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BigmanPigman

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6. I told my family not to use Amazon on my Xmas gifts

Reply to JohnQFunk (Original post)

Sat Dec 20, 2025, 03:02 PM

17 hrs ago

so what does my sister do? She bought ALL of the gifts from Amazon.

Boycotts are the way to go. They work well...just look at the Jimmy Kimmel show.

I was listening to Borowitz speak about this yesterday...

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Merry boycotting: US shoppers avoid Trump-aligned businesses amid holiday season [View all] JohnQFunk 19 hrs ago OP

I need to see where this is having real effect. stopdiggin 19 hrs ago #1

In addition to avoiding "bad" businesses, it's important especially this time of year to RockRaven 18 hrs ago #2

I am fortunate to have such options near me, and support them as much niyad 17 hrs ago #5

It's easy for me too. Demobrat 16 hrs ago #12

Right, it's about doing the best we can BoycottTwitter 14 hrs ago #13

Exactly. niyad 11 hrs ago #15

I have avoided shopping at all Marthe48 18 hrs ago #3

Costco for essentials Aviation Pro 18 hrs ago #4

I told my family not to use Amazon on my Xmas gifts BigmanPigman 17 hrs ago #6

Hard to Break with Amazon Grumpy Old Woman 17 hrs ago #7

We have an independent bookstore not far from me. murielm99 16 hrs ago #8

Make sure you find out who they order from Polybius 10 hrs ago #17

I've known these people for years. murielm99 6 hrs ago #21

Same here. Their customer service really sucks! BigmanPigman 16 hrs ago #10

I've shifted where I buy. summer_in_TX 16 hrs ago #9

I also buy from EBay as an alternative. kimbutgar 11 hrs ago #16

This boycott extends to Britain Richard_GB 16 hrs ago #11

I had to buy some thing from Target because I didn't want to wait in a 30 minute line at Ross kimbutgar 11 hrs ago #14

I'm an Amazon addict tavernier 10 hrs ago #18

there's this as well DoBW 10 hrs ago #19

Rarely buy from Amazon vapor2 8 hrs ago #20

Cancel prime BettyBlueDot 1 hr ago #22