Amazon Boycott, Anyone?

[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.

[Tybee]

Thanks for the link, I will check it out.

I'm definitely boycotting tomorrow on Economic Blackout day. I like your idea of 15 days, too.

[Tradd]

Nope. I get stuff where I want to.

[iris lilies]

Nope, I watch too much on Amazon prime and order from Amazon when I need to.
Edit it to add:

but echase, cutting in half what you order or use Amazon for sounds like a good approach.

[KayLR]

I can do 15 days

[catherine]

I'm definitely doing the Feb 28th boycott. I'm playing around with boycotting Amazon/cancelling my membership. Haven't decided yet.

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There's also another boycott: Shutdown315, which is a boycott on March 15, but it also involves a whole bunch of things, like moving money to local banks, no shopping, no traveling, no subscriptions.

[Rogar]

It would be pretty easy for me to boycott Amazon and other big box stores for 14 days, not counting my prepaid Amazon Prime and Music, but maybe not a huge priority. It's most likely just postponing things on my wish lists, but I don't buy a lot of things This is the first I've heard of it and I keep up pretty well with mainstream news, so I wonder how much it got around and how many will participate. I don't do social media, except this. I get by Whole Foods every week or two and as far as I'm concerned they run a decent business regardless of Bezos, so that's an exception.

[pinkytoe]

I am doing the Feb 28 boycott (amazon included) as I like the idea of the People's Union uprising. I rarely shop at amazon anymore - mostly cheap quality stuff.

[ejchase]

I'm glad there are others to join. I'm boycotting tomorrow but am not hopeful that it will have much of an impact. I do have hope that more of us gradually extricating ourselves from Amazon will have an impact in the long run.

[rosarugosa]

I'm doing the boycott thing today. I assume it's more of a symbolic gesture than anything else, but easy enough for me to do.
I've been trying for awhile to move away from Amazon. I try to check eBay first, since a lot of small sellers use both platforms.