Anti-Trump groups urge holiday boycott of Amazon, Home Depot, Target over DEI backtrack

2 or 3 days won't even register on a weekly report if people buy the products that they didn't buy after the 3 days.

Just quit using them altogether. It is inconvenient and it is more expensive but making a stand should have a price. Otherwise it would have been just a sensible decision.

I checked a local store that said they closed their doors to the public and online orders only. Ok, I thought. I'll just order what I want and swing by. No. The order link sent me to Amazon and they only do it through them. Not even will-call it turns out. I gave up and figured I can live without it anyway.

Also, sail the high seas.

What's an example of something you would need that you can only get on Amazon? I'm just curious

I browse Amazon all the time. I add stuff to my cart and leave it for weeks. Then I delete it all.

You'd likely have to pay for it

Much better way to get rid of them: Submit a FOIA request for their data. So far many cities are simply getting rid of them to prevent that data being public

Even if the government is happy to comply with the request, the data is a powerful tool to sway public sentiment. Camera near some bars? Request the data from 1:30-2:30 each weekend morning. Near a church? Request the Sunday morning data. Whole lot of people will realize how dangerous Flock cameras are when you anonymously post lists of people doing various things to one of those neighborhood apps

Note: The government can charge "reasonable" amounts based on costs incurred complying with a FOIA request. I recommend keeping your requests narrow as a result

Don't return your shopping carts.

My example was a different retailer, but:

Asking a ton of questions, offering to sign up for things like store credit cards and then backing out at the last second or filling in the form in such a way that it won't go through. Financing a large tire purchase and backing out at the last minute. Leaving a cart full of frozen food in a low traffic area far away from the freezers on a busy day. Putting items randomly where they don't go. "Not understanding" how the self-checkout works, buying cigarettes and being shit at describing what pack you want. Getting to the checkout with a cart full of frozen food and realizing you "left your wallet at home." Splitting your bill over more than one method of payment for a single object, with the last method of payment being a gift card you know will decline. Getting to the checkout and halfway rung up, being like "oh, I forgot something I'll just be a moment" and then leaving through the garden center. Trying to pay with any coupon but one you know will work, not being aggro about it or anything, just bumbling through politely, apologizing constantly and looking embarrassed. Only purchasing things you know are loss leaders. The idea is to act like the sort of customer who already wastes their time so you don't let on that you're doing it on purpose to get at their employers, and so if they crack down on the behavior they alienate the boomers who act like that as a matter of course, only the boomers are way more rude.

And tipping generously and leaving glowing reviews for the employees and scathing reviews for management for overworking their employees. Under different names for each so management can't retaliate. And never ever do something that might negatively impact a frontline employee without also harming the company's bottom line, either directly or as opportunity cost. And absolutely never do this to a union shop.

Naturally, there's a different bespoke list for every type of retailer and every retailer in particular. And it must be done one chain at a time. You want the company to sweat in the face of competition that doesn't have you as a problem. You want them to get a reputation as the place with super long lines that's poorly organized and full of people who waste everyone's time. You want to turn them into what kmart was in the early 2000's, so that they can become what kmart is today.

EDIT: Also waste the time of other shoppers. Stand in front of high-traffic items with your cart parked so that it takes your half of the aisle from out of the middle while "making up your mind". Seasonal items are great for this if you time it right.

Another edit: And this absolutely must be organized, so that this happens with an entire movement of people against one chain.

Drag shit around the store. Call and ask if they have a specific item in stock, something small and hard to inventory perfectly, so they have to go check. Accidentally drop things, make messes. Take a cart full of stuff to the front of the store and just walk away. Don't do things that can get employees disciplined, like hanging out and talking to them. Just cause general mayhem, entitled Karen level stuff, at all times within the store.

Amazon wanted to give me $46 dollars for a $250 purchase to keep it. My reason for returning is because it's broken. Why would I want to keep a broken item

who threatened you with death for wasting an employee’s time?

Another user here on lemmy. Made up a whole crazy power fantasy story about getting away with killing me.

And it was for the suggestion, not for actually doing it. It needs to be organized to be effective.

That sounds great, I was gifted a make your own hot sauce kit some years ago that I never used and broke that out recently, I came up with a pretty great (imo) pineapple hot sauce that I think I'm going to be gifting haha.