Boycotting
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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? :)
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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.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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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
CodeStash - Online Snippet Management | My blog | MoXAML PowerToys | Mole 2010 - debugging made easier
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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!
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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
Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
His list of grievances and poor service from companies is almost legendary.
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Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done. Drink. Get drunk. Fall over - P O'H OK, I will win to day or my name isn't Ethel Crudacre! - DD Ethel Crudacre I cannot live by bread alone. Bacon and ketchup are needed as well. - Trollslayer Have a bit more patience with newbies. Of course some of them act dumb - they're often *students*, for heaven's sake - Terry Pratchett
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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 have a fairly extensive boycott list and I agree that there are problems when pretty much all of the players in a certain field are on the list. It isn't so difficult where the service isn't essential. For example I have several pizza chains on my list but I can live without pizza. I had a similar problem with financial institutions which, whilst not actually essential, are difficult to live without. I solved my dilemna by considering how I would deal with something that was literally essential (nothing really is essential except for sustenance, of course) such as utilities. Once I had developed a solution to that I applied the methodology to the actual problem.
Henry Minute Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is. Cogito ergo thumb - Sucking my thumb helps me to think.
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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!
He's got a lot on his plate at the moment. He does pop in, but it is infrequent.
*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
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With such a logic, we would be slaves of these companies. Someone has to start, maybe the movement will grow. What I mean is that fighting for an ideology means sacrifices. For sure, doing nothing is more comfortable.
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Last time I checked the Visa card in my wallet had not forced me into slavery. I'd say that if youre so unhappy with the options available to you in a particular industry you should make your own alternative.
Fair enough for you, but I think AspDotNetDev reached that level of unhappinness, or better, of unsatisfaction, that he wants to boycott, so better support him than saying it is not necessary. As for the slavery: how many days could you survive without your VISA ...? You (and so do I) are slaves from a certain comfort. Sweet slavery, but slavery indeed.
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Fair enough for you, but I think AspDotNetDev reached that level of unhappinness, or better, of unsatisfaction, that he wants to boycott, so better support him than saying it is not necessary. As for the slavery: how many days could you survive without your VISA ...? You (and so do I) are slaves from a certain comfort. Sweet slavery, but slavery indeed.
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In oz we have a system called eftpos which allows electronic payment from a savings account so I could live without any brand of credit card.
Interesting. Just read the wikipedia article[^], but I did not understand it completely: Do you have a physical layer ( like a card or anything) or do all vendors have a terminal to enter a code or your banking data ? Precisely, if you go buying your "baguette" at the baker, how do you pay for it ?
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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?
