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Buying from Amazon guarantees you pay 30% more for the item you’re purchasing than buying it directly from supplier. Use Amazon as a search engine then look for the supplier website and buy from them instead. Amazon’s only advantage is 2 day deliveries. Get over that and Amazon becomes obsolete. I can wait 7-10 days for underwear. lol
I’m doing my damndest to boycott Amazon outright out of principle. I still have to order work-related items occasionally (small remote town, options are limited for speed of delivery), but other than that they haven’t really been getting much out ofe the past few weeks.
Honestly a lot of small vendors can still get you stuff in two days if they use prioriy mail or UPS.
for a week
Seriously? Did you set a timerange right from the start? Even if you manage to make ALL their customers to align with you, it wouldn’t be a problem for them because they can make prognoses and be prepared. It’s like… That’s just bad. Grrr.
You’re right, but the idea is more for people to warm up their organizational muscles in preparation for more effective action. Whether it’ll work though, only time (or people smarter than me) will tell.
Smarter people here: it’s a bad idea and you’re helping the fascists.
All of these organized boycotts should explicitly be indefinite until the behavior of the company in question improves. Then, not only is there no time frame for them to plan to weather out, but they also know you’re taking your business to their competitors instead.
I’m already there. Amazon screwed me over on a rather expensive purchase about a month ago and I’m done with them. They “lost” my package (by their own admission) and still haven’t found it, but are steadfastly refusing to refund me until the item makes it back to their warehouse.
Given that I’m positive one of their delivery contractor people stole it, I know for a fact this will never actually happen. It’s been 34 days so far… So I just charged back my credit card.
I’m boycotting Amazon and other US companies as much as I can until the USA backs off from plotting to seize my country and torment (or worse) my trans relatives and friends. No more purchases from US companies; no more subscriptions to US services; no more investments in US funds.
Good on you.
In the wallet is the only viable place in which most folks can strike these bozos.
For a lot of these mega corporations an indefinite boycott is just not viable for the vast majority of people.
But a one week boycott? THAT is reasonable. People in small towns can put off their deliveries for a few days. I know a few twitch streamers who are willing to take the week off or only stream to Youtube because it is a chunk of their revenue but not their livelihoods. And so forth.
And a small number of dedicated indefinite losses are a lot less impactful than a large number of temporary ones.
A one week boycott will do nothing while placating peoples desire for resistance. Enjoy the meaningless gesture while the fascists laugh at you.
Cancelled prime months ago. I will not shop at whole foods, I do not have any ring devices due to their lack of privacy (they will hand over your ring recordings to the police without a warrant, no questions asked) and I do not watch twitch anymore (twitch is shit now anyway with all the softcore porn)
To cripple Amazon, you’d need to cripple a lot of the Internet, since they use AWS:
Jokes on them, my jobs use Azure and GCP.
…as if they’re really any better.
It all sucks anymore anyways. I’m ok with that! We can all self-host lemmy elsewhere.
A protest will not cripple an organisation. Only get them to pay attention.
If anyone needs more reasons to boycott Amazon:
Continuing this pattern, our employers signed a contract called Project Nimbus to sell dangerous technology to the Israeli military and government. This contract was signed the same week that the Israeli military attacked Palestinians in the Gaza Strip – killing nearly 250 people, including more than 60 children. The technology our companies have contracted to build will make the systematic discrimination and displacement carried out by the Israeli military and government even crueler and deadlier for Palestinians.
Gonna still be streaming on Twitch but I’ll be encouraging no subs or bits spending.
In fact I’ll even give chat a list of charities they can donate to instead (or you know, just hang on to your money)
Going on 4 years with my Amazon boycott, so I guess I’ll just… Continue as usual
Someone needs to create a browser extension to coordinate the masses and alert/intercept web traffic to boycotted products/services.
Start by not calling people “masses.” It’s dehumanizing.
I cancelled my account and 2 amazon branded credit cards. I also order all the tech for my company. I’ve been buying from b&h, best buy, staples a lot more. There are some things I have to get from amazon for work but I’ve been finding alternatives when possible.
I dont get why most Amazon protests im hearing from my countrymen are time bound. You’re just saying loudly and proudly “i cant live without amazon”.
Get a backbone, Americans. You dont need Amazon.
Sigh well stores closed. Sears, party city, Joann’s, chunk of malls leaving fewer alternatives. If khols closes I’m screwed for clothes.
Walmart funds heritage foundations so never going there. Besides everything is locked up and disorganized.
My maga fil loves TEMU. Like dude…
Thrift stores, Ross, Costco… You’re not without options my friend.
Yeah, kind of defeats the purpose. Especially if you announce ahead of time that it’s time bound.
Why would Amazon change a single thing when they know it’s only one day or one week?
I legit can’t live without Amazon because it’s the cheapest / most affordable place to get a lot of stuff, especially groceries in my high COL area. Not to mentiom variety.
This 1 week boycott is doable for me. Not sure how 1 week of reduced revenue is going to impact a company flooded with cash reserves, but I’m happy to do my part.
I am so glad this is happening. I cancelled prime before this for how aweful amazon is for everyone.
I don’t use those products/services anyway except for amazon a handful of times a year (usually spending slightly over the free shipping minimum each time). I take the approach of minimizing my spending in general. If everyone had spending habits like me, the economy as we know it would collapse overnight.
Who has time to walk around looking for their needed items only to find that they are OUT OF STOCK, or no longer carry that product because their profit margin was too small.
If local companies would carry quality products on their shelf, and KEEP THEM IN STOCK, then I would shop local instead of ordering from online retailers.
Many people forget that “access to products” is very minimal to most. Many times, complete areas of the country are controlled by the same grocery stores, products are blocked from being sold, people must drive 1hr+ to get natural groceries of quality.
Shipping and delivery is becoming the new grocery store and shopping center.
The fact that this boycott has a time limit shows just how addicted people are to cheap consumer crap. Amazon’s got everyone by the balls, the only way to freedom is by ridding yourself of them permanently.
This boycott needs to extend for weeks. We can’t let corporations dictate our ways our life without reminding them they’re nothing without us.
