# What are your Boycotts for 2006?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-boycotts-for-2006/337948
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [January 1, 2006, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-boycotts-for-2006/337948 "2006-01-01T13:28:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2006, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-boycotts-for-2006/337948/1 "2006-01-01T13:28:08Z")
Starting fresh for the New Year, I’ve decided to renew ( with vigor) the following boycotts:
**Walmart** and their abhorrent business practices.
**Starbucks** besides blech coffee, it is overpriced. And I don’t want a Vendi, Up-All Night and Bladderbuster, I want Small-Medium-Large. m’kay?
**Toys R Us** Even before I had kids, I hated going in this place. It is all about commericals and plastic, phony and overpriced. **Support your Independant Toy Store & Board Game Companies!**
\*\*Designer Clothes & Purses: \*\*I have real issues with their treatment and poor pay history in the third world nations. I’ve never bought them anyways, so this isn’t really a true boycott, more along a Honest & Frugal lifestyle choice. Besides, much of the stuff is just goofy.
If I could find a gas station that only sold American Gas, I’d be pretty happy.
**DeBeers** and Real Diamonds. The perceived value and the overinflated pricing of these shiny baubles is so frightening to me. I do own a nice diamond, but it was before I came to the light about the monopoly that DeBeers has. CZ for me .
**Businesses Who Will Get My Money**
\*\*American Made First \*\* ( this includes Canuckistan too.) Then **Europe & Aussie** made.
**Fair Trade items.** (fair price paid to the 3rd world person whom made said item.)
**Organic & Fair Trade.**
\*\*Indy book stores. \*\* They _care_ about books and know their stuff.
\*\*Indy Toy Stores. \*\*They are as passionate about childhood & great toys as much as I am.
\*\*Resale, Goodwill & Salvation Armies. \*\* $20 for a few new items of clothing! What is not to love? I’ve shopped at them for nigh on 20 years. FTR, most of them are having a 50% sale January 2nd for clothing. wOOt!
**My local Library.** They save me so much money over the year, that I always shove whatever few bucks I have in my wallet into their little donation cans at the check out. (Which goes to support the Teen Reading Room.)
**North American Sellers on Ebay**.
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### Author:  [@lynne-42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynne-42)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2006, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-boycotts-for-2006/337948/2 "2006-01-01T13:42:04Z")
Plastic shopping bags.
Our town is going plastic shopping bag free during the year - all businesses will ban them and privide calico ones at a price if you don’t bring your own carrier bag. We aren’t the first to do it, but we’re one of the first. Yes!
Any store which plays loud music. Can’t stand it. Why do they do it?
Lynne
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### Author:  [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2006, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-boycotts-for-2006/337948/3 "2006-01-01T14:31:35Z")
**Target** because of their banning of the Salvation Army ringers.
**Veal** because little cows should not be kept in cages 3x too small just to make the meat tender.
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### Author:  [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2006, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-boycotts-for-2006/337948/4 "2006-01-01T14:52:02Z")
Target bans all solicitors, not just the Salvation Army. [Snopes](http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/sallyann.asp) link.
In fact, that’s one of the reasons I’m excited that we’re finally getting a Target where I live. Wal-Mart has all manner of charitable groups who hang out in front of the store to solicit donations. Some of them are worthy and I’m usually good for a contribution, but others I don’t agree with. Some of them are respectful and make me go to them. Others are incredibly pushy, and this includes some SA bell ringers. I don’t like being shamed into donating, and I don’t care how worthy the cause is. I know I can go to Target and not be hassled.
In fact, now that we’re getting a viable alternative, once the Target opens, I intend to shop there exclusively.
I also hope that this local business boom brings in a Borders or Barnes and Noble.
Robin
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### Author:  [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2006, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-boycotts-for-2006/337948/5 "2006-01-01T14:54:22Z")
I will continue to boycott:
Best Buy
Circuit City
Advance Auto Parts
Barnes and Noble
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### Author:  [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2006, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-boycotts-for-2006/337948/6 "2006-01-01T15:24:52Z")
I avoid **Best Buy** because of their exceptionally ear drum shattering music blared in the store.
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### Author:  [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2006, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-boycotts-for-2006/337948/7 "2006-01-01T15:37:41Z")
Walmart !
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### Author:  [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2006, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-boycotts-for-2006/337948/8 "2006-01-01T15:52:19Z")
The Red Sox, because of the mess Larry Lucchino has caused by treating Theo like shit.
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### Author:  [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2006, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-boycotts-for-2006/337948/9 "2006-01-01T16:08:15Z")
Anything involving Tom Cruise.
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### Author:  [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-boycotts-for-2006/337948/10 "2006-01-01T16:17:56Z")
I will renew my boycott of WalMart. I absolutely loathe WalMart, but there’s one right next to my office and often end up running over there because it’s so convenient. Of course, I spend the entire time I am there hating it and promising I will never go there again. A promise I promptly break the next time I need something.
But no more. I do not want to support a company that treats its employees so abominably.
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### Author:  [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2006, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-boycotts-for-2006/337948/11 "2006-01-01T16:41:06Z")
Pork.
Anything involving Scientology. The usual stuff.
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### Author:  [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-boycotts-for-2006/337948/12 "2006-01-01T16:51:36Z")
Asparagus
I’m currently in my fourth decade of this boycott, and I haven’t faltered yet.
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### Author:  [@liberty3701](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liberty3701)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2006, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-boycotts-for-2006/337948/13 "2006-01-01T16:59:13Z")
**SouthWest Airlines** , for their horrible treatement of overweight people.
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### Author:  [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2006, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-boycotts-for-2006/337948/14 "2006-01-01T17:01:46Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#):
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> **DeBeers** and Real Diamonds. The perceived value and the overinflated pricing of these shiny baubles is so frightening to me. I do own a nice diamond, but it was before I came to the light about the monopoly that DeBeers has. CZ for me .
Not quite a monopoly (but yes - very close to one) - Google “Canadian Diamonds” and poke around in some of the resulting websites.
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### Author:  [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2006, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-boycotts-for-2006/337948/15 "2006-01-01T17:06:39Z")
> [@liberty3701](#):
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> **SouthWest Airlines** , for their horrible treatement of overweight people.
Just how big would someone have to be before you understood? Some people have grown over 1000lbs. I am sure there must be some cutoff right? Where is that for you?
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### Author:  [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2006, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-boycotts-for-2006/337948/16 "2006-01-01T17:27:09Z")
> [@River Hippie](#):
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> Walmart !
I’ve decided this year to boycott Walmart aslo. Not because of it’s buisness practices or anything like that, but because it’s filled with dirty people. Oh dear Og, put some shoes on your children and keep them near the cart. I’ll stick with the BX on base where people have like, manners, and bathe regularly.
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### Author:  [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-boycotts-for-2006/337948/17 "2006-01-01T17:33:35Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#):
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> Just how big would someone have to be before you understood? Some people have grown over 1000lbs. I am sure there must be some cutoff right? Where is that for you?
[Moderator Underoos on]This is a poll, not a debate. If you wish to discuss Southwest Airlines and their weight restriction procedures, please start a new thread in the proper forum.
Thank you.[/Moderator Underoos on]
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### Author:  [@Coil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coil)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2006, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-boycotts-for-2006/337948/18 "2006-01-01T17:44:01Z")
I am going to boycott stores that brag about only having Swedish (since I live in Sweden) food stuffs etc. I do not care where the steak comes from as long as it tastes good and the price is right.
If that means the meat comes from Denmark or Argentina and my eggs are from Holland so be it.
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### Author:  [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-boycotts-for-2006/337948/19 "2006-01-01T17:52:32Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> [Moderator Underoos on]This is a poll, not a debate. If you wish to discuss Southwest Airlines and their weight restriction procedures, please start a new thread in the proper forum.
> Thank you.[/Moderator Underoos on]
Wait, so you weren’t wearing pants to begin with?
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### Author:  [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-boycotts-for-2006/337948/20 "2006-01-01T17:58:39Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#):
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> Wait, so you weren’t wearing pants to begin with?
[Moderator Underoos on]This is a poll, not the Spanish Inquisition. If you wish to discuss bizarre sexual fantasies involving your favorite moderator, please start a new thread in the proper forum.
Thank you.[/Moderator Underoos on]
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