Stores and or other places you refuse to do business with

[Ogandydancer]

Here's my short list.
Best Buy
Starbucks
Target
Walgreens
The last three basically all for the same reasons but Best Buy for their attitude. Just wont spend my money with people who think they know more what it is that I SHOULD buy then what I want or can afford.
The last three I cannot say why as it might violate the rules here.

 

[Kanewpadle]

Cheaper Than Dirt
AARP
Bank of America
Starbucks
Costco

 

[375hh1973]

Burger King- Had 2 raw chicken sandwiches on 2 separate occasions

Local market- meat/deli area smells bad

BP station near me- always out of Mt Dew

 

[double-dipper]

AARP
Starbucks (anti-gun)
Amazon (Killing downtown America)
Target (anti-military)
Dick's Sporting Goods (anti-black gun)
BP oil/gas
GMC (Not a truthful company) lied about paying the "bailout money back.
This list could get very large!

 

[Ron IL]

A few years ago I moved to a small town that is right between three larger towns. After I lived there for a year or so I found out we had an auto supply. One day I needed a small part and went to it. This was a year or two before IL got a concealed carry law. They were just talking about it at the time. A big sign on the front door said absolutely no firearms allowed in this business. I got my part and left and never been back. I go the extra 3 miles to the next town. That was a NAPA auto parts store. I think I read that it is their national policy. They lost all of my business.

 

[TX-Dennis]

Target
Levi Strauss
Nike
Cheaper Than Dirt

If I refused to do business with every anti gun company in the US I would soon run out of places to do business.

 

[rubiranch]

Autozone
Starbucks (I don't like their coffee)

 

[dockmurgw]

...CITCO...

 

[AJ]

This may open your eyes a bit:

These Are the Roughly 200 Businesses Whose Leaders Are Backing Gun Control Initiatives by Beth Baumann

These Are the Roughly 200 Businesses Whose Leaders Are Backing Gun Control Initiatives
Beth Baumann
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Source: AP Photo/Philip Kamrass, File
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms launched an initiative last year aimed at providing information to Second Amendment-loving Americans. The goal was to provide a comprehensive list of companies and/or CEOs who back gun control initiatives and legislation or have anti-firearm corporate policies in place.
"When we started this project last year, we were actually surprised, and in some cases disappointed, at some of the businesses we added to the list," CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb said in a statement. "We discovered several brand name businesses and corporate leaders who evidently have a nefarious agenda to limit gun rights. Their current and potential patrons should have the knowledge of what their hard earned dollars are actually funding."
The CCRKBA recently added Gucci to the list after it was revealed the high-end brand donated $500,000 to the March for Our Lives organization, which launched after the Parkland shooting in Florida. March for Our Lives quickly used the funds to advance anti-Second Amendment legislation, Gottlieb said.
According to Gottlieb, putting together the list was about giving pro-gun Americans knowledge about their purchasing habits. It's not about boycotting companies and businesses but rather about giving Americans the ability to make informed decisions about where their hard-earned dollars go.
"We encourage people to buy products from companies they can count on to not support efforts aimed at curtailing constitutional rights," he explained. "By providing this information, we hope gun owning consumers are making reasonable decisions about which businesses to patronize. This might convince some businesses to re-think their core values."
"We're not calling for a boycott of these companies," Gottlieb said. "Businesses and the people who own them can support whatever kind of philosophy they want, and gun owning consumers can likewise not spend any money with those firms. Let the marketplace decide. Over 100 million American gun owners represent a sizeable [sic] consumer bloc, and they will decide where they spend their money."
Below are the roughly 200 businesses that made the list:
20/20 Vision
A&M Records
AlleyCorp
Alphabet, Inc.
Amalgamated Bank
Ambition
AMC Theatres
AOL / Time Warner
Ariel Investments LLC
Artsy
Ascend.io
Aspiration
AT&T
Aura
AutoZone
Backpack
Bad Robot
Bain Capital
Bank of America
Beeswax
Begin
Betaworks
Beyond Meat
Bloomberg LP
Bonusly
Brat
Brookfield Property
Brud
Bumble
Burger King
Cambly
Catch & Release
Cerebras Systems
Chipotle
Circle Medical
ClassPass
Clearbit
Clever
Clockwise
CNN
Color Genomics
Comcast
Conde Nast
Costco
Credit Karma
Crunchbase
Curalate
Curtsy
Dannon
Delta Airlines
DICK'S Sporting Goods
Disney Company
DoorDash
Doxel, Inc.
Ebay
Ecolab
Edelman
Elektra Labs
Emerson Collective
Enterprise
Eventbrite
Farmstead
Full Picture
Fundera
Gap Inc.
Gateway Computers
GE
GEICO
Goat Group
Golden
Graphic Packaging
Group Nine Media
Gucci
Guru
Hallmark Cards
Hard Rock Cafe
Havas Group
HBO
Hint, Inc.
HipDot
Hooked
Horizon Media
Humbition
Impossible Foods
Interpublic
Intuit
JOOR
Jumbo Privacy
Kabbage Inc.
Kadena
Kanga
Knowable
Lattice
Levi Strauss & Co.
Lucent Technologies
Lyft
MetaProp.vc
MetLife
Microsoft
Modern Fertility
MongoDB Inc.
MSNBC
MTV
Navient
NBC Universal
NCR Corp.
Neighborland
NewsCred
Nextdoor
NowThis
Nurx
Oaktree Capital
Oberndorf Enterprises
Oceans
OfferUp
Okta
Omnicom Group
Openpath
Panera Bread
Parabol
Paravision
Paypal
Pinterest
Plato Design
Postmates
Presto
Prima
Progressive Insurance
Prologis
Publicis Groupe
Quartzy
Reddit
Ribbon Health
Ro
Roofstock
Royal Caribbean Cruises
RXR Realty
Sara Lee
SelfMade
Shoptiques Inc.
Showtime Cable Network
Shutterstock Inc.
Sidewalk Labs
Sift
Skillshare
SkySafe
Small Door
SmartAsset
Snapdocs, Inc.
Solve.io
Sonic
Southwestern Bell
Splash
Square and Twitter
Squarespace
Standard Bots
Subway
Sundia Corporation
Sunlight Health
Superplastic
SurveyMonkey
SV Angel
Symantec
ThirdLove
Thisopenspace inc.
Thrive Capital
Thrive Global
ThunderCore Inc.
Tillable
Tinder
TOMS
Twilio
Uber
Uniform Teeth
Viosera Therapeutics
Virtual Kitchen
Voxer
Voyage
Watsi
WayUp
Whalar
Wizeline
WPP
X.ai, inc.
Y Combinator
Yelp
Yum Brands
Zola

 

[pawngal]

Starbucks, just don't like their coffee
AARP
Cracker Barrel
Cheaper Than Dirt
Pet Stores that buy from puppy mills
CitiBank
Dunham's

 

[Old Arkansawyer]

Amazon, all of Mr. Bezos profits are filtered through other countries to
avoid U.S. taxes, plus he seems to just be an all around Jerk.
Add Whole Foods for the same reason.
All fast food places, unhealthy!
Wells Fargo due to past problems.
My Pillow, the owner and his ilk are all Grifters.
Any TV scamvangelist.

 

[jeffrefrig]

Walmart. Too classy for me.

 

[LittleCooner]

Walmart
Dicks Sporting Goods
McDonalds
BurgerKing
Walmart ( need to list twice to show how much I hate this place)
Long John Silvers
Cheaper than Dirt

 

[robrossk]

Dicks is the one store I definitely avoid. There are 2 located fairly close to me.

 

[ladder13]

I stay home in my little bubble away from all the ills of the world.

 

[sheepdawg]

AARP
AT&T
Bank of America
Cheaper Than Dirt
Dicks Sporting Goods
Hardees
Levis Strauss
Nike
NFL
Starbucks
Taurus

 

[GypsmJim]

This may open your eyes a bit:

These Are the Roughly 200 Businesses Whose Leaders Are Backing Gun Control Initiatives by Beth Baumann

These Are the Roughly 200 Businesses Whose Leaders Are Backing Gun Control Initiatives

Well that does it for me. I guess I'll have to live like a hermit now. The only one not on the list is Joe's Meat Market down the street from me, and his place is filthy.

 

[quikdraw67]

Easier to say who I WILL patronize

Locally owned mom & pop grocery stores, gun shops, gas stations, pizza and hoagie joints, supply houses, furniture stores, hardware stores, appliance dealers, car dealerships, beer distributors, sit down restaurants (pre-Covid), and funeral homes (seriously, a lot are owned by big corporations).

And, sadly, with each passing year, there are fewer and fewer.

 

[jringo8769]

Well as a former employee of AutoZone for a very long time
Why do u not like Autozone?
I really liked working there
I am pro small business and have loved dealing with small business most of my life as growing up in a small town
I see so many businesses now with very poor employees who do the bare minimum and support staff like managers not doing their part to train and manage them
I have worked most of my life in upper retail management and I have never seen such low standards across the board and never seen employees demanding so much for high pay and little effort on their part
I know here we have problems with people showing up for work
Which seems crazy to me
When i was just out of school and before and during college I worked as many hours as I could
I agree most of these big companies have sold out to what ever they feel is necessary to make a buck
And sadly this seems to be the trend
I have said this since I got very ill
All of my friends and family think I am a grumpy old man even though I am not old ..
i say we are in the age of the idiot
We are getting away from what made our great nation thrive
God help us if we do not change soon
I can see real pain for us if these people do the changes they want to do
Please stay safe and warm out there
God Bless you all my friends
John


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[hoosierone]

For years Best Buy has been my go to place for any electronic stuff. I have found their employees to be polite and well trained. My wife and I (In our 70's) recently bought a printer there. The young man went out of his way to determine our needs and recommend the right product for us. He also gave us the pros and cons of signing up for various ink services. We were both very pleased. I wish all retail employees were as good as the ones at Best Buy.