Whom do you boycott - and why? - Page 12

[Sustainer]

How about any newspaper that prints Annie's Mailbox?

http://mothering.com/discussions/sho...threadid=92686

[~Jenna~]

I boycott Tommy Hilfiger because his family buys that face cream made from foreskins.

[jeyer]

Originally posted by beatgirl
Liz Claiborne (Racist)

That Liz Claiborne thing is a false rumor. Here's a link to one site that debunks it: http://www.snopes2.com/racial/business/claiborne.asp

There was also another false rumor circulating a while ago about her being a devil-worshipper. Silly.

[grnbn76]

I boycott any radio station who banned the Dixie Chicks.
Whether or not anyone agrees with what they said, this IS America, and they DO have the right to say it.
And I just really think it's funny that the media is harping on them! The people who are constantly complaining about how our freedom of speech is getting trampled on go and ban someone for exercising their freedom of speech????!!!!

[pilesoflaundry]

Citibank
exxon/mobil
cosco baby stuff
aol
at&t
household bank credit cards, Monogram bank of georgia credit (both for horrible service I cut up my cards and mailed them back)
abercrombie
I try my best at walmart but I can't always avoid them or sam's.


Citibank has the worst business practices and not very helpful customer service. I have a credit card with them (can't wait until it's paid off) and I've never been late and always pay but they keep lowering my credit limit which lowers my credit score so they lower my credit limit again because they said my score is lower now. Vicious cycle and when I call and tell them to quit it they are causing the problem I get "sorry I can't help you." : so I reported them to the bbb and comptroller of the currency and am waiting to hear back on it.

(what happened to the other boycott thred from a few days ago btw?)

[plum]

why cosco baby stuff?

[pilesoflaundry]

plum to answer you...

.. because of numerous recalls on their part and they were fined a few years ago for refusing to report known recalled/dangerous stuff to the public until some kinda safety commity found out about it and forced them to do a recall. They aren't safe IMO. I do own a few things by them and their other company 'safety 1st' but I refuse to give them anymore of my money after finding that out about them. The only reason I didn't get rid of the few things I had was they weren't recalled and putting more stuff in the landfill is worse for me than getting rid of something from a company I don't care to support any longer. BTW they also make all eddie bauer baby stuff their parent company is 'dorel'.

[plum]

oh, good to know. i wonder if we have any of their stuff .

[pamamidwife]

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[Gr8Dreamer]

Along with the other companies listed above (totally agree with all of you there ), I boycott Breyer. They are the makers of the plastic horse models that I've collected my whole life. I thought it would be really cool to share them with my dd, so we bought the Cupid and Arrow set, the nursing mare and foal.

Well, my dd, being an EBF, immediately looked between the mare's back legs to check out her "noonies." There weren't any! She was confused. Just to confirm my suspicions, I started looking between the legs of all the models. The male models had at least a token shape--even if they were geldings--but the mares were deplorably bare. I was furious at the glaring double standard. I didn't realize it as a kid, but now that I'm a feminist and nursing mama, I'm completely offended!

I have written a letter to Breyer and have yet to hear back from them. I can send anyone a copy if you'd like. Just PM me. In the first draft of my letter, I was totally spewing venom. By the time I got to the last draft, the one I actually sent, my intention was to be professional yet hard-hitting enough to wake someone up. We'll see!

[Sustainer]

My mother LOVES those, and she buys them for everyone in the family (she's really buying them because SHE likes them, though). I have been opposed to them simply because they're plastic. Thanks for giving me another reason!

[spyiispy]

Karen......we buy Schleich animals because BOTH mama and daddy animals are both anatomically correct. My little 3 year old likes to make his baby calf drink "nummies" from the mama cow. (I know, I know....they're made in China...but they've always corresponded with me very respectfully and seemed to care about what I had to say). They have lots of horsies to choose from too. We love our "Irish cob" horse and the Shire horses.

Lisa

[Gr8Dreamer]

SBF, you are so right on about the plastic thing. My in-laws have such a hard time around dd's birthday and other holidays. They are plastic freaks! (I am so anti-plastic, and the Breyers were just that much easier to drop after that last huge infraction.) I've handed out Rosie Hippo catalogs to all concerned family members, and most of them have responded favorably (except lovely MIL :, but that's another story).

[Sustainer]

Originally Posted by Gr8Dreamer

I've handed out Rosie Hippo catalogs to all concerned family members, and most of them have responded favorably (except lovely MIL :, but that's another story).

Me too! Right down to the lovely MIL! :LOL

[Gr8Dreamer]

Hey Lisa, we do the Scleich thing, too. They are horrible because they're plastic (and I've put a moratorium on further purchases because they're plastic and MIC), but they're so good because they're shamelessly detailed. Penises, vulvas, teats, anuses. They're all there, and my little girl isn't grossed out by it. She has some cousins who, upon seeing them, squeal in mock disgust and horror. That's because they've been exposed only to the featureless Breyers or, worse Barbie!

SBL, how do you handle your MIL? Mothering mag had a good letter to write to family members about how gifts can better correspond to the family's values. Can I boycott my MIL? :LOL

[Sustainer]

Nothing I say/no information I give her has any effect on her. She thinks it's all hooey. It's a shame, because she's the only one in my family who can afford to buy things!

[Gr8Dreamer]

Last holiday season, dd got a sh**load of junk plastic Wal*Mart toys. You know what we did? I sincerely thanked the givers because they actually gave us exactly what we wanted. I piled up all the cheesy toys and took them back to Wally World. I got a refund and, with the money, had dd pick out some really cool things from the Rosie Hippo catalog.

Back to the original topic, I'm also trying to boycott anything that's USDA organic. Their standards are a slap in the face to the original intent and spirit of organic farming.

This link is a bit dated, but it shows how subversive the USDA is. http://www.organicconsumers.org/Organic/orgvsorg.htm

More on the big, bad USDA:
http://www.organicconsumers.org/Orga...rtdenounce.cfm

Report on the four USDA Organic Hearings (great grassroots stuff!):
http://www.sare.org/sanet-mg/archive...html/0083.html

[guestmama9924]

Originally Posted by pamamidwife

I also boycott Cascade HealthCare Products, where many midwives and their clients get their stuff.

ME TOO!!! but for other reasons as well, namely, they are a rude and corrupt little business that completely shafted me and my Midwives during our birthing center set up....

[demetria]

We boycott
Nestle'
Kraft
Rj Reynolds
WalMart
Right Start Company
Drug companies- Glaxo Welcome, etc..
Brown and Root/Haliburton Companies
and if I didn't live 40 minutes from EVERYWHERE I wouldn't buy gas.

[Benjismom]

I wasn't able to read all the responses, but I saw someone mentioned Costco and I wanted to put in a good word for them. They pay their workers much better than Wal-Mart and give them real medical benefits (unlike Wal-Mart; see WSJ article last year on the subject--argh). Wall Street analysts are now all about banging on them to get their costs in line with Wal-Mart's and the CEO said no. They are not union-friendly (though nowhere near as anti-union as Wal-Mart) but do have a unionized store I used to shop at in Maryland.

I boycott Wal-Mart, all fast food, products that use GMO ingredients and non-grass-fed beef. I am also very careful with coffee, chocolate and the like to buy fair trade products whenever possible. I boycott Exxon Mobil because they are climate change deniers. I grew up in a family that was always boycotting something--from JP Stevens textiles to grapes--so I guess it comes naturally to me.

Beth, Mom to DS (4) and DD (16 mos.)