johnart said:

It's like the starfish story.

I use this: http://www.hrc.org/buyersguide2009/

But truth be told, you can make yourself absolutely crazy.
I'm all for shopping responsibly (according to your beliefs or what's important to you) but if you REALLY want and try hard enough you can find bad stuff about almost ANY company.

"I say welcome to our Shell-shocked land..."

K-Mart. Back in 2000, I had just bought a computer game from K-Mart. I took it home to discover one of the CDs were cracked. I took the game to K-Mart so I can exchange it for a working copy. As I enter the store, the first thing I do is go to the customer service desk. The employee took a look at my receipt/game and told me to go back to the software section, pick up another copy of the game, and bring it back to the customer service desk. I do as I am told. The customer service rep gives me back my receipt and tells me to have a good day.

I exited to store and get to my car when I heard "Store Security! Store Security!". I see these two older men in plain clothes run towards me. One of guards pushes me up against the car as the other takes my game and the receipt. They proceeded to handcuff me. One of the security guards stated that "He watched me pick up the game and walk straight out of the store without paying". I told him if he was really following me he would have seen me stop at the Customer Service desk twice to trade my game. I told them to go talk to the Customer Service rep. One of the security guards headed inside, while I stood, handcuffed, outside with the other guard.

The guard asked me, "You know why we're doing this right?". I replied back, "Yeah. Sure." The other dumbass guard comes back out and said that my story checks out. They unhandcuffed me, gave me back my game, and told me to "Have a nice day". I was furious. I haven't stopped in any K-Mart since that happened.

I got a lawyer and tried to sue. First, K-Mart offered me $800.00 to be quiet. My lawyer said to not accept the offer and hold off. K-Mart then proceeded to deny that nothing ever occurred that day. At the start of the case, my lawyer was aggressive, but then he seemed to lose steam so nothing ever happened with the case. However, I do know the two security guards were fired. That is all that really matters to me.

johnart said:

They give Shell a 100 favorable rating here.

ThreadBare said:

They give other companies favorable ratings that I wouldn't support in a million years also. They are only looking for one criteria for the recommendation list.

CarrieMpls said:

Yeah, I noticed their benefits criteria seemed to be the only basis for the rating.

did i already post on this thread? i can't be bothered to look and see. and i'm bored. so i'll post on it again.

i won't buy nike. i just plain won't do it. part of it is out of conscience, and part of it is the asthetic - i think they're the most shameless abuser of branding i can think of, and every time i see a friend wearing something with a nike swoosh, i always wanna say "i love you to death, but..." and rip that shit right off their body, because they deserve more than being a walking billboard for those fuckers. and yeah, i know...we all end up wearing SOMEone's logo sooner or later...it's just that nike is so nastily ubiquitous, i hate them.

and no more rockstar energy drinks, cuz them shits are nothing but a big can of homophobia...which sucks, because i did like their pomegranate and mango energy drinks. but oh well.

generally speaking, i won't shop at walmart. there were a few family emergencies a few years back when walmart was the only thing around and i had to loosen up my ideals a little for the sake of more immediate concerns, but those days are passed. now that i can make more comfortable choices again, i won't go near a walmart.

i won't order from dominos, though i'm not sure if the whole thing about them being owned by evil satan white supremist wackos was an urban legend or what. all's i know for a fact is their pizza sucks.

oh, and i hate pepsi. not for any political reason, just because it tastes like some kind of syrupy chemical bullshit. and i don't know who the pepsi corporation thinks enjoys diet pepsi, because that stuff is just plain vile.

oh, and the day i will put a stitch of ed hardy clothing on my body is the day you can call the nice men with the butterfly nets to come take me away, because i think those are the ugliest clothes in the universe.

oh my god, razzing on brands i hate is FUN!!

And since Nike bought out Converse I won't be buying any more Cons once the pair I have now wear out. Bugger, those are great shoes.

Duracell batteries.

DevotedPuppy said:

why?

Bolthouse Farms juice...they supported Prop. 8

meow85 said:

Because if it's on the internet, it must be true.

meow85 said:

Wha ? whats so great about Conversre chucks ? they quite simple aint they?

I boycott Amercian Apparel for the reasons you mansioned above and i also boycott nike and Snapples and Walmart and of course everything by Monsanto.
I used to boycott Mc Ds butt these days i drink theyre coffee sometimes .

alsoo starbucks cuz theyre shitt is nasty . sure mc d s is also nastay butt at elast cheap !

Savages son is a racist pig and can kiss my hairy ass !

i also boycott anything by anoyne who pollutes the envirenment.

by the way , i dig your political stance.

http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/images/hsirhan/2006/12/20/coon.jpg

truly inexcusable

I use this: http://www.hrc.org/buyersguide2009/

But truth be told, you can make yourself absolutely crazy.
I'm all for shopping responsibly (according to your beliefs or what's important to you) but if you REALLY want and try hard enough you can find bad stuff about almost ANY company.

What's the deal with Nike?



When I began running this year I tried on about 15 pairs of running shoes and it's a pair of Nikes that won out as the most comfortable. They are like walking/running on air. But if it's going to make me cry when I hear why I shouldn't be supporting them, I'll try to find another brand when these are worn out.

meow85 said:

Say it ain't so!!!

walmart = i am strongly against this company and have actually encourage people not to shop there in my immediate circle. thankfully i have no need to go there, since i live in an area where theres pretty much none around. i don't like their business practices and i especially don't like how they barge into communities and kill the color of a local neighborhood along with the local businesses.

CarrieMpls said:

In terms of apparel companies they're one of the biggest users of sweatshop labour. Some 8 year old or some heavily pregnant lady getting paid 2 bucks a day made those comfy shoes.

meow85 said:

I will look for something different when these are worn out.