#1
Ongoing, their siphoning of public water supplies to bottle and sell for a profit. This company is absolute trash, and the owners should take a long walk off a short pier.
#2
Back in the '80s, a Belizean lady named Marie Sharp started growing habaneros and making a hot sauce. She named it Melinda's, after her husband's farm. It got really popular in Belize and she found a distributor (Figueroa International) to sell her sauces in the US, where it quickly became the best selling habanero sauce.
She wasn't business savvy, though, and the Figueroa brothers trademarked the Melinda's name behind her back, cut her out of the US market, and started selling their own more cheaply made sauce clone under the Melinda's name.
She fought them for the name in courts for 5 years until she could no longer afford the legal fees and finally gave up the name in return for the Figueroas dropping her sole distributor contract. (She couldn't sell any hot sauce in the US because she was still under contract with them) Then she started over and named her sauce after herself.
Marie Sharp's habanero hot sauce is now back on US store shelves and is 10x better than Melinda's. Don't support corporate theft.
#3
It’s no secret that we live in a capitalist society. We aren’t going to delve deep into the ins and outs or the pros and cons of this way of living, as it would take way too much time, which we don’t have right now. Instead, we’re going to explain that capitalism means that society’s means of production are held by private individuals or organizations, not the government, and that everything is determined mainly by competition in a free market.
So, in a nutshell, it means that most of the things we consume are, in one way or another, owned by certain companies. Basically, you have all of the companies 100% of the time. They’re so intertwined in our everyday lives.
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#5
Then for a Beyoncé concert they sold us $1800 “VIP” tickets that were nowhere near where the depiction and they relabeled the row of seats right behind that region as “obstructed” which is true of the VIP section too, you basically couldn’t see anything.
In both cases TicketMaster said to pound sand and they reserve all rights to change anything about the seats they want.
It’s so hard to avoid doing business with them which is why I didn’t initially boycott but now? Never again. I don’t care if I never see another live concert again.
#6
Yet, you can pick and choose which companies to avoid, or find replacements for them, as usually one product is made and distributed by one or more businesses, and there are always competitors.
The reasons people choose to boycott certain companies can be various. It can be related to politics, social issues, personal stories with the business, or anything else – people are complicated, and so is their reasoning.
Today, let’s take a look at a list of companies that some netizens choose to boycott and their reasons behind their decision.
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#8
You can add Hobby Lobby to that list for the same reason.
#9
I had to reach out on social media and they still wouldn’t give me a refund. I got so frustrated I said this felt like fraud and I was considering contacting a lawyer…my refund came an hour later.
All of these takes were collected from an online discussion, which happened under the question “What companies are on your permanent bad list and you’ll never do business with them?” Since it got nearly 4K answers, we thought it would be reasonable to turn the most interesting answers into an entertaining (and possibly educational) list.
On this list, you will find pretty well-known names, such as Nestle. Well, over the years, this company has lived through a lot of controversies, from claims about slavery and child labor to food contamination and deforestation — and that’s just a few of them. Not to mention its beyond problematic baby formula marketing. So, it's no surprise that some people simply choose not to have anything to do with the company.
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#11
My contract was up for renewal and I went to the Online Chat to get new pricing.
The rep provided the info and tried to get me to recommit but I politely thanked him and said I was still shopping around.
A few minutes later, I received an email alert that my account settings had changed; he removed paperless billing, autopay and an employer discount.
When I followed-up, I learned there was no way that could "accidentally" happen.
I received lots of apologies, but I'd never trust them again.
#12
Yet, Nestle isn’t the only known name in this list. There’s also Ticketmaster. It’s a ticket sale and distribution company that, over the last couple of years, has received quite a lot of criticism because of how poorly they’re managing their job.
For instance, back in 2022, when a sale for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour went live, the website crashed within an hour, with users getting logged out or stuck in a queue. Granted, 3.5 million people registered for the pre-sale program, so the traffic was heavy for the site. But the crashing wasn’t the only problem here. Many people complained about poor customer service and deceitfulness.
#13
Bad for the pockets of the customer, driver, and restaurant, all for the sake of convenience.
#14
We were told funds were dried up. Come to find out, Shake Shack (and a few other companies) used loopholes to treat each one of their corporate owned locations as its own business and sucked up millions of dollars of loans before actual small businesses could get it.
I've never set foot in one since.
#15
Massive business supplier that openly laments that workers have rights, and activitly trys to gain back the good 'ol days of treating your workers like cattle.
The next month after the sale, some fans even sued Ticketmaster for violations like intentional deception, fraud, price fixing, and antitrust, which opened up discussions about these longstanding issues in the music industry.
And again, that’s just one case of the company’s problems and the reasons people decide to avoid it as much as possible.
We’re not going to spoil the rest of the list — you will have to check it out yourself. Don’t forget to upvote and maybe even share your takes on the aforementioned companies in the comments!
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#17
stayed at their disney location.
THEY HAVE BED BUGS
. and those f****r (the bugs) were so bold they just walked across the pillows like they paid for my room. i screamed like a little b***h and called management.
Manager dgaf. they did not notify anyone in the adjacent rooms and went "well what do you want me to do?" dude..i want you to process my refund, then douse me in bleach to wash away this gross a*s feeling.
#18
I had them for 10 years without a claim. I was rear-ended by a kid. 100% his fault. He had insurance. They gave me so many problems with pricing my car.
I went up two levels to like the agent supervisor's supervisor. And this guy was lying to me. It got so bad I recorded him. I then put the recording on YouTube and sent links to every person in progressive that I could reach.
Only then did I get somebody who gave me a fair assessment for my car.
They originally offered me $10,000 and I ended up settling for $19,000. It was such a scam.
A little while later my friend had an accident and also had progressive. And gave her a hassle over who to take the car to. And it ended up. She was correct that she needed to take it to the dealer.
But that was enough that I switched. When I switched I had already signed up for new insurance and the agent tried to convince me to stay with progressive by saying well, you don't know how they will treat you when you have an accident because you haven't had an accident with them yet.
I said no but I know how you'll treat me and I don't like it.
#19
There's a reason they're known as American Thugs & Thieves.
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