I did not shop @ Target today

[John]

There is a (very convenient) Target store only about 1/4 mile from where I live. There are were several items that I've been wanting/needing to buy, which I know they carry. I know this because I've bought these items there: I know where they are in the store - so I would have been in-and-out in just minutes . . . However, today I went out of my way to NOT shop @ Target.

I know that there is no (organized) boycott. None-the-less today I bought what I wanted/needed elswhere.

[Pat McCotter]

Why?

[Lloyd Danforth]

He just didn't feel like shopping in an open, airy, attractive store that was close and had what he needed.

[Puke]

B/C Target is partnered with that current "National Service" bullshit.
Though the company has probably been duped into supporting it.
That's why no "official" boycott yet.

[Lloyd Danforth]

Come to think of it....I didn't shop at Target yesterday either!

[dalebert]

I shopped at Wal-mart yesterday. Got a mattress pad for my futon among other things, and it was SO comfortable last night.

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I didn't shop at Target either, but for other reasons.

[Kat Kanning]

I don't, cause Walmart is cheaper.

[Ron Helwig]

Target is also the formerly named Dayton-Hudson corporation, who not only provided socialist bastard Senator Mark Dayton of MN with the cash to fund his senatorial campaign, but uses eminent domain to shove a bunch of small shops out of an attractive and well liked building so they could build their monstrosity of a home office. Lots of reasons to boycott Target.

[J’raxis 270145]

Why?

The Target Corporation does not contribute to veterans' causes.

The Target Corporation is French-owned.

The Target Corporation provides corporate grants only for 'gay and lesbian causes'.

The Target Corporation does not contribute to the U.S. Marines 'Toys for Tots' program.

The Target Corporation does not allow reservists called to active duty to continue their health.

The Target Corporation does not allow Salvation Army bellringers to solicit contributions in front of its stores.

Obviously, this letter was just a smear attempt by nationalist–social conservatives, but if it were true, such non-support for the U.S. military, Christian evangelists, &c., wouldn't make me want to boycott a store—quite the opposite in fact. The reasons Ron brings up, however...

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OK, so, the last time I shopped at Target, (in Bedford) I paid with my PayPal debit card. Only seconds later, PayPal restricted my account access, and I got to see what the real "Limited Account Access" email from PayPal looks like.

I can easily enough avoid Target and I will likely do so in the future. Unfortunately, I can't as easily avoid PayPal.

[dalebert]

Corporate behavior is so bad in general that I wonder if we can't find multiple reasons to boycott just about every corporation out there. Where's left to shop? =\

[K. Darien Freeheart]

uses eminent domain to shove a bunch of small shops out of an attractive and well liked building so they could build their monstrosity of a home office

Does a home office make it any worse than a regular store? I mean, Wal-Mart is notorious for emminent domain to open stores. They, however, have also have emminent domain used to seize THEIR land to prevent opening stores. Home Depot has used emminent domain as has Target. I'm sure Lowes and Costco and just about every national chain has.

Corporate behavior is so bad in general that I wonder if we can't find multiple reasons to boycott just about every corporation out there. Where's left to shop? =\

To me, things like emminent domain are like voting. As shitty as that sounds, with zoning boards in existance and businesses (large and small) regulated to high hell, to build a store they often have to have the goverment kick people out. I can fault a company for using the force of government to get a monopoly-esque advantage but I can also fault voters for trying to get "their guy" in charge of that behemoth. Practically speaking, it is IMPOSSIBLE to avoid the coercive uses of government in any business that operates legally.

[Porcupine_in_MA]

uses eminent domain to shove a bunch of small shops out of an attractive and well liked building so they could build their monstrosity of a home office

Does a home office make it any worse than a regular store? I mean, Wal-Mart is notorious for emminent domain to open stores. They, however, have also have emminent domain used to seize THEIR land to prevent opening stores. Home Depot has used emminent domain as has Target. I'm sure Lowes and Costco and just about every national chain has.

Corporate behavior is so bad in general that I wonder if we can't find multiple reasons to boycott just about every corporation out there. Where's left to shop? =\

To me, things like emminent domain are like voting. As shitty as that sounds, with zoning boards in existance and businesses (large and small) regulated to high hell, to build a store they often have to have the goverment kick people out. I can fault a company for using the force of government to get a monopoly-esque advantage but I can also fault voters for trying to get "their guy" in charge of that behemoth. Practically speaking, it is IMPOSSIBLE to avoid the coercive uses of government in any business that operates legally.

Very well put Kevin. It's an instance of "Get the government out and the problem is over". Just like everything. Personally I love Target even if they're pricier than Wal-Mart or K-Mart. I'll shop in any stores that give me low prices or have a large variety, higher quality items and lower prices, like Target.

[K. Darien Freeheart]

Well, that's one end of the spectrum, for sure.

I was sort of aiming for the other side though. I'd happily support agorist business that do NOT operate within the bounds of the law regardless of the prices. I'd pay a premium to know honest people weren't displaced for my lower prices. I'd pay a premium to know that a certain percentage of my purchase price isn't going to putting cannabis smokers in jail or to indocrinate children or the like.

But the selection of those businesses are essentially zero here, so my choices are "fund those that displace children" or "fund those that jail cannabis smokers" and given those choices there's no "better" one so my shopping habits are simply affected by other criteria. It sucks.