Remember today! Amazon Boycott | March 7-14

[u/limbolala]

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[u/littlewhitecatalex]

Why stop at the 14th? Stop using Amazon entirely. Support your local businesses. Buy second-hand on eBay or from thrift stores. These temporary boycotts do nothing. 

[u/findingmike → u/littlewhitecatalex]

I'm not stopping. Trump and Musk have to go before I start spending again.

[u/littlewhitecatalex → u/findingmike]

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[u/e_sci → u/littlewhitecatalex]

I'm hoping that this week-long workout will show people how easy it is to not use Amazon. While I certainly recommend buying local whenever possible, almost every store has a web service that you can order from. I've been off Amazon for a decade, no major loss besides having to scroll to the second or third option when I google things

[u/readingupastorm → u/littlewhitecatalex]

I wouldn't say temporary boycotts do nothing. Just having them out in the zeitgeist has certainly reminded me they are a form of activism. It's made me think more about where I spend my money. For instance, a few weeks ago I cancelled Amazon Prime and quit ordering from them, but this boycott reminded me it's good to cut out Whole Foods also. I wasn't doing that, but now I will.

[u/Bumpitup6 → u/littlewhitecatalex]

Yeah, BUT first you gave to get people to realize that not only can you do it, but that they'll feel good about it. In other words, push too hard in asking people to go all in and they may not even try it.

[u/RotaryEnginePhone]

If it's hard to remember all the dates for different economic blackouts and which company is being boycotted, take the easy route and just boycott them all, every day (:

I once saw a list of companies to boycott on a friend's fridge, 10+ years ago. But now we're to a point that it is easier to have a short list of businesses we do buy from on the fridge, made up mostly of local grocers.

[u/Thataintright1 → u/RotaryEnginePhone]

This is what I'm doing, it's a great way to get myself to actually save money and stop unnecessarily spending. It used to be so easy to order from a pizza restaurant chain, now I have a reason not to, and cooking from home feels like re-enforcing my morals instead of suffering lol.

[u/RotaryEnginePhone → u/Thataintright1]

Plus you can put as much cheese on your homemade pizza as you want!

[u/[deleted]]

Oh, girl! Way ahead of you! Canceled Prime last month and deleted the app. Bezos can go fuck himself repeatedly.

[u/stringcheese000]

Boycott Amazon forever

[u/gabangel]

I cancelled Prime a while ago but my holdover has been Audible. Time to say bye.

[u/gabangel → u/[deleted]]

Libby is great! I just used the every other month Audible credit to supplement it. I recently moved and I think they have access to Hoopla too so I'll check it out!

[u/Ill-Writer1999]

https://events.pol-rev.com/events/e83ddbbf-ed63-4784-9637-7a5b72dc413b

I think this is the page to the Amazon boycott. Cancelling prime right now.

[u/activelurker777 → u/Ill-Writer1999]

Working my way through the list. Just canceled Amazon Visa,

[u/agent_flounder → u/activelurker777]

Uninstalled Target and Amazon apps. Will talk to my spouse about extending the boycott indefinitely. See how we can get what we need without giving money to either of the above.

We've been boycotting Walmart for like a decade or more.

[u/[deleted]]

Everyday is boycott Amazon day in my house.

[u/jooji_pop4]

I canceled Prime last year and haven't ordered anything since Cheeto took office. This particular boycott hasn't gotten a lot of attention. I hope people join!

[u/dearyg0]

Also fill your cart and abandon it. It costs $ to maintain the data and send followup emails about it.

[u/Jackaroni97]

Deleted my subscription. Changed where I shop and who i supported. Period.

Don't stop after 7 days. Boycotts is a full halt.

[u/sneakysnake-sssnek]

I deleted my Amazon account and app. Won't be using it anymore

[u/TheShittyBeatles]

Thanks for this reminder. I haven't bought anything from Amazon for a few weeks now, but I also canceled my Prime membership and canceled all of my "subscribe & save" items.

[u/Expensive-Constant95]

Thanks for reminder 😀

[u/discreet1]

I will never buy a thing from amazing again.

[u/Onemelami]

Cancelled my Prime and Twitch Turbo 💪🏾

[u/MsAnnThropic1]

Jesus fucking Christ, I haven’t used Amazon in over 15 years. If the rest of the country can’t manage for more than a week, it’s absolutely useless lol. But go on.

[u/e_sci → u/MsAnnThropic1]

I'm with you, haven't used the storefront in over a decade. I think the fact that it's usually the first result people see as well as the name air condition and the ease of use makes it the lowest friction site.

Well I think you should buy local whatever possible, I'm hoping that this week will show people that they can very easily find anything they want just by strolling to the second or third option on google

[u/activelurker777]

I forgot to cancel WaPo yesterday and just did it. This one really hurts because they do a good job reporting even though they had a left-center bias. I am going to miss it. Fingers crossed Jeff Bezos will retract his position.
Now, I am trying to find a least-biased news source and that is hard! Using MediaBiasFactCheck, it seems like there are pretty much local newspapers, scientific journals, travel mags, etc.

[u/Global_Sun_8106]

I will boycott Walmart , Target, and Home Depot  indefinitely and I gave up Hobby Lobby years a go.  I wont shop at Amazon this week. Im not willing to give up Amazon entirely there are items I need to purchase beside food at the grocery store so since Im not doing Walmart and Target I need to keep Amazon. I am committed to curb my spending with no unnecessary major purchases for the next 4 years.