Amazon Boycott, Anyone?

Tybee, that is some scary reading. And people think we're "overreacting".

Just talked to my older brother who is a Vietnam vet (Green Beret). He utilizes the VA services near him for lots of things he mentioned today - grief counseling since his wife just passed, help with income taxes and medical care.

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Originally Posted by ejchase

Hi all,

If anyone here is interested in working on boycotting Amazon, I'd love to start a thread to support each other as we do that. I feel Jeff Bezos has every right to turn the Washington Post into a right-wing rag if he wants, but I don't have to support it (I'm cancelling my subscription). I have further qualms about the union-busting he does and the way he treats his workers. I can easily find sources in a few days for all the troubling information about him, but can't today.

That said, I'm totally addicted to Amazon. I know I won't be able to go cold turkey. But I may start with just 15 no-Amazon days in March. I hope I can do more, but I want to set a realistic goal.

Anybody want to join?

Here's one link to ponder: https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/con...y-better-uses/

These tax cuts he is advocating for and benefitting from are taking from the lower and middle classes and giving to billionaires.

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Back to the original post----are you still boycotting? I have not been on the Amazon site since Feb. 15. It feels like a cleansing. I have left my comfy house and shopped local.

I've been able to avoid Amazon since my purchase on 2/22. I recently needed to replace my percolator, and I was able to find a used one on eBay.

I have been buying books on Thriftbooks.
I used Amazon to buy and send my grandson his birthday present, though.
Just bought my son's birthday present on Etsy.