Amazon Boycot March 7-14th | No Purchases. Its time to disrupt the system.
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Here's the thing. If I could shop somewhere else I would. Do you know what sets Amazon apart from other places? It's their delivery, pure and simple. I ordered 3 TV's from Best Buy. It took them a week to ship them. I had to pay for shipping on top of the $600 I spent. On the day I was supposed to receive them I was home all day. I got a notification they were an hour out. So I went outside and waited for them to arrive. They never arrived, but i got an email telling me they had stopped by but I wasn't home.
So I had to go down to their depot to pick them up. I am stuck using public transit so Imagine trying to get 3 40 inch TV's home on a bus. I ended up having to get a cab half way home with money I couldn't afford to spend just to get it all home.
So for me, That is the main reason I buy from Amazon. Although lately I've been shopping with Uber from Walmart.
And Fuck Purolator.
I haven't bought a single TV in my whole life and I haven't missed anything important. Whenever I am somewhere where there's a TV and I've got nothing better to do or I'm just curious I zap through the channels whithout finding anything remotely interesting or entertaining 99% of the time. I really wonder what people want with these ad-infested, annoying trashcans. Aren't you dumb enough, yet? Try heavy drinking. Preferrably methanol or break fluid...
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I stopped buying on Amazon Jan 20. I will cancel Amazon Prime today. Many people will also stop buying and many people will cancel Prime. When they stop buying for a week, they tend to find alternatives that they stick with. I was buying several hundred dollars worth of merch but have found better alternatives. I will not go back. Seven days is just a start. Amazon is noticing.
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Never started buying from amazon. The stories on Reddit where enough to turn way. I admit having searched the site now and then, but you get the same prices elsewhere, Especially in Europe there is no need for them.
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Yes. Immediately after the fiscal quarter ends, giving them plenty of time to make up for it when everyone who put it off for a week just buys it the next week. Because that's when it'll hurt, not right before they have to report numbers.
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Great Idea.
Perhaps call it something like:
BeeOff - A play on "bee" similar to Honey, but with a focus on avoiding (off) certain products.
BoycottBee - Directly stating its purpose as a boycott tool.
Avoidify - Emphasizes the idea of avoiding certain products or brands.
BlanketBan - Suggests a comprehensive avoidance or ban.
NectarNone - Opposite of honey nectar, focusing on avoiding products.
ProtestPal
A friendly companion for those who want to make a statement by boycotting certain products.SentryShop
Acts as a guardian or sentry while shopping, warning against certain products.Ethico
Emphasizes ethical consumption by avoiding certain brands or products.NoGo
Simple and direct, signaling products to avoid.BlockBuy
Directly blocks purchases of unwanted products.SanctionShop
Implies a personal sanction or restriction on certain products.ProtestPulse
A tool that keeps the pulse of your protest or boycott efforts.Avoida
A playful name emphasizing avoidance.You had me at BuzzOff!
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I haven’t bought anything from Amazon since Christmas anyway. I’ll probably cancel my subscription after this year. I’m already paid up for the year.
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Yes. Immediately after the fiscal quarter ends, giving them plenty of time to make up for it when everyone who put it off for a week just buys it the next week. Because that's when it'll hurt, not right before they have to report numbers.
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How do you get people who can't see themselves boycotting indefinitely? You get them used to it by getting them on board to boycott for a fixed length of time. Ideally, as they warm up to the idea, you get them to boycott for longer.
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You know all the twitch streamers hate this.
I'm participating in this on principle, but mostly on bankruptness.
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I’m boycotting Amazon and other stores from now on. If these billionaires and Russian assets want a war, they’ll feel it where it hurts the most—their wallets!
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Convincing your employer to reduce AWS costs, or better yet, go with a different cloud provider would likely have more financial impact than boycotting the portion of the company that represents a smaller percentage of their operating profit.
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I deleted my account about a month ago.
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sounds easy considering I haven't bought anything from Amazon in years
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The problem of boycotting Amazon for over a year now is that I can't participate in collective actions like this one.
Really you are ahead of the curve which is great!
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I have ordered from them line 5 or 6 times, subscribed for a year because I wanted to watch a series by terry Pratchett, and never again interacted with it in the past 8 years or so. You are not boycotting food or water or oxygen.
Good job
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You just listed things that you can pick up at any number of local stores. That stupid convenience of ordering crap instead of just adding it to the shopping list is why people think going a week without using Amazon will "disrupt the system." This is exactly the problem.
Yes but when I live 40 miles from a city and hate wandering around multiple stores looking for things they may or may not have. But I know I need to change.
