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Who do you have on your "Boycotted Businesses" list?

LogGrad98 said:
Not one. I think most of us have a tendency to "boycott" companies that we perceive as having wronged us as opposed to due to some higher moral ground. I just haven't had those kinds of experiences that would push me away from a company to the point I would call it a "boycott". I tried a burger place here in Reno that was highly recommended and it ended up being dry, not very tasty, and heavily over-priced. I am not going to go back of my own accord, but I would not say I have boycotted them. If my friend went there and brought back burgers for our game night or whatever I would eat them and have no real problems with it. I think of boycott as something a little stronger than just not using their service anymore.
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Ok if you want to be super technical, businesses you avoid giving business to if at all possible. Better?
 
Chad Feldheimer said:
Ok if you want to be super technical, businesses you avoid giving business to if at all possible. Better?
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Dude, be cool, that was just my take on it.

Every now and then I run into a place that just didn't meet my expectations and end up not going back. Sometimes we give them another try, sometimes not. I am not a big fan of 5 Guys burgers for example but I go there with my family. But I would not go there on my own. I don't have a list or anything, and I have nothing against most places. I am not really a vendetta kind of guy.

I am not like others about fast food places. I think they are fine for the most part. I like a big mac now and then and a fish fillet. McDonald's fries are great. Burger King makes good burgers but their fries are terrible, imo. My least favorite fast food place is Carl's Jr. and my most favorite is a 3-way tie among Betos/Rancheritos, Crown Burger, and Jack in the Box.

As far as non-restaurant goes I can't think of any places that I really avoid. There are a few general contractors who did work on our house that I could happily run down in a parking lot and then back over them, and then again.
 
bordelais7 said:
They don't need your business -- they've got bordy (*high-fives self*).

I run that stuff through my system like jet fuel through an F-16.
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I don't know about you but I eat about a pound of the jalapenos and carrots mix they have there every time I go. The are great. Cannot beat a Rancheritos Carne Asada Burrito. Mmmmm.
 
if I have a bad experience with a place, I will yelp about it and then give them a second chance...if they fail, then **** them. As consumers, this is one of the last true choices we have in society...and I for one take it with responsibility.
 
VINYLONE said:
if I have a bad experience with a place, I will yelp about it and then give them a second chance...if they fail, then **** them. As consumers, this is one of the last true choices we have in society...and I for one take it with responsibility.
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It's nice to see that you have no problem endangering the lives of thousands of people when you drive drunk, but you DO take responsibility for your consumer choices. Nice to see you have your priorities in order.
 
bordelais7 said:
They don't need your business -- they've got bordy (*high-fives self*).

I run that stuff through my system like jet fuel through an F-16.
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They weren't bad for keeping me up for late night study sessions, but we took a road trip to Vegas once after loading up on some Betos and it was awful. I'm pretty sure one of my friends had a load in his pants the whole way there but just wouldn't admit to it. I can't go back after that experience though.
 
TroutBum said:
It's nice to see that you have no problem endangering the lives of thousands of people when you drive drunk, but you DO take responsibility for your consumer choices. Nice to see you have your priorities in order.
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Wait what? What the **** are you talking about?
 
Duck Rodgers said:
They weren't bad for keeping me up for late night study sessions, but we took a road trip to Vegas once after loading up on some Betos and it was awful. I'm pretty sure one of my friends had a load in his pants the whole way there but just wouldn't admit to it. I can't go back after that experience though.
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Bummer.
 
I never understood the boycotting over one bad experience. Some exceptions here and there but don't see the logic really.
 
CONAN said:
I have twice found metal shavings in my Betos burrito. Still a big fan.
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Extra iron. Usually you pay for supplementation, at Betos you get it for free!
 
Duck Rodgers said:
They weren't bad for keeping me up for late night study sessions, but we took a road trip to Vegas once after loading up on some Betos and it was awful. I'm pretty sure one of my friends had a load in his pants the whole way there but just wouldn't admit to it. I can't go back after that experience though.
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Sounds like a guy that needed to be nicknamed "Beto" for life.
 
CONAN said:
I never understood the boycotting over one bad experience. Some exceptions here and there but don't see the logic really.
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My trigger is even lower than that. I'll drop the boycott even when I like the product over minor annoyances. I'm positive Gigi in Nashville has no idea what she did to piss me off (and the answer is really "be her damn self.")
 
LogGrad98 said:
Dude, be cool, that was just my take on it.

Every now and then I run into a place that just didn't meet my expectations and end up not going back. Sometimes we give them another try, sometimes not. I am not a big fan of 5 Guys burgers for example but I go there with my family. But I would not go there on my own. I don't have a list or anything, and I have nothing against most places. I am not really a vendetta kind of guy.

I am not like others about fast food places. I think they are fine for the most part. I like a big mac now and then and a fish fillet. McDonald's fries are great. Burger King makes good burgers but their fries are terrible, imo. My least favorite fast food place is Carl's Jr. and my most favorite is a 3-way tie among Betos/Rancheritos, Crown Burger, and Jack in the Box.

As far as non-restaurant goes I can't think of any places that I really avoid. There are a few general contractors who did work on our house that I could happily run down in a parking lot and then back over them, and then again.
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You are really over thinking this. :)
 
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