Hey Pandas, What Is A Product You Will Never Use Again And Why? (Closed)

Nestle, for their exploitative business practices.

Chic-Fil-A and Hobby Lobby because of their right wing ownership

Cigarettes. The smell, the cost, the taste, the illness.
The death.

Spectrum/Charter cable & internet serivces. *NEVER* again. When I bought my house I signed up for their service, at a promo rate. It took them 2 weeks to get it installed and working, and over the next 6 months not one single time was I billed the correct rate. I called them every month and was told I'd be "credited the difference". I had automatic payments set up, and because of a holiday weekend my paycheck hit a couple days late and the automatic payment didn't clear. I got no notice of it, the next month they just double billed me plus late fees. None of which was listed on that month's bill, and the total went over my account balance at the time so that payment didn't clear. Cable stopped working, I called them about it. No mention of money owed, just scheduled a tech to come out the next week. The day before he was coming over, the internet stopped working. I called them to ask to make sure the tech could handle both issues, and THEN I was told I owed for three (three?) months - still all at the full, non promo rate. I told the service rep I'd be glad to pay it, but they needed to at least turn the internet back on so I could collect from some clients and also why did I not get a notice of this? The first person I talked to said I didn't have a mailing address on file. Just billing and service addresses - which were the same. Didn't make sense to him either, so he updated it and then forwarded me to someone who could take care of things.

This person proceeded to insult me repeatedly, call me names, call me a cheap loser, questioned my employment, told me I was a liar because they could clearly see the mailing address on my account, etc etc. I asked to speak to their supervisor, they told me they were the supervisor. I said I wanted to talk to their boss, they said they didn't have a boss. I said fine, cancel my service. I'll have DSL set up instead, and hung up.

The very next day I got a bill not just for the 2 months behind but for the next 2 months - after I cancelled - and all the equipment. I called to ask if they could have someone pick up the equipment, they said no. I had to bring it to a particular local office that was over an hour's drive away, and their hours were 10am-4pm Monday-Friday. I was going to have to take a half day off work just to take their modem and cable boxes back to the office. They also said they would not accept them if I shipped them to the office.

I told them if they sent me a correct bill and came to pick up the equipment, I'd pay them, otherwise they'd never receive their money. I let the collections sit on my credit report for 7 years until it fell off.

The irony here is I still get a mailer from them weekly - sometimes twice a week - and someone knocks on my door every 3 months. I now have fiber optic internet through another company and never have problems. And that 1gbps service is half the price the 200mbps cable bill was.

My Pillow... founder Mike Lindell is just... ewww. too much to include, Google him.

As a gamer, I've sworn off the games from a few development studios. EA, Ubisoft, and Activision/Blizzard.

For EA, it's because they're a predatory studio that focus more on predatory monetization rather than actually making their games good/fun to play.

For Ubisoft, their games are becoming too similar to each other. Massive open worlds, but not a lot meaningful things to fill said open worlds.

For Activision/Blizzard, having an outright toxic work environment, and their games just being outright terrible nowadays. They also have more of a focus on having predatory monetization (microtransactions, season passes, etc.) instead of their games being fun to play.

ANY product that is knowingly testing on animals (dogs, cats, rabbits, rats, monkeys, etc). That practice is SEVERLY outdated and should have never begun in the first place because the results are useless to humans. Especially when the product is ONLY for humans.

I have resolved to stop reading BP. Too much america bashing and toxic users

Nair hair removal cream. I was getting ready for beach day decided to test if it really worked on my big toes. I didn’t even leave it on the whole length of time before I rapidly cleaned it off due to the intense burning sensation. I spent my beach day with one foot buried in the sand to hide the unsightly chemical burn on my toe. Glad I tested it first.

Funko Pops. In 2023 the company threw about $30+ million dollars of figures in the trash because the felt clearancing would cheapen their brand. They should've donated them to children. Then at least their brand would get the publicity for the charitable act and the figures wouldn't be in landfills.

Food delivery apps....a complete waste of money. A $12 meal ends up costing $25. And the delivery people are exploited.

GM. Besides the fact that their products are c**p nowadays, they killed over 300 people because they KNEW the Cobalt ignition switch was faulty and didn't want to spend the less than $5 a car to fix it.

They just kept making them with the issue. Car turns off while driving...no big deal.
Problem is many of the drivers were inexperienced teens who don't know what to do when that happens.

Idk if this counts, but hobby lobby. I’ve cut ties with them and I only buy art supplies at Michael’s or on Amazon. I know Amazon has been involved in some controversies lately but it’s one of the few websites my dad trusts when it comes to buying things online.

My Pillow. 1. they suck, 2. the founder Mike Lindell, just ewww... no words...google him

Any and all "subscription" products. If a company can cut me off from using what I paid for, then I don't own it, so I won't buy it in the first place.

GOG sucks because some of its games don't work, but at least I can download everything I bought and those games will always work, offline or online. And MP3s and movies on my hard drive will ALWAYS be there, not deleted from some "cloud" without warning.

OTOH, Steam, Sony, Apple, Google, and others suck harder because at ANY time you can lose EVERYTHING you paid for with no recourse, no refund.

Printers? Cars? Home appliances, for crying out loud, where people have been abused, cheated and robbed without compensation? Hell no, I won't buy any of that junk.

Ok, I'm embarrassed to admit this, but I jumped on the Sham-Wow bandwagon when it first came out. Turns out it's just squares of felt that don't absorb ANYTHING, except my money. I trusted you, Vince!

Chick-Fil-A because...umm...homophobia? Haribo-https://www.triplepundit.com/story/2017/haribo-gummy-bears-accused-cruelty-humans-and-animals/14626 so yeah. also anybody know why i have a bunch of draft posts i can't publish? maybe i just forgot how to but i can't find the button.

My Zippo. I've quit.

Monkey's Paw. Two stars, because in retrospect, the description was accurate.

Organix Oaty Bars for kids (UK)- I have never seen a more blatant case of shrinkflation! Their bars are suddenly about 25% smaller, for the same price. What a nerve.