Anonymous
Post 01/02/2026 22:56     Subject: What stores are on your blacklist?
90% avoiding Target, Walmart, Amazon, CVS, Starbucks, and Home Depot at this point. Once in a while I'll buy something at one of those places if I really can't find it anywhere else, or if my kids have a birthday gift certificate or something, but making big efforts ti avoid.

It's changed my shopping habits from "everything is a click away and delivered to your door" to having to think about what stores sell what stuff, specifically, more like when I was a kid.
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2026 22:55     Subject: Re: What stores are on your blacklist?
Anonymous wrote:Harry & David
They made a mess of a gift order I had believed would be delivered to an important client-type relation. When H&D failed to deliver what I had purchased, I was so embarrassed. Then I spent so much time on the phone with H&D to try to get the item to actually ship after the fact and they further messed that up. I am so deeply disappointed in this company.


Similar experience. No more H&D for me.

Has anyone found an alternative luxury fruit company? Sometimes I want to splurge on nice fruit.
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2026 22:50     Subject: What stores are on your blacklist?
Anonymous wrote:My Pillow
Hobby Lobby
Target
Home Depot
Publix
Amazon
Tesla
American Eagle

Classic bakery

Butterworths

MAGA FRIENDLY RESTAURANTS IN DC I will not go to ever.

Menomale Pizza | 2711 12th St, Northeast (they recently took a lot of BS for congratulating President Trump)

The Big Board | 421 H St, Northeast

RPM Italian | 650 K St, Northwest

Shelly’s Back Room | 1331 F St, Northwest

New Heights | 2317 Calvert St, Northwest

Blue Duck Tavern | 1201 24th St, Northwest


Blue Duck Tavern makes me so sad...

Any business promoted by Moderately Montgomery and Ester Wells also a no.


Lol 😂🤣😭 insanity!! you would never go to these places, ever. You're just virtually signalling here. SMH.
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2026 22:50     Subject: What stores are on your blacklist?
When the Harris Teeter opened in my neighborhood it was run by backwards hicks too simple to understand an educated, fairly sophisticated clientele.

Someone announced over the intercom for security to pay attention to the lady in my aisle. I was the only person in the aisle, lol. I guess the idiots thought I was going to grab a row of items and sweep them into my purse. It was insulting. Who is stupid enough to insult a local when you first arrive on the scene?

I boycotted that Harris Teeter for years. When management was replaced with more competent folks, I began shopping there again.
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2026 22:37     Subject: What stores are on your blacklist?
I don’t truly boycott anywhere but I really hate Target.

90 percent of stuff there is crap no one needs, and yet they often lack options for inexpensive basic practical household items.
They were sanctimonious about LGBTQ and trans issues until - oops! Guess they never really cared.
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2026 22:35     Subject: What stores are on your blacklist?
Anonymous wrote:Politics aside, Amazon has made returns so difficult and frustrating that I avoid shopping there.

I'm also mad about the digital rights issues with kindle books (basically, you bought them but don't own them) so I switched to Kobo.


Have had no issues with Amazon returns. Curious about what your issues have been.
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2026 22:34     Subject: What stores are on your blacklist?
Anonymous wrote:None, love Walmart delivery.


I do Walmart curbside and it’s pretty
good. Even better if you have a super Walmart (like in Vienna, Va).

I’ll shop anywhere that has a good deal for me and my family. And laughing at the person who said they don’t shop anywhere that is publicly owned. Even if you’re shopping at an independent retailer, you know every product there is sold by a company that is publicly owned you silly person.

The virtue signaling on this thread is amusing.
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2026 22:33     Subject: What stores are on your blacklist?
Anonymous wrote:Can someone clarify why Home Depot is worse than Lowes? Sorry for the ignorance.


Trump donor, befriending ICE to arrest customers / day workers and last, but not least, they are enshittifying like Amazon.
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2026 22:32     Subject: What stores are on your blacklist?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Chick Fil A
Hobby Lobby
MyPillow
Papa Johns
Tesla


What did my pillow do?

Ive tried their pillow that's blocks or foam its trash.


Do you live in the forest without access to news, and not know about mypillow?


I've never heard of anything negative about my pillow but I don't watch the news or live on social media 24/7 like you do.


Gurrrrlll, one does not have to be on social media 24/7 to know about Mike Lindell, the loony owner and spokesperson for mypillow. Dude was one the lead idiots promoting the notion of election fraud in 2020. He’s currently being sued by Dominion voting machines for 1.3B for spreading false information. And he’s announced he is running for governor of Minnesota.


My pillow? You all are boycotting crap you would never buy anyway lol 😂 I mean none of you are buying mypillows.
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2026 22:30     Subject: What stores are on your blacklist?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I avoid anywhere that’s difficult about returns or doesn’t stand by their product.


This. If I have to work to return crap or have a short return policy I can’t anymore.


Which stores?
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2026 22:29     Subject: What stores are on your blacklist?
Anonymous wrote:Politics aside, Amazon has made returns so difficult and frustrating that I avoid shopping there.

I'm also mad about the digital rights issues with kindle books (basically, you bought them but don't own them) so I switched to Kobo.



I agree amazons been messing up returns, charging for returns and saying you returned a different item than you did. F them.
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2026 22:27     Subject: What stores are on your blacklist?
Anonymous wrote:Politics aside, Amazon has made returns so difficult and frustrating that I avoid shopping there.

I'm also mad about the digital rights issues with kindle books (basically, you bought them but don't own them) so I switched to Kobo.


What happened with Amazon returns? I can’t find the items I want to return from pre Xmas. Don’t see them. Help.
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2026 22:26     Subject: What stores are on your blacklist?
Anonymous wrote:I avoid anywhere that’s difficult about returns or doesn’t stand by their product.


This. If I have to work to return crap or have a short return policy I can’t anymore.
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2026 22:24     Subject: What stores are on your blacklist?
Anonymous wrote:Mine are target, home Depot, cvs, amazon. I no longer shop at these places foe various reasons and previous problems I've had. Do you have places you avoid at all costs?


Target —never again
Walmart not happening
Home Depot
Anthropologie (although I slipped recently and bought sale candles and earrings there—not proud of it)
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2026 22:15     Subject: What stores are on your blacklist?
Politics aside, Amazon has made returns so difficult and frustrating that I avoid shopping there.

I'm also mad about the digital rights issues with kindle books (basically, you bought them but don't own them) so I switched to Kobo.