Are you going to boycott Walmart on black Friday?

[goblue316]

I am. I hope all of their workers go on strike and I plan on supporting them by doing my business this Christmas at K mart and Toys r us. I am going to start grocery shopping at a small town grocery store and pay a little more. I am tired of the big companies screwing their workers and screwing the Country. How many Walmart employees have to suppliment their incomes with foodstamps and medicaid, because Walmart refuses to work them at 40 hours per week and pay them a decent wage?

[TheOther95Percent]

1. Yes and all the other days of the year

Seriously though, I'm not spending a dime in Target or any other retailer who opens on T'Day.

[Irishonly]

62. It has been over 15 years since I have been in a Walmart

I don't do Black Friday because I am disabled and it is not safe for me.

[sarge43]

2. I boycott Wally World 365.

Good vibes for those people. Hope it works. A comeuppance is long overdue.

[oswaldactedalone]

3. ^ Likewise ^ n/t

[no_hypocrisy]

6. + 1,000

[regnaD kciN]

26. +1,000,000

[Inspired]

28. Add another 1.000.000! nt

[mzteaze]

33. + 1000000000

I am glad I live in a county they have not been able to "penetrate" as a contender.

[ncgrits]

40. Me too! I haven't been in a Walmart in 15 years. nt

[Warren Stupidity]

4. Never shop at walmarts.

[ailsagirl]

32. Ditto

[RebelOne]

52. Double ditto. n/t

[fasttense]

5. YES!

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. why would any sane person want to shop in such a crowded store

at such a time?
I boycott ALL stores on Crazy Friday.
and on Saturdays

down here, the best shopping time is between 9 and 11 on a Sunday morning.
People are either in church or too hung over from Sat. night to be shopping that early.

[Jennicut]

8. I do not venture out on Black Friday.

I have major agoraphobia when I get in the middle of a huge crowd. Like panic attack triggering. I have never shopped on Black Friday ever.
And Walmart is pretty crappy too.

[Sunlei]

9. never shop at walmart but I don't think these stores should be required to provide a career-job

[CincyDem]

10. I estimate Black Friday 2012 will Day 7,000 of my WalMart Boycott n/t

[sigmasix]

11. boycott the whole day

We've been boycotting black friday for years. The holiday season is for family togetherness and being thankful for our blessings as Americans- only recently has thanksgiving become the launching point of all-out retail exploitation of the American consumer and culture. Wall mart, K mart and the other retail monoliths are almost wholly responsible for this awful friday explosion of ill will and consumer buying frenzy. Stay home with your family for the thanksgiving holiday; it's the gift they would prefer.

[adigal]

12. I've boycotted WalMart for 7 years!!! n/t

[jdadd]

17. 7 years for me also.....

I let my Sam's Club membership expire the end of 2005, and joined Costco.

[adigal]

60. Good for you! Our money where our mouths are! Nt

[kydo]

13. saving my money for small business saturday

I try not to go shopping for anything on black friday, if I don't have to I don't leave the house. Sometimes on Thanksgiving we might go watch a movie in the evening - might try to see Lincoln.

[RobinA]

14. The Only Time

I've ever been in a store on Black Friday was when I worked retail. Back in the day it actually wasn't that bad. Certainly many more days closer to Christmas were more crowded. That was when it was just a busy shopping day. Now when it's become a retail Bastille Day you couldn't pay me to be there. Online is the way to go for me.

[VWolf]

15. I've boycotted every day of my life n/t

[ellie]

16. Done and done.

[calico1]

18. No...

I don't ever go there so it doesn't apply!

[newfie11]

19. You bet

I can't imagine the nightmare of Wally World on Black Friday.

[AlinPA]

20. I never go to WalMart. No one in my family does, either.

[Joe Bacon]

21. I've NEVER set foot in a WalFart!

I go to Costco.

[jcgoldie]

22. Nobody shops at Walmart anymore...

Its too crowded.

[Iceberg Louie]

25. I'm assuming your irony was deliberate...

[jcgoldie]

27. Its a Yogi Berra quote:)

.

[chitty]

23. I haven't seen the

Inside of one of those shit holes for over 12 years.

[blueclown]

24. Why do you assume K-mart and Toys R Us treat their employees any better?

They don't.

[on point]

29. I do year round..,

[SheriffCreepy]

30. No...because I'm poor

No. I'm not. And you know why?

Because I'm flat broke and I have three kids who I try to get things for, at least one big thing each Christmas, so they don't have to hear it from the other children.

Christ, I sound like such a scumbag saying that, because I'm all behind solidarity of the proletariat and supporting those who are just looking for a fair shake. But the economic fact for me is it's either Walmart's low prices based on what is essentially blood money, or a very depressing Christmas for my children. It's a hard fact of life to have my ideals butt heads with the reality of my economic situation.

So what will I do? Well...I'll do what shopping I can elsewhere. Unfortunately, I'm in the middle of nowhere, and Walmart forced the smaller competition around me out of business, and I just don't have the money for the gas to drive to the next town with smaller options, so this may be very little elsewhere.

I'll show up with coffee, with soup, and with business cards to offer my assistance free of charge where I can.

But a boycott?

Christ, I wish I could.

[hrmjustin]

31. Welcome to DU!

[Iwasthere]

35. You can shop online with free shipping

... and get better prices than Walmart. I am beffuddled by your argument, especially when you state that you are fully aware Walmart shoved all the small businesses out if town.

[Avalux]

34. I don't shop on Black Friday, and I never shop at WalMart, so yes!

Won't be a problem for me.

[Bluzmann57]

36. Gonna sit at home

Drink beer and watch football on the tube. I want absolutely nothing to do with "black Friday" because I don't feel like fighting crowds and getting stuck in traffic jams. So sitting on my rear end at home sounds like a fine idea.

[prefunk]

37. I boycott Black Friday.

I wish more people would do that.

[RomneyLies]

38. I will not be boycotting Walmart

It is difficult to boycott a company you never do business with.

[Coyotl]

39. Does anyone on DU actually go to a Wal*Mart?

Good God, don't you think we know who/what Wal*Mart is?

[ohheckyeah]

58. Yes, some people on DU live rural

and WalMart is the only viable option from some things. I do most of my shopping online when possible but sometimes I need to see an item before I buy it. Not to mention groceries. I can drive 12 miles to WalMart or 30 miles to Kroger, so yes sometimes I do shop at WalMart.

[hunter]

41. I'd boycott our entire retail culture if I could.

As I write this the shoes I'm wearing are looking ragged and I haven't yet found a better pair in the thrift stores.

If I'm lucky I'll find a pair of comfortable shoes in my random wanderings before I'm forced by necessity to venture into some horrible department store.

[trayfoot]

42. YES!

[and-justice-for-all]

43. I do not recognize xmas, so yeah..nt

[quaker bill]

44. The same as I do everyday.

[ffr]

56. Yup. I keep my shopping local and try to by Made in USA

Walmart does not fit that ideal.

[SoapBox]

45. ...I've boycotted CreepMart always.

Never shopped there...never EVER will.

But for everyone else that will stay away...good job.

[backscatter712]

46. I don't shop on Black Friday, but I'll be happy to protest at a Walmart!

Any person who walks in Walmart's doors and buys stuff on Black Friday is a scab!

[driver8]

47. I boycott that shitty company 365 days a year!! n/t

[titaniumsalute]

48. Haven't been in 10 years

[Fire Walk With Me]

49. Yes.

[AlexSatan]

50. Yep

In fact we've got all of our shopping done and will not be out at all on BF

[graywarrior]

51. Black Friday is a sleep day for me

I hide out til Jan 2.

[dbackjon]

53. I boycott them 365 days a year. This year 366 days

[HopeHoops]

54. I never go out on Black Friday, but I support the WalMart workers boycotting it.

I hope it puts a major crunch in their bottom line, not that they'd notice.

[budkin]

55. Don't shop there anyway

[Filibuster Harry]

57. I don't shop too much on black Friday because

I get back very late (i'm talking 3 or 4 in the am) from Thanksgiving gatherings and parties.
But I understand they will be striking that day.

[whistler162]

59. Yup... working Friday afternoon and

Saturday at my second(part time) job a small computer support/sales business, owned by a firebrand Liberal. So if you are in the Syracuse and have a PC or laptop that needs repair or if you need a laptop and want a good off lease computer for a descent price stop by EnCompass Technology on West Genesee St in Fairmount right next to Kinney Drugs.

sorry fo rthe commericial. Delete if inappropriate.

[johnp3907]

61. Whatmart?

Haven't set foot in the place since the 20th century.

[hrmjustin]

63. I would boycott them but we don't have one here in NYC.

[Iggo]

64. ...and all the rest of the days, too. (n/t)

[Up2Late]

65. Always do, Black Friday is a stupid day to shop.

If and when I shop for Christmas, it's middle of the month and/or late at night. I hate crowded stores.

[aandegoons]

66. It has been six years for me.

I also boycott any place of business that had or still has an America against Obama sign or any place that plays fux news.

[demgrrrll]

67. No Problem.