Buycott

[3930dave]

Comments from anybody using this App ?

I don't like installing apps (I'm capable, just not often willing.....) on my phone, and have actually disabled or hobbled (I think ) a lot of what came on my phone.

While I have made some effort in the past to avoid products made in China, I'm on the lookout for better tools to manage my quest....

Buycott.com - Wikipedia

If you've had this app installed:

- how do you have it tuned, and how well does it deliver accurate results ?

- any negative effects ? (phone performance/speed, your data/preferences being leaked/used elsewhere......)

Rgds, D.

 

[Jstpssng]

Watching this to see what you learn.

 

[k0ua]

If I tried to boycott every company I disagreed with I wouldn't be able to buy hardly anything or use hardly any service. I think buycott's are stupid, even childish.

 

[Jstpssng]

I just order 2 new batteries for my Dewalt; the website gave a US address but once the payment was made through PayPal the company on the confirmation was in Chinese lettering and I haven't been able to find out more about the company. They won't do me any good if I need to wait 3 months to get my order filled...

If I tried to boycott every company I disagreed with I wouldn't be able to buy hardly anything or use hardly any service

I do agree with this though, avoiding a company because of how the owners think is too close to censorship.

 

[/pine]

It's BUYcott...not boycot...did you even look at the link?

BTW If organized boycotts can be quite effective and they give some power back to the people...something they seem to have lost along the way...if justified consumers have the power to bring large corporations to their knees by simply not buying their products...

 

[3930dave]

Don't Hate the Player James......

I recognize that many people Don't Care/Can't be Bothered......

Rgds, D.

 

[k0ua]

It's BUYcott...not boycot...did you even look at the link?

BTW If organized boycotts can be quite effective and they give some power back to the people...something they seem to have lost along the way...if justified consumers have the power to bring large corporations to their knees by simply not buying their products...

I DID look at the link, and I don't care if they call the app BUYCOTT, it is a BOYCOTT. And why do we need to bring corporations to their knees if we disagree with them? I disagree with you a lot, do I want to bring you to your knees. NO>

 

[k0ua]

Don't Hate the Player......

I recognize that many people Don't Care/Can't be Bothered......

Rgds, D.

Yes, don't care and can't be bothered just about sums up my thoughts. And the reason for that is I see hundreds of corporate policies I don't agree with. To bad so sad for me.

 

[/pine]

I DID look at the link, and I don't care if they call the app BUYCOTT, it is a BOYCOTT. And why do we need to bring corporations to their knees if we disagree with them? I disagree with you a lot, do I want to bring you to your knees. NO>

Too bad you're that misguided and can't see the bigger picture...

 

[k0ua]

Too bad you're that misguided and can't see the bigger picture...

Yep, sucks to be me.

 

[3Ts]

Too bad you're that misguided and can't see the bigger picture...

I read the link and it looks to me like it is a boycott of a product. The UPC is unique to a product and is carried by many local merchants, so if you don't support the local merchants by buying the products they carry, I assume you will have to order the alternate product via Amazon (or equivalent). Please explain the bigger picture because I don't see it either, nor do I believe that activists for a particular cause see the bigger picture.

 

[3930dave]

If somebody has no interest in knowing where something is made, then this thread/topic/App should be of no interest either.

Rgds, D.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Seems we are talking personal preferences here; I for one, will not knowingly buy a food product made or processed in China. I will also not buy anything else made in China or any other country for that matter, if I can do without it or get the same thing made in this country. I will make an exception for products from Canada, and admit that some produce almost always comes from Mexico.

Having said that, some companies make their politics and social crusades public; therefore I can show my disagreement by not buying from them if I can help it; Target is an example. I also favor Hobby Lobby and Chick-fil-A, so I have no qualms about buying from them.

The only power we as consumers have is the choice to purchase or not to purchase, and although it is not an obsession with me, I do exercise that choice when I can.

 

[rekees4300]

Which China are you buycotting? There is Taiwan and Mainland China. I am not adverse to buying from Taiwan, I'd prefer not to buy from Mainland, but (for example) if they are producing most of our medications, how are you going to avoid it? The alternative is to not get the medication at all, so is that really an option? I suspect there are many items that they produce that we "just can't" get along without and no one else makes an equivalent. I also suspect that Mainland China produces the alternatives as well.

Hopefully, after the pandemic things are going to change (assuming the politicians wake up). Our dependence on China is going to lessen. It's just crazy to have all our medications manufactured over there, out of our control. Eventually I'm buycotting all non-essential products that say "Made In China" but as a first step local Chinese restaurants are blacklisted.

 

[Diggin It]

Having said that, some companies make their politics and social crusades public; therefore I can show my disagreement by not buying from them if I can help it; Target is an example. I also favor Hobby Lobby and Chick-fil-A, so I have no qualms about buying from them.

I'd buy from Target if I had a store nearby and they had something I wanted.

I avoid HL for the most part if I can find it elsewhere, which isn't always possible.

I'll never set foot in the Chik place.