Boycotting
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I forget, who is the CPian known for his epic boycott list? A question to him and to the rest of you. When your list becomes so large that you are essentially boycotting everyone, how do you cope? For example, I want to boycott pretty much every popular financial institution in the US (Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, Bank of America), but the lack of workable alternatives makes that difficult. How do you handle situations like that?
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I forget, who is the CPian known for his epic boycott list? A question to him and to the rest of you. When your list becomes so large that you are essentially boycotting everyone, how do you cope? For example, I want to boycott pretty much every popular financial institution in the US (Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, Bank of America), but the lack of workable alternatives makes that difficult. How do you handle situations like that?
go to walmart and get a prepaid walmart card. costs 6 bucks. you can load up to 1500 bucks at a time on it. Costs $3 to load it each time, no monthly fees, no usage fees. has a visa logo and can be used at the register, online, etc..
Common sense is not a gift it's a curse. Those of us who have it have to deal with those that don't.... Be careful which toes you step on today, they might be connected to the foot that kicks your butt tomorrow. You can't scare me, I have children.
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go to walmart and get a prepaid walmart card. costs 6 bucks. you can load up to 1500 bucks at a time on it. Costs $3 to load it each time, no monthly fees, no usage fees. has a visa logo and can be used at the register, online, etc..
Common sense is not a gift it's a curse. Those of us who have it have to deal with those that don't.... Be careful which toes you step on today, they might be connected to the foot that kicks your butt tomorrow. You can't scare me, I have children.
gavindon wrote:
has a visa logo
I imagine VISA gets some sort of kickback. And what if I want to boycott Walmart (I've heard they have some screwed up labor practices, but it's not something I've looked into)?
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gavindon wrote:
has a visa logo
I imagine VISA gets some sort of kickback. And what if I want to boycott Walmart (I've heard they have some screwed up labor practices, but it's not something I've looked into)?
I'm sure there are plenty of other prepaid options out there but check carefully, a lot of them have monthly fees, usage fees, etc. And if it does not have some sort of logo such as visa, mastercard, it will be less acceptable in the wide sense of it and end up being more trouble than its worth. Sometimes you just have to decide which parts of the evil you want to deal with and not deal with the rest. I personally would think the prepaid card would contribute less to the a**holes than a full bank/credit card would. that's just my opinion though.
Common sense is not a gift it's a curse. Those of us who have it have to deal with those that don't.... Be careful which toes you step on today, they might be connected to the foot that kicks your butt tomorrow. You can't scare me, I have children.
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I forget, who is the CPian known for his epic boycott list? A question to him and to the rest of you. When your list becomes so large that you are essentially boycotting everyone, how do you cope? For example, I want to boycott pretty much every popular financial institution in the US (Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, Bank of America), but the lack of workable alternatives makes that difficult. How do you handle situations like that?
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AspDotNetDev wrote:
I want to boycott pretty much every popular financial institution in the US (Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, Bank of America)
Why? they'll never know and they wouldn't care anyway, you'll just make your own life harder.
Don't go injecting common sense and rationality... it has no place in this discussion!!
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I forget, who is the CPian known for his epic boycott list? A question to him and to the rest of you. When your list becomes so large that you are essentially boycotting everyone, how do you cope? For example, I want to boycott pretty much every popular financial institution in the US (Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, Bank of America), but the lack of workable alternatives makes that difficult. How do you handle situations like that?
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I forget, who is the CPian known for his epic boycott list? A question to him and to the rest of you. When your list becomes so large that you are essentially boycotting everyone, how do you cope? For example, I want to boycott pretty much every popular financial institution in the US (Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, Bank of America), but the lack of workable alternatives makes that difficult. How do you handle situations like that?
I'm more than happy to look after your cash for you. As a friend, it's the least I can do. I'm just that kinda guy.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
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AspDotNetDev wrote:
I want to boycott pretty much every popular financial institution in the US (Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, Bank of America)
Why? they'll never know and they wouldn't care anyway, you'll just make your own life harder.
They wouldn't care if one person boycotted them, but they'd care if a bunch of people did. And right now I'm not boycotting them... I said I want to, and not to make my life easier.
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I'm more than happy to look after your cash for you. As a friend, it's the least I can do. I'm just that kinda guy.
cheers, Chris Maunder The Code Project | Co-founder Microsoft C++ MVP
My coworker gave me 1 Chinese yuan that I could let you hold onto for me, if you pay for the stamp (which would cost more than a yuan).
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I'm sure there are plenty of other prepaid options out there but check carefully, a lot of them have monthly fees, usage fees, etc. And if it does not have some sort of logo such as visa, mastercard, it will be less acceptable in the wide sense of it and end up being more trouble than its worth. Sometimes you just have to decide which parts of the evil you want to deal with and not deal with the rest. I personally would think the prepaid card would contribute less to the a**holes than a full bank/credit card would. that's just my opinion though.
Common sense is not a gift it's a curse. Those of us who have it have to deal with those that don't.... Be careful which toes you step on today, they might be connected to the foot that kicks your butt tomorrow. You can't scare me, I have children.
I suspect the solution is to minimize my use of their services. Perhaps get a bank account elsewhere and use cash whenever possible. And maybe support any legislation that moves us towards breaking down the control banks and credit card companies have over us.
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We have non profit credit unions over here .... i dont use them but i hear they are good, low fees etc etc
Nice. Never heard of that, but sounds like a good option.
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I forget, who is the CPian known for his epic boycott list? A question to him and to the rest of you. When your list becomes so large that you are essentially boycotting everyone, how do you cope? For example, I want to boycott pretty much every popular financial institution in the US (Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, Bank of America), but the lack of workable alternatives makes that difficult. How do you handle situations like that?
Either Ennis Ray Lynch or Piebald Consult. I keep getting them confused, there's always been a part of me that thinks they are the same person :)
I love go-o-o-o-ld!
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I forget, who is the CPian known for his epic boycott list? A question to him and to the rest of you. When your list becomes so large that you are essentially boycotting everyone, how do you cope? For example, I want to boycott pretty much every popular financial institution in the US (Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, Bank of America), but the lack of workable alternatives makes that difficult. How do you handle situations like that?
The size of the list isn't your primary concern (as long as there is ample memory). The main issue is what happens when you end up on your own list yourself? :)
Luc Pattyn [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum
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Either Ennis Ray Lynch or Piebald Consult. I keep getting them confused, there's always been a part of me that thinks they are the same person :)
I love go-o-o-o-ld!
Johann van der Smut wrote:
Either Ennis Ray Lynch or Piebald Consult.
It's Ennis Ray Lynch Jr.
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The size of the list isn't your primary concern (as long as there is ample memory). The main issue is what happens when you end up on your own list yourself? :)
Luc Pattyn [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum
This is the only boy cot I'd have with myself.
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Either Ennis Ray Lynch or Piebald Consult. I keep getting them confused, there's always been a part of me that thinks they are the same person :)
I love go-o-o-o-ld!
I was thinking it was Ennis, so I'm going to go with that. :)
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AspDotNetDev wrote:
I want to boycott pretty much every popular financial institution in the US (Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, Bank of America)
Why? they'll never know and they wouldn't care anyway, you'll just make your own life harder.
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I forget, who is the CPian known for his epic boycott list? A question to him and to the rest of you. When your list becomes so large that you are essentially boycotting everyone, how do you cope? For example, I want to boycott pretty much every popular financial institution in the US (Visa, MasterCard, PayPal, Bank of America), but the lack of workable alternatives makes that difficult. How do you handle situations like that?
I really want to say that it should be CG. His list of grievances and poor service from companies is almost legendary.
*pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington
"Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos
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I really want to say that it should be CG. His list of grievances and poor service from companies is almost legendary.
*pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington
"Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos
CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier
He's even boycotting CP these days! Well, the lounge at least... Iain.
I am one of "those foreigners coming over here and stealing our jobs". Yay me!
