2 thoughts on “Two Types Of Boycotts”

  1. Since this story hit, and as somewhat of a crunchy-con, I’ve spent MORE at Whole Foods. It seemed like the thing to do.

    And I’ve not noticed any lowering of the number of regular customers. In fact I recognize many regulars when I’m in there.

  2. This story is a hidden gem. I don’t buy the effectiveness of the American Family Association boycotts though they do seem to have a lot more participants than the people claiming to boycott Whole Foods and Glenn Beck’s show.

    But the gem is this observation about GM and Chrysler:

    It becomes more obvious with each passing month that General/Government Motors and Chrysler have permanently lost a large percentage of consumers who won’t buy a vehicle from a bailed-out and/or state-run company. Recent proof: Neither maker had an entry in the top 10 list of the most purchased vehicles under the cash-for-clunkers program (Toyota and Honda had three each, while Ford had two). GM’s share of sales from clunker trade-ins was only 17.6%, well below its already declining market share.

    It might just be that failed companies like GM can’t exploit a free money situation like this. But I see it as democracy in action. The banks are lucky in that government support is so widespread that a few banks can’t really be singled out and avoided. But the car companies are finding out the hard way that they can’t hide.

    Perhaps we should make this official. As long as Obama is in office and government owns a share of these companies either directly or through the UAW, we won’t buy or rent a GM or Chrysler car.

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