Are there any brands/stores you boycott/refuse to buy from?

[Hypersphere]

In the keyboard world, brands I avoid include Keycool and Nopoo because of questionable business ethics allegedly involving copying designs from Leopold and Topre.

[iri]

hachmagaz.

[DamienG]

Personally I refuse to buy anything Apple. I use a Macbook Pro for work and while I like it I'd never spend my own money on anything they make, seems like with most things they make you pay 2x the price for something that has half the functionality. No thanks.

For a laptop I do buy Apple... compared to other machines with dedicated GPU's the price isn't bad, the finish is fantastic but most importantly if and when something goes wrong with it I can stroll into a store and often get it fixed same day or next day.

I think back to my days of owning a Dell and multi-week repairs... Never again.

[)amien

[frosty]

can we consider Pacifist as a brand now

i'd like to boycott whatever he sells

on a more serious note, i would never buy any of Corsair, Razer or Steelseries keyboards...
Razer maybe for their left handed death adder and SS for the qck mousepad line.

and i will never ever buy goot soldering stuff. oh my god i hate them

[tp4tissue]

Grocery stores.  Hate 'em.  Crowded.  Too much light.  Produce usually is a week old and shipped from across the country.  Most things are value-added, overly packaged, infused with corn or soybeans, unhealthy options.  Few products offered in small amounts that could be easily offered in bulk.  Few, if any, local food offerings.

Add that includes Whole Foods and their ilk.  Overpriced nonsense for clueless people with too much money to burn.

No.. it's not for people with too much money... it's for people who are stupid period


Intelligent-people with or without money wouldn't ever shop there..

[tigersharkdude]

Apple (mac), Crossfit, Planet Fitness, ***holes, chappy drivers .. The list is too long

[evolveS]

TigerDirect.

[HoffmanMyster]

EA Games 

I hate EA Games.  Sometimes I forget that and accidentally buy their games, and that's always sad. 

[jdcarpe]

I boycotted Amazon for an entire year. Spent all the money that would have gone to Amazon on eBay and Newegg.

Then I forgave them and went back to using Amazon. I think Amazon loses money on shipping to me with my Prime membership.

[slip84]

Like a lot of you, I'm no fan of Wal-Mart, but that stems from my dad being a teamster more than anything. Oh, and they're a horrible, horrible company that I witnessed ruin communities around where I grew up. There is that.

Apart from that, I'm no fan of companies that endorse exclusion based on religion, such as Hobby Lobby, Chick-fil-a, and the Salvation Army. If your message is exclusion via religion, I'm probably not going to do business with you. It's your right to say what you want, but also mine to not do business with you.

I've had really, really poor experiences with a few establishments over my years and will only do business with them if I have to for some reason. Steak 'n Shake will never, ever earn my money again. American Airlines recently screwed me out of around $400, which means I'll only fly with them if I have no options otherwise (and with how mergers are working out lately...). Honda is working really hard to never earn my business again after a lot of issues with my car that they're not really so big on fixing (recall-related issues), but this might be relative to the dealership. We'll see what my letter to corporate does for me.

What's up with the hate for Corsair?

[abjr]

Nissan.

They tried to sue the guy who owns nissan.com (his last name is actually Nissan) for $10million. They brought the lawsuit against him in 1999, a full 5 years after he legally purchased the domain. They finally lost the case after a decade of appeals and it cost the guy $2million to defend himself. They tired to sue the guy in to oblivion and it didn't work.

I'll never own one of their cars.

[tp4tissue]

I boycotted Amazon for an entire year. Spent all the money that would have gone to Amazon on eBay and Newegg.

Then I forgave them and went back to using Amazon. I think Amazon loses money on shipping to me with my Prime membership.

that's impossible....

[inanis]

Volkswagen, and because they are just even more expensive ass VWs, Audi (and at least some models of Porsche, but that is completely out of my price range).

I owned a VW once, a Jetta, and it was a complete nightmare. I didn't even drive it for the last year I had it because it would break so often, and I owed too much to make it financially worth me trading it in. I was paying money every month for a car that sat in my driveway until I could get rid of it. They have no right even being in business. They make a **** product, that I can say with 100% certainty.

[tp4tissue]

Volkswagen, and because they are just even more expensive ass VWs, Audi (and at least some models of Porsche, but that is completely out of my price range).

I owned a VW once, a Jetta, and it was a complete nightmare. I didn't even drive it for the last year I had it because it would break so often, and I owed too much to make it financially worth me trading it in. I was paying money every month for a car that sat in my driveway until I could get rid of it. They have no right even being in business. They make a **** product, that I can say with 100% certainty.

Japan makes the best A to B car, PERIOD....   

[inanis]

Volkswagen, and because they are just even more expensive ass VWs, Audi (and at least some models of Porsche, but that is completely out of my price range).

I owned a VW once, a Jetta, and it was a complete nightmare. I didn't even drive it for the last year I had it because it would break so often, and I owed too much to make it financially worth me trading it in. I was paying money every month for a car that sat in my driveway until I could get rid of it. They have no right even being in business. They make a **** product, that I can say with 100% certainty.

Japan makes the best A to B car, PERIOD....

I've owned cars from many different points of origin, the one I liked the best was indeed Japanese. It was a maroon 1995 Nissan Maxima GLE. The engine died in the back parking lot of my office on December 26, 2006 with over 250k miles. I loved that car. Now I have an American made car and that can hold it's own too, even after a very bad accident early on in it's life. I don't hold VW as an example of all German made cars either. I'd have no trouble with a German vehicle, though they can be very expensive to maintain. But I will never again own a VW, or any brand associated with it.

[demik]

Nissan.

They tried to sue the guy who owns nissan.com (his last name is actually Nissan) for $10million. They brought the lawsuit against him in 1999, a full 5 years after he legally purchased the domain. They finally lost the case after a decade of appeals and it cost the guy $2million to defend himself. They tired to sue the guy in to oblivion and it didn't work.

I'll never own one of their cars.

And their cars are ****ing ugly.

- sentra owner

[evolveS]

Nissan.

They tried to sue the guy who owns nissan.com (his last name is actually Nissan) for $10million. They brought the lawsuit against him in 1999, a full 5 years after he legally purchased the domain. They finally lost the case after a decade of appeals and it cost the guy $2million to defend himself. They tired to sue the guy in to oblivion and it didn't work.

I'll never own one of their cars.

And most of their cars are ****ing ugly.

- sentra owner

GT-R begs to differ.

[Krogenar]

I refuse to play the lottery or gamble in casinos, no moral objections just got tired of losing.

I agree. Gambling is a tax on people who are bad at math.

Also, 'White Castle' -- but I relearn this lesson every decade or so. I drive past a White Castle, and think, "Heeey! I haven't had White Castle in ages!" Then I eat their perforated sliders boiled in onion-y water, and I could swear I swallowed a bowling ball.

Wait a decade, and repeat the cycle.

Oh, and Apple -- their products are ridiculously overpriced. Apple products are great for my parents because you can hardly break the the OS, which is crap, but whatever.

Go Walmart!

[demik]

Nissan.

They tried to sue the guy who owns nissan.com (his last name is actually Nissan) for $10million. They brought the lawsuit against him in 1999, a full 5 years after he legally purchased the domain. They finally lost the case after a decade of appeals and it cost the guy $2million to defend himself. They tired to sue the guy in to oblivion and it didn't work.

I'll never own one of their cars.

And most of their cars are ****ing ugly.

- sentra owner

GT-R begs to differ.

Nope. It may be a beast of a car but it is hideous.

Q50 is the best looking car nissan/infiniti has.

[pbtforever]

the1onewolf and demik

[dustinhxc]

i will never step foot inside a walmart. i'd rather pay a little extra at target than give my business to them.

i know there is a dude on here that for some reason hates cooler master.

I shop at target for everything, they're the best!

PS: use to only drive VW, Audi, BMW. Realized all they do is break every ****ing week. Honda for life now! Amazing amazing amazing reliability.

Whole foods is amazing, they sell great products.

Yeah the lottery and casinos both suck!!!

[demik]

the1onewolf and demik

?

[paicrai]

the1onewolf and demik

[JaccoW]

But I will never again own a VW, or any brand associated with it.

Volkswagen and Subsidiaries.

Oh, and they are owned by Porsche by the way.

Which leaves you with... which reliable, fuel efficient brands?

[dustinhxc]

But I will never again own a VW, or any brand associated with it.

Volkswagen and Subsidiaries.

Oh, and they are owned by Porsche by the way.

Which leaves you with... which reliable, fuel efficient brands?

Another reason I am glad I drive Honda > The european cars I used to drive. 87 octane instead of 93 octane. Holy crap! I SAVE SO MUCH MONEY!

[noisyturtle]

Almost forgot about things like The Pink Ribbon Foundation, Kids Wish Network, Cancer Fund of America. All those scumbag high-society foundations that spend all their money on solicitor's 'budgets' rather than to the ****ing cause they are meant to be supporting.

Example:
Cancer Fund of America has raised about $98 million in the past decade or so, about $80.5 million of that money went directly to pay more solicitors. That left only about 0.9% of their total raised funds that was actually donated towards any sort of cancer research. Scum of the Earth.

[demik]

**** THE SUSAN G KOMEN FOUNDATION WHATEVER THAT **** IS CALLED

[inanis]

But I will never again own a VW, or any brand associated with it.

Volkswagen and Subsidiaries.

Oh, and they are owned by Porsche by the way.

Which leaves you with... which reliable, fuel efficient brands?

There are plenty of reliable, fuel efficient cars that are not part of the VW/Porsche family. I'll admit I thought VW owned Porsche, not the other way around, but they were already on my would not buy list.

For fuel efficient reliable cars, Honda and Subaru and Toyota spring to mind. I drive a Chrysler and while it might not be the most fuel efficient, it is pretty reliable in my experience.  VW's are not a brand I would consider even close to reliable, so it makes no difference how fuel efficient they are if you can't drive the stupid thing. If I recall correctly, they only truly fuel efficient vehicles from VW were the turbo diesels anyway, but it has been a while since I checked into it.

[HoffmanMyster]

But I will never again own a VW, or any brand associated with it.

Volkswagen and Subsidiaries.

Oh, and they are owned by Porsche by the way.

Which leaves you with... which reliable, fuel efficient brands?

There are plenty of reliable, fuel efficient cars that are not part of the VW/Porsche family. I'll admit I thought VW owned Porsche, not the other way around, but they were already on my would not buy list.

For fuel efficient reliable cars, Honda and Subaru and Toyota spring to mind. I drive a Chrysler and while it might not be the most fuel efficient, it is pretty reliable in my experience.  VW's are not a brand I would consider even close to reliable, so it makes no difference how fuel efficient they are if you can't drive the stupid thing. If I recall correctly, they only truly fuel efficient vehicles from VW were the turbo diesels anyway, but it has been a while since I checked into it.

And really, why would you buy anything else anyway? 

[Findecanor]

* Amazon
* Google, because they forgot the "Don't" in "Don't be Evil" of late. The whole Youtube/Gmail/Google+ mess...
* Swedish telecom company Tele2 for their advertising.
* I would like to boycott all members of ALEC just for being members of the Devil-worshiping cabal that is ALEC, but that is hard.
* I am have a lot of built-up hatred for Microsoft. I get the impression that they have got less evil of late. Perhaps I would be working at Skype now if MS didn't own them or if my hatred had lessened.
* McDonalds. Not just because of "McJob", but also because every time I had eaten there my hands smell foul.. and that does not go away after washing. Also, because I'm a vegetarian and their veggie burger is still overpriced for what it is.

[JaccoW]

But I will never again own a VW, or any brand associated with it.

Volkswagen and Subsidiaries.

Oh, and they are owned by Porsche by the way.

Which leaves you with... which reliable, fuel efficient brands?

Another reason I am glad I drive Honda > The european card I used to drive. 87 octane instead of 93 octane. Holy crap! I SAVE SO MUCH MONEY!

Seriously? The lowest we can get around here is 95.
There are even some places where you can get 102 Octane. High Octane improves fuel efficiency. But mostly with engines that have high compression, electronic ignition, a turbo and a modern chip.

Then again, fuel prices are a bit higher, so fuel efficiency gets more important.
Think $8.88 per gallon for regular 95 octane.

[dustinhxc]

But I will never again own a VW, or any brand associated with it.

Volkswagen and Subsidiaries.

Oh, and they are owned by Porsche by the way.

Which leaves you with... which reliable, fuel efficient brands?

Another reason I am glad I drive Honda > The european card I used to drive. 87 octane instead of 93 octane. Holy crap! I SAVE SO MUCH MONEY!

Seriously? The lowest we can get around here is 95.
There are even some places where you can get 102 Octane. High Octane improves fuel efficiency. But mostly with engines that have high compression, electronic ignition, a turbo and a modern chip.

Then again, fuel prices are a bit higher, so fuel efficiency gets more important.
Think $8.88 per gallon for regular 95 octane.

WHOA Really!? Yeah here it drops to 85 Octane. 92 is a common high octane. 93 is a bit more rare. Ive seen 110 at places. Got it once but had to run seafoam after to clear my Mini Cooper out. But damn did it smell AMAZING for a month! haha

[JaccoW]

Another reason I am glad I drive Honda > The european card I used to drive. 87 octane instead of 93 octane. Holy crap! I SAVE SO MUCH MONEY!

Seriously? The lowest we can get around here is 95.
There are even some places where you can get 102 Octane. High Octane improves fuel efficiency. But mostly with engines that have high compression, electronic ignition, a turbo and a modern chip.

Then again, fuel prices are a bit higher, so fuel efficiency gets more important.
Think $8.88 per gallon for regular 95 octane.

WHOA Really!? Yeah here it drops to 85 Octane. 92 is a common high octane. 93 is a bit more rare. I've seen 110 at places. Got it once but had to run seafoam after to clear my Mini Cooper out. But damn did it smell AMAZING for a month! haha

Yeah really. But Dutch fuel is pretty expensive. So is the road tax. It happens in a crowded country.

85 Octane is like, moped levels man.
What do you mean seafoam?

[SpAmRaY]

Needs to go back and read the thread but I hate Sears.

[tp4tissue]

Nissan.

They tried to sue the guy who owns nissan.com (his last name is actually Nissan) for $10million. They brought the lawsuit against him in 1999, a full 5 years after he legally purchased the domain. They finally lost the case after a decade of appeals and it cost the guy $2million to defend himself. They tired to sue the guy in to oblivion and it didn't work.

I'll never own one of their cars.

And most of their cars are ****ing ugly.

- sentra owner

GT-R begs to differ.

Nope. It may be a beast of a car but it is hideous.

Q50 is the best looking car nissan/infiniti has.

Dis' is tru..... the NEW gt-r is ugly as crap...

BUuhhhhhh   R32, 33, 34 are still pretty 

[tp4tissue]

Needs to go back and read the thread but I hate Sears.

What... why u h8 sears...  I love the lawn mower section..

[Melvang]

But I will never again own a VW, or any brand associated with it.

Volkswagen and Subsidiaries.

Oh, and they are owned by Porsche by the way.

Which leaves you with... which reliable, fuel efficient brands?

Another reason I am glad I drive Honda > The european cars I used to drive. 87 octane instead of 93 octane. Holy crap! I SAVE SO MUCH MONEY!

In my old Buick ('99 Left Sabre) it would actually save me about $5 EACH tank by paying for 91 octane.  The benefit for anything over had severe diminishing returns.  Third part octane boosters didn't have much effect as well.

For those that don't understand why higher octane rating is needed for higher performance is this.  As compression ratios go up, the chance for detonation (fuel ignites before the spark plug fires) increases.  What happens to the fuel when octane goes up is that it is actually more difficult to ignite so hot spots during compression doesn't ignite the air fuel.mix.  For the record, what you hear during detonation is the two flame fronts hitting each other.

[Lanx]

Yea say no to vw, you support nazis

[Novus]

Nazis?
Hugo boss anybody?

[hwood34]

Nazis?
Hugo boss anybody?

or adidas
ffs the dude's name was adolf

[Novus]

I think the story is the guy from PUMA was actually the hardcore Nazi and the Adidas guy broke off from the party.

[dustinhxc]

Another reason I am glad I drive Honda > The european card I used to drive. 87 octane instead of 93 octane. Holy crap! I SAVE SO MUCH MONEY!

Seriously? The lowest we can get around here is 95.
There are even some places where you can get 102 Octane. High Octane improves fuel efficiency. But mostly with engines that have high compression, electronic ignition, a turbo and a modern chip.

Then again, fuel prices are a bit higher, so fuel efficiency gets more important.
Think $8.88 per gallon for regular 95 octane.

WHOA Really!? Yeah here it drops to 85 Octane. 92 is a common high octane. 93 is a bit more rare. I've seen 110 at places. Got it once but had to run seafoam after to clear my Mini Cooper out. But damn did it smell AMAZING for a month! haha

Yeah really. But Dutch fuel is pretty expensive. So is the road tax. It happens in a crowded country.

85 Octane is like, moped levels man.
What do you mean seafoam?

Moped! hahah



It cleans the car out good! 

[RabRhee]

Sony. I won't buy anything from them.

I came into some cash, bought a really nice Sony laptop, and because I was travelling, two real sony batteries at great cost ($240 each in 2002). The laptop got smashed about 8 months later and I stayed Sony and bought the slightly newer model because I had the batteries to use. But they put a peg into the battery slot and a groove into the newer battery to stop you putting the older batteries into the newer laptop, the actual shape and specs were otherwise identical. I hacked the grooves into the old battery cases and they worked fine, but it was a ****ty thing for them to do. It allowed backwards battery compatability but prohibited forwards even though it existed.

Pure evil-minded profiteering scam to make their old stuff artificially obsolete, and mark of an untrustworthy company. I dare say other laptop companies create similar obsolescence but this was just blatant.

[JaccoW]

I have the feeling like all the old 'Evil' companies such as Microsoft, Sony and Dell have actually started learning. And the former 'Good' companies such as Apple and Google are the ones you should be weary of. It might have something to do with a cycle of maturity that every large company goes through though.

[Computer-Lab in Basement]

Sony. I won't buy anything from them.

I came into some cash, bought a really nice Sony laptop, and because I was travelling, two real sony batteries at great cost ($240 each in 2002). The laptop got smashed about 8 months later and I stayed Sony and bought the slightly newer model because I had the batteries to use. But they put a peg into the battery slot and a groove into the newer battery to stop you putting the older batteries into the newer laptop, the actual shape and specs were otherwise identical. I hacked the grooves into the old battery cases and they worked fine, but it was a ****ty thing for them to do. It allowed backwards battery compatability but prohibited forwards even though it existed.

Pure evil-minded profiteering scam to make their old stuff artificially obsolete, and mark of an untrustworthy company. I dare say other laptop companies create similar obsolescence but this was just blatant.

Doesn't Apple do the same thing all the time?

I mean for ****s sake, look at the iPhone 5 charger...

For that reason, and many others that are related to it, is why I don't buy Apple products.

[iri]

thank you ****ing simple machines for completely clearing my reply.

[Krogenar]

Needs to go back and read the thread but I hate Sears.

Wait. What? Why would you hate Sears? I've had nothing but good experiences with them -- especially installs of appliances. Bad experience?

[Krogenar]

thank you ****ing simple machines for completely clearing my reply.

Thank you simplemachines. 

[katushkin]

A+F because their CEO is one of the ugliest people on the planet, and he says his brand is soley for attractive people.

And I think it's Vistaprint that is owned by Scientologists. So **** them.

Yea say no to vw, you support nazis

How can that even be true? VAG isn't owned by Nazis seeing as there aren't any left from that time.

If you WERE stupid enough to think that it's run by Nazis then you would have to boycott Audi, Skoda, Seat, Porsche, Scania, MAN and Ducati. As well as Lamborghini Bentley and Bugatti.

[SpAmRaY]

Needs to go back and read the thread but I hate Sears.

Wait. What? Why would you hate Sears? I've had nothing but good experiences with them -- especially installs of appliances. Bad experience?

Worst customer service ever when trying to give them money for things.