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Author Topic: Who do you Boycott & Why? Nate Lehrke Master Film Handler Posts: 396 From: Denver, CO Registered: Oct 2002 posted 12-21-2002 12:28 AM                     I have just been wondering lately what places/companies/organizations users of Film-Tech avoid at all costs & what caused that to happen. (I wonder if Technicolor will be listed ever? ) I'll start it out. SAMS CLUB : Who the f k doesn't accept Visa or Mastercard? (It was one of those days, your not in the best mood & your sick of the human race all together.) After about an hour getting through the store, picking out the assortment of food that in actualality I really didn't need. Wait in line for what seems like hours, I get to the check out, the total comes to $80. No problem, I whip out the old Visa & to my horror they accept nothing but Sam's Credit, Discover & personal checks. Well being the dumbass I am(not knowing my personal pin to use the ATM), I am forced to leave the store empty handed & soon very hungry. Never again would I visit them again. But some good came of it, I brought my Sams Club card to CostCo (another type of warehouse wholesaler) & they proudly cut up my Sam's Club card & gave me a free year at there place.  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 12-21-2002 12:40 AM                        Nate, Not to demean you or anything, but how often have you gone to Sams? They have never taken VISA due to the payment percentages VISA charges them for CC usage. I've been an avid Sams Club member for 13+ years and I've never had a problem with them at all. Seems like I even remember them having signs posted that on the entrance doors of the cards they accepted. That said, I personally boycott SunCom. What used to be a seemingly good company (Cellular One) had been run into the ground since the takeover by SunCom. Customer Service sucks worse than Technicolor and I thought that was hard to beat.... Anyway, There is never anyone there to hand your payment to, and me, being the kind of person I am, I'm simply not going to wait 10-30 minutes to simply hand someone a cash payment because the are only 3 people in the main branch that serves a town of 100k+ people! That's a sure fire way to lose business regardless of how cheap your service! I could think of more I'm sure, but it's late, I'm tired and my Crown/Coke combo is calling! Bob, here's to you...  |  IP: Logged Nate Lehrke Master Film Handler Posts: 396 From: Denver, CO Registered: Oct 2002 posted 12-21-2002 12:44 AM                     I will give this Sam's one thing: It had only been open for less than a week, so maybe they didn't have any signage at all yet. They sure as hell didn't have any at the register. Only the cashier telling people. I like CostCo better anyways.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 12-21-2002 01:38 AM                        Personally I boycott Visa and Mastercard. I only use Discover. It gets me into great places like Sam's Club. They have the hottest deals ever! Oh wait, I recently got a Visa and use it more often because the interest is way lower than on my discover. Personal checks are for paying bills only. I hate people ahead of me in line who slow things down by waiting until they see the total before even taking out their checkbook. I used to boycott Circuit City because of the whole DivX issue. But I recently bought a router from them because they were close and I needed one NOW. I boycott Chuck Norris movies. I wish I could boycott certain motion picture projection equipment companies' products, but I won't bash them here right now. Except ORC. I boycott ORC! One day my boycott will put them out of business for good!  |  IP: Logged Paul G. Thompson The Weenie Man Posts: 4718 From: Mount Vernon WA USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 12-21-2002 01:54 AM                     Plitt Amusement Company of Washington (while they were running theatres) didn't take any credit cards or checks, PERIOD! Cash only!  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 12-21-2002 02:02 AM                        I almost forgot: I boycott the color orange!  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 12-21-2002 03:47 AM                        Wallace Theatres in Hawaii for terrible presentations I had mentioned before. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Adam Martin I'm not even gonna point out the irony. Posts: 3686 From: Dallas, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 12-21-2002 04:54 AM                     Who doesn't take credit cards? We have major gas station chains here that don't accept credit cards!  |  IP: Logged Dennis Atkinson Expert Film Handler Posts: 129 From: Birch Run Michigan Registered: Feb 2000 posted 12-21-2002 08:26 AM                        Wallmart - for the way they treat their employees and the rest of the world. http://www.ua.org/Walmart.htm They just lost a court case involving forced unpaid overtime Dennis  |  IP: Logged Ray Brown Expert Film Handler Posts: 111 From: Dayton, WA, USA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 12-21-2002 11:23 AM                        quote: Plitt Amusement Company of Washington (while they were running theatres) Running as in actually operating theaters or RUNNING them into bankruptcy Paul? BTW, I would be lost without my Visa Check Card & all 5 local gas stations accept it with no problem. Rarely write checks anymore.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-21-2002 11:42 AM                     I pretty much stay out of the large chain stores and try to find the local small guys store first, if possible. If not then I will visit COSTCO first(they take only Am Ex!), and then I might seek out a large chain store. After that it doesn't exist and I don't need it anyway. Mark @ CLACO  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 12-21-2002 11:44 AM                        WalMart. I hate everything about them and the way they do business. They are known for being abusive and demeaning to their employees, while running happy-face TV commercials. They are predatory in their business strategy. Bah. Costco here has never taken Visa or MC, unless they've changed their rules in the last year or so, I haven't been there lately.  |  IP: Logged Rachel Craven Madam Moderator Posts: 2190 From: Pensacola, FL Registered: Dec 2000 posted 12-21-2002 11:51 AM                     My theater just started taking credit cards (Visa & Mastercard only) about a month ago, and no personal checks! I boycott a local Roast Beef Restaurant called Chicks because they refused to take $3.00 in quarters for payment and called one of my friends fat...NOT PHAT! Jerks...  |  IP: Logged Charles Everett Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: New Jersey Registered: May 2001 posted 12-21-2002 11:59 AM                     Wal-Mart -- for reasons described above. Kmart -- bans music with a "Parental Advisory" sticker (just like Wal-Mart). Best Buy -- urged Bush to bust a dockworkers' strike on the West Coast under the guise of "Homeland Security". Roberts Theatres -- New Jersey chain run by Bob Roberts (his real name). In 1994 he booked Priest into the Brook Theatre in Bound Brook NJ. A gang of local right-wing Catholics bitched about Priest and planned to picket the theater. Bob Roberts not only pulled Priest, he actually encouraged right-wingers to complain about anything they don't like. The Brook Theatre was flooded by Hurricane Floyd in 1999 and no longer shows movies. Bob Roberts died last month. FWIW Cineplex Odeon (pre-Loews) in Menlo Park Mall/Edison NJ also was targeted by right-wingers for showing Priest, but Cineplex held its ground and ran the movie without any problems.  |  IP: Logged Jesse Skeen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1517 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Aug 2000 posted 12-21-2002 12:44 PM                     Blockbuster, for their refusal to carry NC-17 rated films, which has had an effect on the number of films released with that rating (most are cut down to an R because of this.) Any theatre that does not at LEAST have optical stereo in 100% of its auditoriums, and/or any theatre that has been twinned or otherwise chopped up. Any TV network or station that continuously shows an onscreen logo during shows.  |  IP: Logged

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