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<blockquote data-quote="Pbartender" data-source="post: 4749870" data-attributes="member: 7533">For that matter, about a year ago, there was a big movement to protest high gas prices by getting huge numbers of people to boycott gas stations for one day.It didn't work, partially because not a whole lot of people went for it, and partially because everyone who did decide to boycott either filled up the day before or waited until the day after and then bought gas.&nbsp; Over the course of the week, there was no change in sales and gas companies didn't even notice that single daily blip.The lesson is, delaying a purchase is not boycotting.&nbsp; It's simply spreading out the company's profits over a longer period of time...&nbsp; Not a bad deal for them, since now you're helping make that product an &quot;evergreen&quot; product, which looks good to the bosses.If you're going to boycott, you have stop purchasing the product.&nbsp; Period.&nbsp; For example, my family hasn't watched broadcast, cable or satellite television for ten years, because the stuff they air is garbage.&nbsp; We haven't ordered a pizza from Pizza Hut for nearly 8 years, because a new Pizza Hut franchise forced out a small locally-owned hot-dog shop, just so they could have that particular location in a strip-mall.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pbartender, post: 4749870, member: 7533"] For that matter, about a year ago, there was a big movement to protest high gas prices by getting huge numbers of people to boycott gas stations for one day. It didn't work, partially because not a whole lot of people went for it, and partially because everyone who did decide to boycott either filled up the day before or waited until the day after and then bought gas. Over the course of the week, there was no change in sales and gas companies didn't even notice that single daily blip. The lesson is, delaying a purchase is not boycotting. It's simply spreading out the company's profits over a longer period of time... Not a bad deal for them, since now you're helping make that product an "evergreen" product, which looks good to the bosses. If you're going to boycott, you have stop purchasing the product. Period. For example, my family hasn't watched broadcast, cable or satellite television for ten years, because the stuff they air is garbage. We haven't ordered a pizza from Pizza Hut for nearly 8 years, because a new Pizza Hut franchise forced out a small locally-owned hot-dog shop, just so they could have that particular location in a strip-mall. [/QUOTE]

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