Do you boycott any brands ?

[Answerprancer]

If so why ?

I am not a fanatical boycotter but here's a selection of brands I avoid :

Nestle (for promoting their milk products in 3rd world/developing countries over breast milk).
Shell (for allowing a teacher/campaigner to be murdered amongst other things)
McDonalds (for being a revolting globalising, greedy, lying evil business)
Coca Cola (ditto)
Procter and Gamble (suspected animal abuse)

I'm not 'holier than thou' about it but I do try to avoid buying into any products/services that I believe go against my humanitarian beliefs.

[Answerprancer]

Ah yes, that's pretty gross.

[Buenchico]

I'll also wish everyone goodnight and (with a recommendation for the 'Graffigna' Shiraz/Cabernet which is currently on offer in the Co-op) I'll mutter something about 'in vino veritas' ;-)

'Night all

[boxtops]

Night Chris, think I'll follow you shortly - I have the luxury of a day off tomorrow.

[Answerprancer]

Nighty night Chris :-)

[micmak]

Good thread AP goodnight (again)

[tiggerblue10]

TK Maxx. It's a absolute mess in there. Well the one in Croydon is anyway.

[jno]

Chris, surely the natural outcome of competition is not 'a few winners' but monopoly (as those few winners continue to compete to drive one another out of business). That would be in practice indistinguishable from Soviet state-run shops, where you bought what they chose to offer you. In theory it would still be open to new arrivals to enter the sector; in practice, start-up costs tend to prevent this. Consider the fate of the independent newspapers that have sprung up over the last 20 years: only one has survived and it's looking wobbly.

[Ninnynanny]

Not a Brand but I will not use Tesco stores, who I feel use their mighty monetry power to get planning permission as and where they want to open another outlet.

[Answerprancer]

Good point Ninnynanny - most of which are hideous monstrosities IMO.
Have a look at this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfSi0D7KESk

[what..the?]

dell...... because they ripped me off £600 quid once fought for 2-3 years to get the money back but they used lots of tactics. They then had the cheek to ring up and say hello I am your new service rep, I told them where to g,o the women was quite shocked.....she said how can I help you...ermmm give me the money back you stole???....sorry i cant do that for you blar blar blar well f off then

[kinell]

the cooperative because they are on a mission to increase and fill their stores with fairtrade cr@p and presumably ask their customers to pay more for it

[radiogaga]

hello, i steer away from such tat like fruit shoots and
mcdonalds.
this is because i am (hopefully )setting an example for my kidies