Any brands you don't buy on principle?

Dudess

KeithAFC wrote: »

I remember when the Green sauce was up here, i didn't buy it.

Why? It's green therefore it's militantly republican?

2 stroke

I'd like to add Mcaffe and Norton. I've had major trouble when these expired, and when buying new computers I now insist that the trial versions are removed before I pay.

J_E

Have a real thing against Walker crisps. I don't know why. I just hate them.

RichieC

Dudess wrote: »

Why? It's green therefore it's militantly republican?

It stained like a bitch..

babyface11

I never buy pennys underwear, i think of all the poor kids in sweatshops making them, i buy lasenza instead

Dangerous Man

Any products by the rats at Amnesty International.

mikemac

amjon. wrote: »

Won't even walk into a Boots chemist.

What's wrong with Boots?

Better then the standard family owned pharmacies in Ireland with sky high prices

Boots isn't that cheap either but competition is always good

landsleaving

2 stroke wrote: »

I'd like to add Mcaffe and Norton. I've had major trouble when these expired, and when buying new computers I now insist that the trial versions are removed before I pay.

Google 'Norton Removal Tool'

It's a godsend. I had a new laptop that wouldn't connect to any wireless network after I uninstalled the Norton trial. Rang the company, rang the shop I bought it from. No help.

Finally got the removal tool and it instantly worked. Norton are one of the worst companies ever, free versions are better and don't slwo down or just destroy your computer.

No experience with McAfee yet so can't comment on them.

mikemac

The Hanley Centre

1. I've done charity collections in the past but I volunteered, I didn't expect a wage or commission to do it
2. Flame me if you want but treatment for alcohol problems is way my list of worthy causes. Alcoholism is a disease but there are many other more worthy causes
3. They are cynical in their tactics, employing good looking girls to sell their tickets. Nothing wrong with that and that's good promotion. But they target certain people, walk down Shop St in Galway and see do you get targeted. Posters over in the Work forum gave details on it
4. I've worked in hotels and we held AA conferences. Good organization to be fair. But the attendees replaced alcohol with nicotine and caffeine, another crutch. So I don't think selling scratch cards is the best idea for a charity dealing with abuse and addiction

What? Oh Rly!

Any monsanto products, roundup etc. - Look up the documentary about them.
Apple products. - Pretentious and overpriced.
Carphone warehouse. Terrible terrible experience with them. The OH had to bring them to the small claims courts (she won).
Samsung products. Owned a TV & stereo years ago that both just broke days apart.

2 stroke

What? Oh Rly! wrote: »

Samsung products. Owned a TV & stereo years ago that both just broke days apart.

Sounds like a power spike. If something like this happens, two or more appliances failing in the same week, check if others in the area are having similar trouble. In small towns, electrical shops notice these "spikes" in trade, and often will support your claim.

landsleaving

feelingstressed wrote: »

I don't think selling scratch cards is the best idea for a charity dealing with abuse and addiction

That one always confused me, it'd be like a dentist giving you a lollipop after you get a filling.

pickarooney

optogirl wrote: »

They advertised in such a way as to suggest that if you didn't use their products you were causing your children harm - they made women who were undeducated feel as though breast milk was inferior to their product. It is without doubt cynical and morally wrong

This kind of flies in the face of the argument that the women in question were illiterate and couldn't understand the instructions, doesn't it?

optogirl

pickarooney wrote: »

This kind of flies in the face of the argument that the women in question were illiterate and couldn't understand the instructions, doesn't it?

well that wasn't my argument so no

opinion guy

What? Oh Rly! wrote: »

Any monsanto products, roundup etc. - Look up the documentary about them.

Well not being a farmer I find its pretty easy to avoid using roundup etc. I agree with you though - evil company. I would love to avoid them if I knew how but reality is most food on the shelves probably has there evil fingerprints on it. It would great if there was a monsanto free labelling system! haha

dpe

amjon. wrote: »

Won't even walk into a Boots chemist.

Boots? Why?

pickarooney

optogirl wrote: »

well that wasn't my argument so no

So you have a completely different unsupported argument to the apocryphal one being tossed about from page 1 onwards? Do share.

cml387

pickarooney wrote: »

So you have a completely different unsupported argument to the apocryphal one being tossed about from page 1 onwards? Do share.

Hardly "apocryphal" :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2667401.stm

optogirl

pickarooney wrote: »

So you have a completely different unsupported argument to the apocryphal one being tossed about from page 1 onwards? Do share.

My 'argument' as you quite wrongly call it was simply to state that Nestle's advertising did infer that their formula was superior to breast milk. That is all.

janja

Zannusi

tommyhaas

feelingstressed wrote: »

[*]I've worked in hotels and we held AA conferences. Good organization to be fair. But the attendees replaced alcohol with nicotine and caffeine, another crutch. So I don't think selling scratch cards is the best idea for a charity dealing with abuse and addiction [/LIST]

If you grew up living with an alcoholic you'd be only too happy to make that trade

endabob1

I won't bank with certain banks, becoming more and more difficult as they are all being taken over/merged but I avoid Barclays like the plague

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2848046.ece

Galway K9

feelingstressed wrote: »

The Hanley Centre

1. I've done charity collections in the past but I volunteered, I didn't expect a wage or commission to do it
2. Flame me if you want but treatment for alcohol problems is way my list of worthy causes. Alcoholism is a disease but there are many other more worthy causes
3. They are cynical in their tactics, employing good looking girls to sell their tickets. Nothing wrong with that and that's good promotion. But they target certain people, walk down Shop St in Galway and see do you get targeted. Posters over in the Work forum gave details on it
4. I've worked in hotels and we held AA conferences. Good organization to be fair. But the attendees replaced alcohol with nicotine and caffeine, another crutch. So I don't think selling scratch cards is the best idea for a charity dealing with abuse and addiction

I love irony.:D

Treating addictions with addictions

Japer

An Phoblocht.

tommyhaas

Japer wrote: »

An Phoblocht.

Apparently they've outbid Hello for the Royal Wedding pics. The editor said they've spent quiet a bit on it considering they only want one clear shot...:pac:

sheesh

feelingstressed wrote: »

The Hanley Centre

1. I've done charity collections in the past but I volunteered, I didn't expect a wage or commission to do it
2. Flame me if you want but treatment for alcohol problems is way my list of worthy causes. Alcoholism is a disease but there are many other more worthy causes
3. They are cynical in their tactics, employing good looking girls to sell their tickets. Nothing wrong with that and that's good promotion. But they target certain people, walk down Shop St in Galway and see do you get targeted. Posters over in the Work forum gave details on it
   ]

sorry to hear that about the hanley centre I have done some volunteer stuff for them.. are you sure that it is not a collection company that decides how this is done or is it the hanley centre itself.

feelingstressed wrote: »

[*]I've worked in hotels and we held AA conferences. Good organization to be fair. But the attendees replaced alcohol with nicotine and caffeine, another crutch. So I don't think selling scratch cards is the best idea for a charity dealing with abuse and addiction

it is still better than drinking

Galway K9

sheesh wrote: »

sorry to hear that about the hanley centre I have done some volunteer stuff for them.. are you sure that it is not a collection company that decides how this is done or is it the hanley centre itself.

it is still better than drinking

I for one have no time for the Hanley Centre.

pickarooney

optogirl wrote: »

My 'argument' as you quite wrongly call it was simply to state that Nestle's advertising did infer that their formula was superior to breast milk. That is all.

What form did these advertisements take? How did they 'infer' something that specific? Where have you seen these ads?

Cork24

KFC
Microsoft
mc donalds
Pepsi
The sun
The mirror
Brown Thomas ( over priced even their coffee machines are overpriced)

IvaBigWun

janja wrote: »

Zannusi

Why?

What? Oh Rly!

opinion guy wrote: »

Well not being a farmer I find its pretty easy to avoid using roundup etc. I agree with you though - evil company. I would love to avoid them if I knew how but reality is most food on the shelves probably has there evil fingerprints on it. It would great if there was a monsanto free labelling system! haha

We were in homebase a few months back getting weed killer, one was from monsanto and I chose another brand; you don't have to be a farmer.

steddyeddy

Kit kat for their involvment in the palm oil plantations that cause the death of hundreds of our closest relative the orangutang.

opinion guy

What? Oh Rly! wrote: »

We were in homebase a few months back getting weed killer, one was from monsanto and I chose another brand; you don't have to be a farmer.

I don't have a garden either!

iregk

I'd also have to agree with Brown Thomas. Pretentious self indulgent sh!t heads shop there.

candy-gal1

Ive tried to do this, saying if so and place doesnt give me a job im never going there again, but if i did that now as much id never go anywhere tbh

shanec1928

are people actually serious about the sun? we live in Ireland.. it has nothing to do with us, id under stand it if this was liverpool and people didn't buy it but its not get a grip.. looks like west Britain is here to stay

pow wow

Any charity that employs chuggers - I know it ultimately results in more income for the charities concerned but I can't stand it and thus don't give to any charity who has them.

Dell

Ryanair

Philips

Anything to do with Neil Prendeville

fryup

Henry the Hoover

Because Henry cheated us out of the World cup

Optimalprimerib

upandcumming wrote: »

That is fine. I know, and everyone else knows that I'm right. You've brought absolutely nothing to the discussion except bullshit. Not one point you've made was backed up with even the scent of fact. Well done.

I don't. I was reading the toing and froing between you two for the last 2-3 pages and honest to god I don't even know what ye are arguing about. Something about fruit???

upandcumming

forza rovers wrote: »

are people actually serious about the sun? we live in Ireland.. it has nothing to do with us, id under stand it if this was liverpool and people didn't buy it but its not get a grip.. looks like west Britain is here to stay

I fully agree. I love football and have a decent knowledge of it, but its only now, on the recent anniversary of Hillsborough, I find out that there has been a boycott of the Sun. The type of people that are getting annoyed over the Sun and what they did (in my experience) are those that love Liverpool but hate England. Idiots.
Many of you may have seen the League of Ireland video on YouTube. I love the bit where the guy in the Spurs jersey says that he doesn't go to LOI games because they're too far away, but thinks nothing of going to over to London when he can.

sob1467

All tabloids. In particular news of the world and the star.

tommyhaas

upandcumming wrote: »

I fully agree. I love football and have a decent knowledge of it, but its only now, on the recent anniversary of Hillsborough, I find out that there has been a boycott of the Sun. The type of people that are getting annoyed over the Sun and what they did (in my experience) are those that love Liverpool but hate England. Idiots.
Many of you may have seen the League of Ireland video on YouTube. I love the bit where the guy in the Spurs jersey says that he doesn't go to LOI games because they're too far away, but thinks nothing of going to over to London when he can.

What the hell are you talking about? Where has all this hate England bo11ox come from?

Have you just decided that anyone who supports Liverpool and boycotts the sun must hate England? There's absolutely no logic there

upandcumming

tommyhaas wrote: »

What the hell are you talking about? Where has all this hate England bo11ox come from?

Have you just decided that anyone who supports Liverpool and boycotts the sun must hate England? There's absolutely no logic there

No. Sorry, I wasn't fully clear. In my experience I have come across people that love English clubs, but hate England. I just said Liverpool in my earlier post because I was talking about the Sun and what they said about the Hillsborough disaster.

stovelid

steddyeddy wrote: »

Kit kat for their involvment in the palm oil plantations that cause the death of hundreds of our closest relative the orangutang.

Can't see Nestle gibbon a shit unfortunately.

Corsendonk

steddyeddy wrote: »

Kit kat for their involvment in the palm oil plantations that cause the death of hundreds of our closest relative the orangutang.

Just Kit Kat? Do they not use palm oil in other Nestle products?

walshb

The-Rigger wrote: »

Are any of the people on the Nestle ban wagon into the catholic church?

Penny for the black baby?

steddyeddy

Corsendonk wrote: »

Just Kit Kat? Do they not use palm oil in other Nestle products?

I stand corrected I meant nestle thanks!

flyswatter

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

i love their popcorn

Ha.

I'm boycotting them now. The best thing I have from them is an Ipod case which at least does it's job.

The wireless router has blocked websites and at the start it always cut out.

The ipod car radio my dad has cuts out all the time when you move it even slightly.

They don't test their products. Their customer support is very good but it would have to be since they don't bother testing out their products.

K-9

upandcumming wrote: »

No. Sorry, I wasn't fully clear. In my experience I have come across people that love English clubs, but hate England. I just said Liverpool in my earlier post because I was talking about the Sun and what they said about the Hillsborough disaster.

Football fans and logic? Then add in a touch of nationalist stupidity and that's the result.

Still, the Sun is a different issue again. I've seen it said that it isn't really about Liverpool as such and that is true. If it had been Forest fans that day or some other club the Sun still would have printed stuff like that. The police chief went on TV pretty quickly to blame the fans, he said they'd forced their way into the ground, they didn't, a gate was opened on his direction and no stewards or police directed the crowds into the sides of the terrace, which is the real tragedy, it was so easily preventable.

Burning Eclipse

Wow... my current employer has popped up here more than once. I'm betting plenty of other posters can say the same.

I don't boycott any products tbh, but I wanted to share a funny anecdote about boycotts.

I went to UL, where the sale of any Nestlé products is banned by the Student Union, as voted for by the students. It has been this way for years. About 8/9 years ago, another vote was held about imposing a similar ban on Coca-Cola products, except this vote didn't pass.

The students could substitute Cadbury and Mars for Nestlé, but weren't willing to substitute Pepsi for Coke. For that group, at least, it wasn't about morals, it was about appearing to be moral, so long as it didn't cost them a sugar-filled drink.