Talk of a "Feb 28 Economic Blackout" is spreading on social media. What is it?
Talk of a "Feb 28 Economic Blackout" is spreading on social media. What is it?
A grassroots effort is asking American consumers to refrain from making purchases at major retailers for one day in February.
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Amazon blackout, March 7th through March 14th.
I'm personally making that my cut off point for using Amazon at all. And if it wasn't for their return policy I would have stopped quite a while ago.
It's been an amazon blackout since Bezos was front seat at the inauguration.
For many of us, every day is Amazon blackout day. It really isn't that much of an inconvenience to shop elsewhere. You can do it too! I believe in you!
Costco has a better return policy and still supports DEI. Though I’m not convinced Costco can replace some of the more niche items I order from Amazon.
Yeah, that's the boat I'm in. Or was. I now have the expensive niche items I needed that return policy on, but got sucked back in due to convenience.
Cheap student prime account is expiring soon anyway, so I thought Marc 7th would be a good quit date.
A boycott will be more effective if we laser-focus our efforts:
- Focus on Amazon, Tesla (anything Musky), & Meta
- Make the boycott permanent
As for me, I’ve done my part. I will never shop Amazon again, or purchase from any online store that uses Amazon for shipping, and all my Meta accounts have been permanently deleted. Done.
Why restrict it to a few days or a week “blackout” or whatever? That’s weak sauce. Everything you can find on Amazon, you can find elsewhere. Stop giving them money.
i deleted my Twitch account. I felt bad because Im my friend’s only paid subscriber but I cannot support Amazon
You can help your friend in better ways, for both of you.
That’s what I figured
Well I explained why I was still using them. Buying something off of eBay that's several hundred dollars and then not being able to return it if it shows up broken.
Not that I'm really disagreeing, I'm just explaining that there are things that make Amazon desirable for many folks.
I'm also right there with you with meta and x. I've deleted all of my meta socials, not that I was very active on them anyway. And I haven't logged into Twitter since Musk took over.
That said, blanket economic blackouts, can also be effective. They can show business administrators that cow towing to The regime will cost them money. Wich can in turn put pressure on Washington.
And March 7th through 14th is a targeted blackout
Have you ever had a single issue on eBay where you bought something, complained, and eBay didn’t side with you? Even if you lie about the issue. eBay is notoriously difficult as a seller because they 100% always cater to the buyer and force you to accept returns.
It is true. eBay knows that it's buyers who drive their site and will always make thing right with them. eBay isnt perfect by any means, but I'm realizing that perfect is the enemy of the good more and more often.
Remember that you still buy the same stuff you normally do, you just don't get them from Amazon and bezos. Specialty items can be bought directly from the manufacturer. Give them the full value for their products, don't make them give Amazon a share just because you are too lazy to log into a non Amazon site.
I often do do that. And prefer to order from the manufacturer when possible.
However, there are expensive niche items that are very difficult to find other places and that are prone to damage in shipping due to their bulk, and the other places you can find them have shit return policies or extremely high markups. Because they are manufactured in China, shipped here and then relabeled.
Don't assume other people are lazy because you don't see their point of view.
I used it when I needed it, I got sucked into the convenience and I use it more than I like, I was planning on stopping anyway as my account is about to expire. March 7th gives me a good excuse to do it.
Please be civil, don't tell people they're lazy. I get we're all outraged but let's not target each other.