[Finance] How best to boycott USA goods.

[Anger]

Conflicted. The vast majority of Yanks are good people, in brief chats with them on holidays in the States Trump first term onwards, we only came across people who loathed his ilk.

Don’t be conflicted. Taking action against Trumpmuskia is not the same as going against the nice Americans you have met. It’s about sending a message to those in power that you don’t agree with their message or actions.

 

[zefarelly]

And everyone wear Albion shirts from the pre-Nike era.

That's an easy one.

although the best ones have shrunk.

As for the rest . . . . Its all chinese shit anyway.

Presumably plenty of the people who want to boycott USA produce have already done the same with Chinese produce. Perhaps they could give tips on how best to do it.

It's not that difficult for most things, although you have to dig a little deeper for white goods. . . . I guess it largely depends on whether you buy right once or like a new shiny thing every year or two. Most of the better quality stuff is still made in Europe, but it aint cheap.

Coffee machine . . . .German/Italian . . . Hopefully it'll last 15 years like the previous one.
Hi-fi. British, all of it. some of its quite new, some of its 50 years old and still working well in the garage.

What is harder to control is where components are manufactured to make machinery. . . . particularly electronics. Phones and computers etc.

musical instruments and equipment is a good example . . . . I have a few vintage amplifiers, and servicing them without using ting tong tat isn't as easy as it once was. . . . . .

I ride an old English made bicycle, Italian scooters.

I think we can all do our bit.

 

[zefarelly]

look at the label , if it says USA anywhere put it back....simples.

AM I allowed to keep my Rickenbacker? I've had it 32 years . . .

 

[BadFish]

AM I allowed to keep my Rickenbacker? I've had it 32 years . . .

No, youll need to send it to Australia.

PM me for the appropriate address.

 

[Anger]

Presumably plenty of the people who want to boycott USA produce have already done the same with Chinese produce. Perhaps they could give tips on how best to do it.

As several others have pointed out very simply and eloquently already it is virtually impossible to remove all forms of U.S. or China or [insert name of morally dubious nation here] products and services from your life, but many of us can take actions to reduce consumption from those who don’t deserve your custom.

Some people frequently buy clothes made in sweatshops where the bargain price tells you that someone (or many someones) must have suffered to make that happen.

Some people are happy to over-consume cheap products and certain foods which have a detrimental impact on the environment (and make no effort to recycle).

All choices (positive or negative) will impact the lives of the next and future generations.

Then there are people who try to do the right thing as often as they can. I think that‘s the right way to live.

I appreciate that not everyone is in a financial position to be able to make these moral consumer choices, but those who can afford to change their consumption really ought to do so.

For example, I might buy 365 U.S. or Chinese products and services in a year, but recognising that I cannot make that figure zero, if I can instead buy 300 of their products and services then I have indirectly sent them a message which will over time affect their engagement with the rest of us.

We have to take every type of action where we can. Better that than shrugging our shoulders and saying “I just don’t want to think about it”.

 

[WATFORD zero]

That's an easy one.

although the best ones have shrunk.

As for the rest . . . . Its all chinese shit anyway.

It's not that difficult for most things, although you have to dig a little deeper for white goods. . . . I guess it largely depends on whether you buy right once or like a new shiny thing every year or two. Most of the better quality stuff is still made in Europe, but it aint cheap.

Coffee machine . . . .German/Italian . . . Hopefully it'll last 15 years like the previous one.
Hi-fi. British, all of it. some of its quite new, some of its 50 years old and still working well in the garage.

What is harder to control is where components are manufactured to make machinery. . . . particularly electronics. Phones and computers etc.

musical instruments and equipment is a good example . . . . I have a few vintage amplifiers, and servicing them without using ting tong tat isn't as easy as it once was. . . . . .

I ride an old English made bicycle, Italian scooters.

I think we can all do our bit.

All it takes is a little bit of effort from anyone who disagrees with what Trump is doing to reduce the amount of American stuff they buy, in order to make a fairly significant impact overall. Of course, if you don't disagree with him then, then as people above have posted, don't bother.

I do wonder if any of those people remember 'Buy British' and wonder if 'they bothered' with that

 

[Algernon]

I don't e mzon or freqnt McDonld often o I hve decided to boycott the letter (), () nd (). t let for thi pot bece it' very hrd for me to do.

 

[Anger]

I don't e mzon or freqnt McDonld often o I hve decided to boycott the letter (), () nd (). t let for thi pot bece it' very hrd for me to do.

You need to change your signature to ‘ge’ too.

Dang! You picked the wrong signature completely.

 

[Algernon]

You need to change your signature to ‘ge’ too.

Dang! You picked the wrong signature completely.

Thnk yo.
Noted.

 

[SouthSaxon]

This might be helpful, haven’t looked in depth yet but there may be viable options.

Homepage | European Alternatives

We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.

european-alternatives.eu

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

Racist, mysonigistic? Proof?

As a famous American sportsman once said: “you cannot be serious!”

 

[Mr deez]

We stopped using Amazon in January 2023 and honestly it hasn't been that hard.

Yeah it's absolutely not an issue. The only time is when you buy something from an eBay seller who happens to source via Amazon. I sometimes look at Amazon for the reviews and TBH I can't really see the attraction anyway - it's full of crap.

AWS is unavoidable though really if you are an internet user.

 

[dejavuatbtn]

Made me have a look at my Levi’s - after looking through the stack of indecipherable writing on the labels, turns out they we made in Egypt!
This is going to be difficult!

 

[Motogull]

Don't worry, when a Farage led conservative government returns, all our healthcare will be american owned.

 

[happypig]

Every stick of furniture in my house is made in China. There is really no way around it.

Well you either need smaller furniture or a bigger house then

 

[Taybha]

If Uncle sams is still American sorry I'm a traitor.

 

[abc]

Starmer (as was Johnson before) is desperate for a US trade deal. I am desperate to see a ban on all US imports whilst its leaders are happy to cause WW3 in order to line their own pockets.

 

[Professor Plum]

It's not all or nothing. I literally can't do without MS Office for instance, so that stays. (Anyway, Bill Gates is not the problem.) As people have said, it's impossible to remove all American products and services from our lives but we can at least get rid of the low-hanging fruit. I've cancelled my Amazon Prime and Adobe subscriptions today. I don't watch Netflix much so that can go. I'm less bothered about WhatsApp and Facebook as I don't pay them any money, or not directly.

Where I'm undecided is my US investments. For years I've been disproportionately invested in US tech shares and the S&P 500 through my pension fund / ISAs etc. They've earned me probably 2 or 3 times as much as my UK/European holdings. I'm going to have to think how best to deal with them. Of course, if a US boycott does gather enough steam to impact US business, these investments might turn bad in any case. Maybe it's a good time to get out.