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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, one thing that it’s accomplished is making a lot of people— even people that didn’t participate this time — a lot more intentional in our purchases.  I’ve always supported small, local, and minority owned businesses, and I grew up with family members who remembered the success of “don’t shop where you can’t work” efforts, and local boycotts of stores like Peoples drugstore.  It’s more of a marathon than a sprint. I’m not going to get my personal efforts to boycott some stores to zero — if only because Bezos owned stores have bought out the locally owned grocery stores in my neighborhood. I will cut way back though, and cut back on Amazon as well.  The most difficult thing for me will be finding books, but I’ve been shifting to eBay whenever I can. Even Etsy has become a great option for lots of purchases.

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Please support Barnes & Noble. Cut back so you can increase your savings & investments, but I don’t understand arbitrarily shutting down all spending as a PROTEST measure.  If anything is left to stand, please let it be Barnes & Noble and a few coffee shops, I need some happiness [/quote]

Who reads books anymore? Like physical books? And if I did buy a physical book I’m buying it on Amazon because it’s at least 30-40 percent cheaper than the list price at BN.

If BN wants to compete, lower the prices. I’ll use my kindle - we don’t need anymore waste and storing books? Who has room for that?[/quote]

Yeah, listen, in this economy, I'm not paying more just to be part of a performative boycott. 
 
DH is a fed and could get RIFd at any moment. Do I think Amazon and Bezos is a POS? Absolutely, but that POS has the cheapest prices on 99% of goods sold. Do I respect Target for eliminating their DEI practices? Not at all, but the 5% savings I get with my Red Card is a lot with some products. For example, my extremely picky kid loves the Duke's Hot & Spicy beef sticks. Those are $7.79 at Walmart, $8.49 at Safeway, $8.99 at Food Lion, and $5.79 at Target plus my additional 5% off. The Target Pharmacy also has my T1D son's insulin for the chepeast at $32/month supply.

I would love to be in a financial position where paying more to not support a certain store was possible, but I'm not.[/quote]

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