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Originally Posted by agzg
I hate you.
But yes, I will, but it depends on four things:
1. How strongly I feel about the issue.
2. The availability of comparable good/services in my area (and whether I can afford any price jumps).
3. Their response to public accusations/backlash.
4. Other, related parties. For example: it doesn't take much for me to either cut my spending at or boycott a company that donates to Focus on the Family, because James Dobson is a piece of shit and Focus on the Family really is a hate group, and I've felt that way for years.
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A couple years after we got married, my ex-husband got strange and became obsessed with televangelists and was giving LOTS of money to that guy and the Joyce lady. It totally freaked me out.
My "boycotting" has been minimal. I don't donate to Komen anymore, as someone else mentioned, but that's not really a boycott. It's just a choice of who gets my charity dollars. I usually know people doing the Avon 2 Day and donate to that anyway. The only tine I really boycotted somewhere, it was a local restaurant after they'd been extremely rude to us.
We'd had breakfast there and our bill came to $10.34 or something like that. My ex (we were dating actually, before we got married) gave the cashier $20.34. She closed the drawer without giving him change. He pointed out to her that he'd given her a $20 and she argued with him. He had her get the manager who said "Leave your name and if the drawer is $10 over at the end of the day, we'll call you." Umm, no. My ex told them to count the drawer now and give him his change. They did. It was $10 over and they threw a ten dollar bill at him with no apology or anything. Did I mention we ate breakfast there EVERY Sunday and the waitresses all knew our order by heart? We were regulars. They should have trusted us or at least been gracious when they made the mistake. We never went there again and it bummed me out because they made the best omelettes. We did tell friends about our experience but I don't know if they stopped eating there or not.
I am trying to avoid AT&T and I avoided Comcast for a long time. However, when they were offering all the same services as a different cable/internet company for half the cost, I did end up with Comcast again. I'm not going to cut off my nose to spite my face, I guess. I just don't trust them much and I watch my bills very carefully.
I'm boycotting Chik Fil A because they don't have a restaurant around here. I've been boycotting them since before it was cool....lol.