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What's your list of banned brands? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 4 months ago by SethranKada@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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What brands do you avoid at all cost? I don't keep up with the news all that much, and many of the reasons to avoid something don't make it there anyway. So I'm asking here to make a big list of things to avoid. It could be anything from bad security practices to really frustrating packaging. Working as a cashier myself, I definitely know there are plenty of brands I avoid purely on the basis that their product is a pain to stock.

On the flip side, what's the alternative? If you avoid Pepsi, for example, what do you turn to instead?

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[–] kowcop@aussie.zone 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Honestly.. Google Play.. someone re-gifted my son a $20 Google Play card a few years ago, and I tried to buy something for him and realised the card was about 2weeks out of date, and after about 10 back and forwards with support, they wouldn’t honour it.. a trillion dollar company. I get it, but their cold indifference just seemed mean

[–] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

They didn't become a trillion dollar company by being nice. No mega Corp earns their billions by being an honorable company

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

I thought it was illegal basically everywhere to have gift cards go out of date? Scumbags.