Boycott BP (Page 2)

DerekL - 2010-06-10 12:06 AM

So you know you're not hurting BP, but you do it anyway?  Huh?
 
What you can do is not hurt people who have nothing to do with the current situation.

gearboy - 2010-06-09 6:03 PM

I think the stronger argument for not boycotting them is that the person who experiences the most harm is the one furthest removed from responsibility of causing or solving the leak.  The local businessperson who owns your local franchise.  I don't specifically expect to boycott them, since I never used them before.  Locally, I get my all my gas from Wawa, along with my coffee, hoagies, and re-fueling on long bike rides.

mkarr0110 - 2010-06-09 10:54 PM

Thats exactly why, I have no other outlet to try and punish bp, so i punish what i can. Is it right, of course not, but what can do you do in a situation where you feel powerless?

ballyard7 - 2010-06-10 1:43 PM

You guys do know that BP sells MOST of it's refined gas to stations other than BP stations right?  If you boycott a BP station but still buy gas then you aren't hurting BP. Especially if there is a refinery with in a few hundred miles of where you live.  Most stations will probably have BP gas.  Also, they sell a ton of Airplane fuel.  Ohh wait and they sell a TON of OIL!!! Oh and that plastic bottle you are drinking out of and that keyboard you are typing on and that monitor and computer you are looking at.....Guess what????....could be made from BP oil they pumped out of the gulf.

I am sorry, but you can't hurt BP by not buying their gas.  A lot of their money is made after they refine the oil and sell it to everyone.  They don't make money selling gas AT the gas stations.  They make money selling it TOO the gas stations. Lots and lots of non BP gas stations.

Renee - 2010-06-10 2:07 PM

Why is it not right?

Use your dollars to be heard. The station owners are free to brand their stores as they see fit. If their brand is tarnished because that brand is perceived as having caused a catastrophic loss of marine and plant life, causing loss of income to the fishing industry, and food source for the US (granted, remains to be seen but please refer to "perceived"), along with being incompetent and/or powerless to STOP the constant flow of oil + effectively deal with the oil that has been loosed ... then why shouldn't that brand suffer the consequences?  Public perception is everything. Don't think you are powerless. You have the power of the dollar; you have the power to withhold the dollar from a business that is negatively branded.

Never let anyone tell you your outrage and withholding of dollars means nothing. They only want you to feel powerless. It has to start somewhere. Mighty oaks grow from tiny seeds.

Why shouldn't the cost of failure be failure? Perhaps the station/business owners should be negatively influenced to give up the brand, influence that can only be exerted by loss of sales. Let the economic chips fall where they may.

Renee - 2010-06-10 2:07 PM

Why is it not right?

Use your dollars to be heard. The station owners are free to brand their stores as they see fit. If their brand is tarnished because that brand is perceived as having caused a catastrophic loss of marine and plant life, causing loss of income to the fishing industry, and food source for the US (granted, remains to be seen but please refer to "perceived"), along with being incompetent and/or powerless to STOP the constant flow of oil + effectively deal with the oil that has been loosed ... then why shouldn't that brand suffer the consequences?  Public perception is everything. Don't think you are powerless. You have the power of the dollar; you have the power to withhold the dollar from a business that is negatively branded.

Never let anyone tell you your outrage and withholding of dollars means nothing. They only want you to feel powerless. It has to start somewhere. Mighty oaks grow from tiny seeds.

Why shouldn't the cost of failure be failure? Perhaps the station/business owners should be negatively influenced to give up the brand, influence that can only be exerted by loss of sales. Let the economic chips fall where they may.

Kido - 2010-06-10 1:26 PM I think it's a bit comical that a couple hundred thousand people of FACEBOOK boycotting will do anything.

You think they don't have enough pressure from the WORLD about this?  Constant media coverage, hemoraging money by the second, basically destroyed the image of this company for decades to come, if not permanently...  Fines, clean up costs, mitigations, law suits.

YEAH, I don't think they are really going to be focused on a FB boycot.  ooooo  they get "unfriended"... 

Renee - 2010-06-10 1:07 PM

Why is it not right?

Use your dollars to be heard. The station owners are free to brand their stores as they see fit. If their brand is tarnished because that brand is perceived as having caused a catastrophic loss of marine and plant life, causing loss of income to the fishing industry, and food source for the US (granted, remains to be seen but please refer to "perceived"), along with being incompetent and/or powerless to STOP the constant flow of oil + effectively deal with the oil that has been loosed ... then why shouldn't that brand suffer the consequences?  Public perception is everything. Don't think you are powerless. You have the power of the dollar; you have the power to withhold the dollar from a business that is negatively branded.

Never let anyone tell you your outrage and withholding of dollars means nothing. They only want you to feel powerless. It has to start somewhere. Mighty oaks grow from tiny seeds.

Why shouldn't the cost of failure be failure? Perhaps the station/business owners should be negatively influenced to give up the brand, influence that can only be exerted by loss of sales. Let the economic chips fall where they may.

cardenas1 - 2010-06-10 2:27 PM I stopped using them months ago when they started to surcharge when paying with credit at the pump.  Not many realize it, but you are charged another .05 when using credit.  This is above the posted gas prices.  More principle of the matter vs. dollars so I stopped going...

scoobysdad - 2010-06-10 1:54 PM "Hey, everybody! Let's try to bankrupt a company we're hoping will pay billions of dollars in restitution!" Brilliant.

sesh - 2010-06-10 5:23 PM

Fine... I'll be stupid, silly, pointless, whatever.

I cannot stomach even a glance at the BP logo after they killed 11 people and poisoned our Gulf.  I won't go to a BP because I get some weird combination of angry and depressed when I see the logo.  I just can't bring myself to spend any money at a place with BP on it's sign.  I think of exploding oil rigs, dead workers, dead animals, and oil now seeping into Perdido Pass.  I think of how the Gulf could potentially be a desert for decades.  So, I don't care who thinks it's pointless, misguided, or silly.  It's how I feel about it, and it's just a part of how I'm going to deal with it and show my frustration.

sesh - 2010-06-10 4:23 PM

Fine... I'll be stupid, silly, pointless, whatever.

I cannot stomach even a glance at the BP logo after they killed 11 people and poisoned our Gulf.  I won't go to a BP because I get some weird combination of angry and depressed when I see the logo.  I just can't bring myself to spend any money at a place with BP on it's sign.  I think of exploding oil rigs, dead workers, dead animals, and oil now seeping into Perdido Pass.  I think of how the Gulf could potentially be a desert for decades.  So, I don't care who thinks it's pointless, misguided, or silly.  It's how I feel about it, and it's just a part of how I'm going to deal with it and show my frustration.

 

Whizzzzz - 2010-06-10 2:59 PM

I agree with this.

The whole thing gives me a sick sick sick feeling in the pit of my stomach and I'm sad on a very basic level.

I won't go to a BP because I simply don't want to. They make me ill.  I'm not a part of any organized boycott and I haven't jumped on any bandwagon. I work hard for my money and I refuse to fork it over to a company that appears to have no sense of urgency about the destruction it's causing... daily. Hourly. They set up cameras so we can watch (in high definition, no less) the oil spewing out into the water...

I have a choice. I choose not to spend my money at BP. 
 
I also have a responsibility. And to that end I've done what I can to reduce the amount of gas I consume. I don't buy drinks in plastic bottles if I can possibly avoid it, and I will be writing letters to my congress members in order to voice my opinions.

I'm just sick about it all.

scoobysdad - 2010-06-10 1:54 PM "Hey, everybody! Let's try to bankrupt a company we're hoping will pay billions of dollars in restitution!" Brilliant.

Renee - 2010-06-10 4:57 PM

Good to know. Thanks.

But shouldn't I be protecting their jobs by forking over more $$?

Oh, that's right, I vote with my dollars on a daily basis. Putting companies out of business one withheld penny at a time! Someday McDonalds will go down!

Facebook: It's called public opinion and using social media to influence said opinion. Who ever heard of such a thing? It's like they want to take their message viral. Crazy talk! Don't these nobodies know that influencing public opinion is the job of corporate marketing giants?

Your opinion means squat! You are helpless and powerless! Give up now!