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View Poll Results: Boycott companies with views or practices that you disagree with?
Always. My money speaks volumes. 17 26.98%
Sometimes. It depends on how badly I need the service. 29 46.03%
Never. Companies can express whatever views and engage in whatever behaviors they choose. 9 14.29%
No one is holding these companies back but them. 8 12.70%
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Old 07-25-2012, 03:05 PM
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Sometimes you do not have to stop patronizing a place. Sometimes you can express your discontent and some companies will respond to keep your business. I have complained to a business about its racially bigoted (disguised as anti-Bush liberal Democrat humor) advertising. They were wise to discard of the advertising while I was still in the store and apologize that their inappropriate humor offended me. I appreciated their quick response and that the owner and employees did not give me the "we do what we please" speech. I still patron the store sometimes but I still am shocked that they thought that advertisment was a good idea in the first place.
This is what I mean by my #3. Doubling down on idiocy is a surefire way to lose my business.
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