tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post9098808186193654773..comments2024-03-27T18:00:02.032-04:00Comments on Sardonicky: Buy Nothing DayKaren Garciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15612731479365562803noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-16589275868257553642011-11-25T12:14:46.303-05:002011-11-25T12:14:46.303-05:00A great place to shop is craiglist. You avoid the ...A great place to shop is craiglist. You avoid the corporate chains, and support your local citizens, many of whom are selling their stuff to buy food. This morning I sold a chair on craigslist for $45. The money is already gone, $10 spent on gasoline for my 21 year-old minivan, the rest I blew on food. Otherwise it would have been slim pickens...<br /><br />Craiglist is the new eBay for many people who can’t (or won’t) have a PayPal account, which is now required by eBay. You will also save money. The falling prices of stuff, set by a REAL free market, is a harbinger of things to come. <br /><br />Craigslist: A REAL free market economy! http://ocala.craigslist.org/fuo/2719124572.htmlNeilhttp://yousue.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-19602029430335871272011-11-25T10:18:50.793-05:002011-11-25T10:18:50.793-05:00I'll be buying only a few gifts for the truly ...I'll be buying only a few gifts for the truly important people in my life at my guild's (http://www.spinnersflock.com)<br />annual sale on Saturday.<br />All the items for sale are high-quality, unique and handmade by local artists from handspun wool or other fibers. Many of these artists are also local farmers who raise sheep, alpacas or llamas, so the fiber is local as well. These items aren't cheap, but they're of a quality not seen very often these days by those of us in the 99%.<br />I think of it as win-win-win: since I haven't had time to make my gifts this year, I'll be supporting my fellow guild members, keeping my dollars local and giving something meaningful to my "special people."<br />Boycotting the big chains is icing on the cake!Rose in Michigannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-22638691292615073002011-11-25T08:55:18.350-05:002011-11-25T08:55:18.350-05:00I am not buying anything.I am lucky to have not lo...I am not buying anything.I am lucky to have not lost my Apartment in the cold days.The only thing I can now buy are the things I need to exist.<br />Lost my job where I had worked for 18 years in July.Still unemployed.Love watching how the rich create jobs...............<br />in China not here.gorehound13https://www.blogger.com/profile/11868532723324297616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-71470548510665469192011-11-24T17:51:20.834-05:002011-11-24T17:51:20.834-05:00As a strong believer in peaceful means of protest ...As a strong believer in peaceful means of protest I love the idea of the power of the boycott. As the Right is so quick to point out, if no one bought these cheap items which have a very large invisible human and environmental cost, the corporations would have to come up with a different strategy for making and selling their products. The problem is so many of us are real hypocrites when it comes to doing the right thing with our buying. We are seduced by cheap prices. We think, “How is it REALLY going to make a difference if I buy this (fill in the blank) made in a first world country and pay twice of three times as much money as the cheaper item? How will my single little purchase made a difference? Or I am on such a tight budget, if I had more money, I could afford to buy the better more expensive item” But boycotts start small – with each one of us.<br /><br />Many of us can’t take part in a protest or are unwilling to be arrested, roughed up by the police or pepper sprayed in the face - but we CAN do our small part to support the movement by buying locally from small business, buying fair trade items, and buying less of the goods that are making the corporations rich.Valerienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-37179756250543991762011-11-24T13:19:06.597-05:002011-11-24T13:19:06.597-05:00Here, Here!!! National strike!! when are we gonna ...Here, Here!!! National strike!! when are we gonna get it??? stop buying."Cat" will dohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16904565277637791935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-49876984758692480912011-11-23T15:59:20.769-05:002011-11-23T15:59:20.769-05:00Corporate commercialization of Christmas [Black Fr...Corporate commercialization of Christmas [Black Friday and now Tawdry Thursday] is at its all time high.<br /><br />Don’t lose the true meaning of Christmas by falling into the corporate gift buying trap. <br /><br />Buy Nothing Day by unseating the corporate kings on the holiday throne.<br /><br />As an alternative…<br /><br />“Christmas Gift Suggestions” from Oren Arnold:<br /><br />“To your enemy, forgiveness. <br />To an opponent, tolerance. <br />To a friend, your heart. <br />To a customer, service. <br />To all, charity. <br />To every child, a good example. <br />To yourself, respect.” <br /><br />A reminder that we are supposed to be caring and loving for others all the time, not just during Christmas.Denis Nevillenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-974773076690597683.post-43598958697842374002011-11-23T15:10:36.017-05:002011-11-23T15:10:36.017-05:00great piece, Karen.
as well, i have long felt ide...great piece, Karen. <br />as well, i have long felt identically about Thanksgiving, which i've negotiated *not* to "occupy" whenever possible:<br />an occasion of gluttony in the face of poverty and hunger (imho).<br />ideal activity for honoring this day (if not on others):<br />volunteering at a soup kitchen and/or distributing food on the streets (or in the subways) of New York.<br />WestVillageGalWestVillageGalnoreply@blogger.com