and neither should you. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-goes-your-personal-boycott/162265/83 "2004-03-11T20:57:54Z")
> [@Edward The Head](#): > > I am however never, ever going to deal with Sheehy Ford again. I would suggest others do the same. Is this Sheehy Ford in Richmond? Just curious as to what happened - my dad’s good friends with the GM there. I have no opinion on them one way or the other. Ava ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-goes-your-personal-boycott/162265/84 "2004-03-11T21:30:13Z")
Coors Beer Mel Gibson movies. Not just “The Passion…” All of them. Open homophobe. Did you ever see the excerpt from an interview he did a few years ago where he stands up, points to his asshole, and says this is for taking a shit? Class. Olive Garden. FAKE friendliness and microwave dinners. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-goes-your-personal-boycott/162265/85 "2004-03-11T22:07:07Z")
To the extent possible, I boycott cities and states that have their own special Defense of Marriage Acts that are even more restrictive than the Fed’s. I also let their governments and tourism offices know periodically that I am doing so, and how much movey I spent on vacations and business elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-goes-your-personal-boycott/162265/86 "2004-03-11T22:07:17Z")
To the extent possible, I boycott cities and states that have their own special Defense of Marriage Acts that are even more restrictive than the Fed’s. I also let their governments and tourism offices know periodically that I am doing so, and how much money I spent on vacations and business elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-goes-your-personal-boycott/162265/87 "2004-03-11T23:07:38Z")
> [@The 27th Evil](#): > > Cracker Barrel: They are openly homophobic and I refuse to eat there. The national boycott of Cracker Barrel over their anti-gay hiring rules [ended more than **two** years ago after the company set forth a new antidiscrimination policy](http://www.hrc.org/newsreleases/2002/021204crabar.asp). [HRC](http://www.hrc.org/) referred to this change of policy as a “major victory.” If you want to boycott them for the whole country kitsch chain food thing, though, please do. 😃 As for my boycotts: National/International Businesses: Nestle, Nestle, Nestle! I lose no sleep over it and Spunky the Wonder Dog didn’t seem at all fazed when he was switched from Mighty Dog to a more world-friendly brand. Frank’s Red Hot Sauce: their new ad campaign is sufficiently offensive and judgmental to warrant a pledge to avoid their swill for perpetuity. Local Businesses: The local Burger King because they do, in fact, have a racist skinhead working in their drive-thru]([http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=221287](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=221287)). The local Nissan dealership lied about work that was “needed” on my former vehicle. I will never buy a Nissan from them, and if I ever own another, I will never take it them for service. Entertainment: Clear Channel in all of its overly pervasive forms, including my formerly beloved XM radio. Any film featuring Scientologists, Sean Connery or directed by Roman Polanski. ---
**Author:** ![cmosdes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cmosdes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmosdes)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-goes-your-personal-boycott/162265/88 "2004-03-11T23:13:51Z")
**Major League Baseball** - When billionaires and millionaires are having a pissing contest over my money, it is time to take back my money. **Amazon** - Short story is that their lying about shipping dates cost me money. Therefore, since I can’t trust them, they get no more of my money. **Bellevue Computers** - Purchased a PC from them and a while later the power supply fried the entire PC. They refused to try and help me recover. **Wal-Mart** - No personal experience, really, just reading about how badly they treat employees and I’d rather not support such a behemoth of a company. ---
**Author:** ![Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/839c29/32.png) [@Phedre\_no\_Delaunay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phedre_no_Delaunay)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-goes-your-personal-boycott/162265/89 "2004-03-11T23:17:24Z")
> [@pepperlandgirl](#): > > Wendy’s–Fifteen minutes later i send my husband in to get the food, he comes out after another 15 minutes (by now I’ve almost reached apocolyptic rage) and then, the fucking order is wrong! > It was too much. And I have a long memory. I don’t know what it is about Wendy’s, but I have _never_ gotten a correct order from their drive through. I’ve tried at Wendy’s locations in about 10 states, and many cities within those states, but not _once_ have I gotten the order correctly from the drive through. It is just a bizarre, twilight zone experience, and I know I will keep trying, because I would just like to see if I _ever_ get a correct drive through order. Strangely, they’ve never messed up when I go inside. As for personal boycotts, I still won’t eat Domino’s pizza, even though the reason I began boycotting is no longer valid. But during my boycott, I just found better pizza elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![cmosdes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cmosdes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmosdes)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2004, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-goes-your-personal-boycott/162265/90 "2004-03-11T23:22:16Z")
Forgot one… **Wilson Motors** (A Ford dealership) - brought my car in for some warranty work, and due to some miscommunication ended up having to pay $600 to get it back. What put me completely over the edge, however, was when I was trying to figure out how I ended up with a $600 bill I discovered some items which were billed TWICE but with different part numbers, name and prices. If I can’t trust a company, I won’t shop there. Period. ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-goes-your-personal-boycott/162265/91 "2004-03-12T02:46:17Z")
> [@clayton\_e](#): > > I boycot all soda, thanks to Coke, their business practices, and [this](http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/w/watervscoke.htm). Most of that Coke rubbish has been debunked by [Snopes](http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/acid.asp). ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-goes-your-personal-boycott/162265/92 "2004-03-12T03:43:07Z")
**Isreal** I like Jews, really I do. Very nice people. Gee, how did they get stuck with the Israeli government? **All Fast-Food Chains** Not more moral reasons. It is simply more adventurous to eat at local places. **Iberia Airlines** They had a strike while both my wife and I were flying. Nasty people. **Wall\*Mart** For the reasons already mentioned. ---
**Author:** ![cheddarsnax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@cheddarsnax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheddarsnax)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-goes-your-personal-boycott/162265/93 "2004-03-12T05:00:38Z")
I’m currently boycotting Arby’s. They never get my drive-thru order right, and didn’t respond to my complaints. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-goes-your-personal-boycott/162265/94 "2004-03-12T06:44:19Z")
My above-mentioned boycotts of Yukijirushi (they’ve since changed their brand name to MegMilk) and the Daily Yomiuri are still going well. My boycott of Major League Baseball has gone less well. I didn’t buy any MLB products, but while I was confined to a hospital bed for three weeks there were at least two games on every day. I felt guilty about watching at first, but you can only stare out the window and do crossword puzzles for so long. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-goes-your-personal-boycott/162265/95 "2004-03-12T06:48:07Z")
And after the airport/immigration nonsense I had to go through during my last visit, I’ve been avoiding travelling to the US unless absolutely necessary. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-goes-your-personal-boycott/162265/96 "2004-03-12T15:12:46Z")
> [@Primaflora](#): > > Nestle still. They’re still in business but they did back down on that evil demand in Ethiopia. > > Shell still. > > I have a problem with boycotting Borders because the books I would buy from them , I usually have to buy from Amazon instead. I try to buy books locally but at times some of the ones I want are only available from Borders in the city or Amazon. I plan to check out Powells though. Just wanted to say that I have ordered from Powells before and had a good experience. They had the book I was looking for in stock and at a much lower price than my uni bookstore charged, even after shipping. Robin ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-goes-your-personal-boycott/162265/97 "2004-03-12T15:14:20Z")
I’ve been boycotting the NFL since the Cleveland Browns move to Baltimore in 1995. While I haven’t hurt them much I haven’t missed them any either. I understand there was some sort of international incident at this past Super Bowl though but of course I missed it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-goes-your-personal-boycott/162265/98 "2004-03-12T22:45:45Z")
2003: Hmm, let’s see. So many corporations, so little time. Nationwide Warehouse and Harry’s Carpet. Their ads SCREAM at me. I wouldn’t buy from them even if their products weren’t crapola. \*\*2004 Update: The former is out of business. The other has toned down its ads. \*\* 2003: Chrysler - $32,000 for a van that needed 2 new transmissions + 1 new engine in 4 years. (75k mi.) Chrysler informed my husband that “at some point the consumer has to take responsibility for the vehicle.” I’m a freaking soccer mom, Chrysler. You think I’m 4 wheeling in this thing? Stand behind your product or get the hell out of business. \*\*2004 Update: 12/2003 bought a 2004 Toyota Sienna. 1500 miles later and no new transmissions yet. This is a plus. \*\* 2003: AT&T - No, I don’t want your local distance phone service. Thanks for asking the 3,535th time!!! **2004 Update: I still don’t want their long distance service since it’s included with my cell phone plan. But they quit calling! Shall I thank the Do Not Call registry?** 2003: 1-800-CALL ATT Any company that has Carrot Top as their spokesman will never see a dime from me. **2004 Update: I haven’t seen Carrot Top in a long time. If I need to call long distance, I’ll consider 1-800-CALL ATT.** 2003: Barbra Streisand - She’s entitled to her politics but she offends me just every time she opens up her mouth. **2004 Update: There’s an election coming up yet she’s been laying low. Perhaps someone cited her declaration that she’d leave the country if Bush were elected as a reason the Democrats lost the last Prez election…** ---
**Author:** ![stargazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@stargazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stargazer)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-goes-your-personal-boycott/162265/99 "2004-03-12T23:52:59Z")
> [@Jervoise](#): > > Most of that Coke rubbish has been debunked by [Snopes](http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/acid.asp). And [Mythbusters](http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/mythbusters/about/about.html). Have you seen that show? It rocks! Hey! SD is one of the Mythbusters’ weblinks! Cool! ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2004, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-goes-your-personal-boycott/162265/100 "2004-03-13T01:51:13Z")
Mine isn’t against a bg corporation, it’s against my local gym. I had a job I **loved** a few years ago (I’ve mentioned this elsewhere before I’m sure) I caught another member of staff stealing. Somehow or other she got a pay rise and a promotion, and I got the sack. I’ve since found out that the manager of the gym knows who this woman is, and knows that she was sacked from a previous job for her behaviour, and that he himself has interviewed her for a job (at the gym) and wouldn’t employ her. He’s on good speaking terms with the owner and manager of the place where I worked, and yet he never once opened his mouth and said one word to them about that woman, I can’t help thinking if he’d even said “jaysus, I’d never have given \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ a job” maybe she wouldn’t have gotten away with what she got away with … and so I can’t face the idea of paying that guy to re-join the gym (I used to go there 4-5 times a week) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-goes-your-personal-boycott/162265.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-goes-your-personal-boycott/162265.md?page=6)