Good info but alternatives to home depot and lowes would be very helpful as they are typically the only game in town. In my case the Ace Hardware is owned by a Christian Nationalist and I’m not shopping there!!
I did a quick search to fact check and this is what I found regarding Lowes.
Lowe's has not made direct contributions to Donald Trump's presidential campaigns or the Trump administration, as the company maintains a policy of political neutrality and does not endorse specific candidates or parties. However, Lowe's political action committee (PAC) has contributed more to Republican candidates and causes overall, with 87% of its federal candidate contributions during the 2016 election cycle going to Republicans, though none were directed specifically to Trump or Hillary Clinton. While the company did not support Trump directly, it expressed concerns about his administration's policies, particularly the imposition of tariffs on imported goods, which impacted its supply chain and costs. Lowe's CEO Marvin Ellison testified in 2019 about the negative effects of these tariffs, citing potential price increases and reduced sales.
For those working in the construction industry it is very difficult to simply avoid the box stores. It can cost more and be very inefficient to try and source goods and services from other suppliers.
Those in construction who do not support the regime have sworn off of Home Cheapo and switched to Lowes.
Thanks for this. I work at Lowe’s; I hate this company like I hate all of them. They exploit the fuck out of workers by continually reducing the workforce, partly via attrition, and also by fucking over entire departments. Like the overnight stockers, who were pushed to early-morning shifts, and had their differential taken away. Now they leave the boxed stock in the aisles for people working in those departments to shelve, along with everything else they have to do. And expecting us to pick up the slack. But I’d rather work at Lowe’s than Home Depot.
I don’t shop at any of the other stores on this list and have canceled Amazon prime. I go to the manufacturer’s websites and find what I need there.
Me too, at least I try! Cancelled all Amazon. Murdered Alexa through extreme measures! Drove a knife (nail) through her heart, and hammered her head into splinters! Gosh it felt good!
Murdered Alexa 🤣 I have a fire TV so I can’t kill her. But I only use her to tell her to turn the television off if my husband does is off with the remote in his hand.
Good to know! I preferred Lowe’s to HD for customer service - very much a home fixer to extent possible, and used to be able to get advice, pricing better than Ace/True Value.
In rural America, Walmart is their grocery store. There are no alternatives. We are all complicit. We all use cell phones but rarely think twice about the Congolese people, including children, who suffer and die mining cobalt.
In the normal world you just ask your neighbor if you needed a tool and borrow it. But of course nobody talks to each other anymore or even knows who the fuck the neighbor is. Maybe that's a problem
In my area we have a tool library where one can rent/borrow any tool. However, for things like gardening supplies (soil, ammendments) and home repair (screws, plumbing, electrical) there is not many alternatives to Home Depot and Lowes.
I didn’t remove lowes from the list since they backtracked from their long-standing DEI policies in February, in a concession to the authoritarian regime.
Maybe they are better than some but I would prefer to avoid companies that are complying in advance.
Its hard to find any small hardware stores anymore, and that definitely limits our ability to not shop at big stores. We've created our own consumerism problem in a way. Changing the buy and disposal culture is going to take hard work and commitment that many dont have. My daughter is rather mechanically inclined and is into buying older appliances and objects that are refurbished or that she can refurbish herself. It might be a small movement, but it exists.
Me too Dave, not one hardware store in my area. HD, Lowe’s (was my alternative to HD, sued them years ago, so did my insurance carrier - we both won), Ace (needed something, will not go to Walmart, Amazon), so plugged my nose at Ace, at least private franchise, but felt like a traitor, got what I needed, no browsing, nothing needed that badly, and high tailed it out!
In BC Canada, Home Hardware, Sleggs, Windsor Plywood , Timber Mart, EMCO Corp. are great replacements for any US corporation. Plus there is a website called Lusha…Lusha.com where you can look up pretty much any industry and find out which are Canadian owned.
Have been boycotting all of Amazon I.e. Prime tv, store, Kindle, Target, Home Depot, Lowe’s. Never go to Walmart, the richest family in America does not need my money. Any ordering of items online, I go to the product website directly. Do not care if it costs a little more. And if it is too much, do I really need it? Something we all will be doing in the very near future as supplies, products dry up. Also gave up FB, Instagram, Twitter years ago, have never missed. Check the Goods Unite Us site, download the app for company affiliations and decide from there
Many product websites give you a discount these days, and actually, their prices are no cheaper on Amazon. Shipping is reasonable too. I also have been turning to eBay and Etsy sellers in the US. Shop from the little guys, not the big corporations if I can help it.
Etsy is also off my list, sadly. I was trying to support small, minority business until they have been complicit in selling Alligator concentration camp merch. I have called, chatted 5x. They offer patronizing apologies, scripted acceptance of public outrage - nothing happens! DONE!
Amazon is the Web version of Target and Walmart in terms of shooting themselves in both feet. They make it more difficult for competitive brands to sell on or in them. (On being Amazon and in & on being Target and its website). Many third party sellers have dropped off of Amazon because is screwing them over. Both Amazon and Target make or have some little known company make their products. Pretty soon they're going to put themselves out of business if they're not careful. What's more all three companies make it difficult for their employees to buy their products even with employee discounts.
I have done the same and have only bought essentials,nothing extra since June. Left Amazon,PayPal, all things META, after Nov. Left Twitter when Musk bought it. Do not miss any of it.
Probably already in the comments but if not: KOCH INDUSTRIES , founding funder of The Heritage Foundation . The list of products and services is substantial; best bet is to research and determine if you really wanna wipe your ass with TP made by asswipes
Another silver lining, if we can see it this way, came when Covid disrupted the supply chains and TP was in short supply - suddenly, that curious bathroom fixture, present in much of the civilized world (and the similar versions that Middle Eastern people use) became more acceptable to a TP society.
Shell (they fund tribal warfare to cause instability around oilfield that they then buy with weapons), Exon (they never paid for the Valdez oil spill in Alaska).
This is not necessarily ONLY political boycott, but BIG OIL POLITICAL INFLUENCE BOYCOTTING...
I try to keep up with the various lists for boycotting the administration and the GOP. It's not possible to catch every single one. But one does what one can with limited resources. You only have to watch the market to see consumers are having an effect on many of these companies bottom line. Just trying to stay aware can be exhausting, as we slowly move towards a Chinese style economy. Even buying local can't always work. One of my old favorites is a diehard MAGAt. Found out on a community list of shops to avoid. But thanks for the update. Every bit of information is valuable when making shopping decisions.
I'm across the pond and all these stores aren't relevant to me. However, it doesn't stop me from reviewing where I spend my money. For over 30 years I have boycotted Nestlé and Macdonalds, and recently I have added Amazon to my list. That can be tricky, and finding online suppliers away from Marketplace isn't always possible, but I'm doing my best.
Oh - and I've 98% stopped using Farcebook. Again, still a few people I can connect with in no other way, but I no longer do the scrolly-scrolly thing.
I didn't last a whole month on Facebook last year. Too much MAGA. Substack is the only thing I follow, and while I shouldn't do as much scrolling as I've been doing lately, I mostly just follow articles and writers and artists that interest me. There are good people here, and the bad people I can make them just keep to themselves by either blocking them, or laughing at them.
So where can we go to get goods instead of Walmart? I hate shopping there anyway. I boycotted Target a year ago & I’m doing just fine not shopping there.
Good info but alternatives to home depot and lowes would be very helpful as they are typically the only game in town. In my case the Ace Hardware is owned by a Christian Nationalist and I’m not shopping there!!
FYI, I replaced Lowes with Ford Motor Corp. after I conducted a quick fact-check.
MAGA is bringing back our Constitutional rights destroyed by Bidin/Obama.
are you serious or just plain ignorant???
Wow. It’s like you’ve NEVER, EVER READ THE CONSTITUTION.
Which constitutional rights are those? Please! I’m interested to learn more.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Which Constitutional rights did MAGA bring back? There are several missing since Jan 20, 2025.
'Pretty lady' song 34251
I did a quick search to fact check and this is what I found regarding Lowes.
Lowe's has not made direct contributions to Donald Trump's presidential campaigns or the Trump administration, as the company maintains a policy of political neutrality and does not endorse specific candidates or parties. However, Lowe's political action committee (PAC) has contributed more to Republican candidates and causes overall, with 87% of its federal candidate contributions during the 2016 election cycle going to Republicans, though none were directed specifically to Trump or Hillary Clinton. While the company did not support Trump directly, it expressed concerns about his administration's policies, particularly the imposition of tariffs on imported goods, which impacted its supply chain and costs. Lowe's CEO Marvin Ellison testified in 2019 about the negative effects of these tariffs, citing potential price increases and reduced sales.
For those working in the construction industry it is very difficult to simply avoid the box stores. It can cost more and be very inefficient to try and source goods and services from other suppliers.
Those in construction who do not support the regime have sworn off of Home Cheapo and switched to Lowes.
FYI, I replaced Lowes with Ford Motor Corp. after I conducted a quick fact-check. Good call. Thanks for catching my error.
Thanks for this. I work at Lowe’s; I hate this company like I hate all of them. They exploit the fuck out of workers by continually reducing the workforce, partly via attrition, and also by fucking over entire departments. Like the overnight stockers, who were pushed to early-morning shifts, and had their differential taken away. Now they leave the boxed stock in the aisles for people working in those departments to shelve, along with everything else they have to do. And expecting us to pick up the slack. But I’d rather work at Lowe’s than Home Depot.
I don’t shop at any of the other stores on this list and have canceled Amazon prime. I go to the manufacturer’s websites and find what I need there.
Me too, at least I try! Cancelled all Amazon. Murdered Alexa through extreme measures! Drove a knife (nail) through her heart, and hammered her head into splinters! Gosh it felt good!
Murdered Alexa 🤣 I have a fire TV so I can’t kill her. But I only use her to tell her to turn the television off if my husband does is off with the remote in his hand.
Good to know! I preferred Lowe’s to HD for customer service - very much a home fixer to extent possible, and used to be able to get advice, pricing better than Ace/True Value.
In rural America, Walmart is their grocery store. There are no alternatives. We are all complicit. We all use cell phones but rarely think twice about the Congolese people, including children, who suffer and die mining cobalt.
We still have a private lumber company in town.
Love that for you! I wish we had one in my area.
In the normal world you just ask your neighbor if you needed a tool and borrow it. But of course nobody talks to each other anymore or even knows who the fuck the neighbor is. Maybe that's a problem
In my area we have a tool library where one can rent/borrow any tool. However, for things like gardening supplies (soil, ammendments) and home repair (screws, plumbing, electrical) there is not many alternatives to Home Depot and Lowes.
Ace Hardware, local (non franchise lumber yards), Harbor Freight (tools)...
The Ace stores in my area are all owned by one MAGA loving & donating family. Fuck Ace, unless you know the local store is non-MAGA
😮🙄😫 Sad.
Yes, like Costco, a breath of fresh air, and they have tons of good stuff, and great deals!
Same here. Been boycotting Ace for almost a year now
Alternatively, national federal tax strike…STARVE THE BEAST!
I wonder if you can order online from Home Hardware, Lee Valley Tools, or Canadian Tire. All Canadian, but you save at least 30% on the exchange.
My daughter actually researched Lowe's and they dont have these conflicts. Yeah, ACE is not on the good list for sure.
I didn’t remove lowes from the list since they backtracked from their long-standing DEI policies in February, in a concession to the authoritarian regime.
Maybe they are better than some but I would prefer to avoid companies that are complying in advance.
Its hard to find any small hardware stores anymore, and that definitely limits our ability to not shop at big stores. We've created our own consumerism problem in a way. Changing the buy and disposal culture is going to take hard work and commitment that many dont have. My daughter is rather mechanically inclined and is into buying older appliances and objects that are refurbished or that she can refurbish herself. It might be a small movement, but it exists.
Me too Dave, not one hardware store in my area. HD, Lowe’s (was my alternative to HD, sued them years ago, so did my insurance carrier - we both won), Ace (needed something, will not go to Walmart, Amazon), so plugged my nose at Ace, at least private franchise, but felt like a traitor, got what I needed, no browsing, nothing needed that badly, and high tailed it out!
We have a locally owned hardware store and we shop there. Small rural town has little options
Can anyone recommend good reliable alternatives to ATT and Comcast for high-speed internet access in the SF CA area?
We now seek out mom n pop hardware stores
In BC Canada, Home Hardware, Sleggs, Windsor Plywood , Timber Mart, EMCO Corp. are great replacements for any US corporation. Plus there is a website called Lusha…Lusha.com where you can look up pretty much any industry and find out which are Canadian owned.
Have been boycotting all of Amazon I.e. Prime tv, store, Kindle, Target, Home Depot, Lowe’s. Never go to Walmart, the richest family in America does not need my money. Any ordering of items online, I go to the product website directly. Do not care if it costs a little more. And if it is too much, do I really need it? Something we all will be doing in the very near future as supplies, products dry up. Also gave up FB, Instagram, Twitter years ago, have never missed. Check the Goods Unite Us site, download the app for company affiliations and decide from there
Many product websites give you a discount these days, and actually, their prices are no cheaper on Amazon. Shipping is reasonable too. I also have been turning to eBay and Etsy sellers in the US. Shop from the little guys, not the big corporations if I can help it.
Etsy is also off my list, sadly. I was trying to support small, minority business until they have been complicit in selling Alligator concentration camp merch. I have called, chatted 5x. They offer patronizing apologies, scripted acceptance of public outrage - nothing happens! DONE!
Yes, very disappointed with Etsy! I use to buy because I wanted to help small business, big mistake!!
My reason for never going back to Etsy
Amazon is the Web version of Target and Walmart in terms of shooting themselves in both feet. They make it more difficult for competitive brands to sell on or in them. (On being Amazon and in & on being Target and its website). Many third party sellers have dropped off of Amazon because is screwing them over. Both Amazon and Target make or have some little known company make their products. Pretty soon they're going to put themselves out of business if they're not careful. What's more all three companies make it difficult for their employees to buy their products even with employee discounts.
Goods is an excellent site, we need to spread the word!! Glad to find your post here.
Paying it forward , found out about it on either Substack or Blue Sky. But yeah, keep passing it around.
I have done the same and have only bought essentials,nothing extra since June. Left Amazon,PayPal, all things META, after Nov. Left Twitter when Musk bought it. Do not miss any of it.
Our family as well as well as EXTENDED FAMILY N FRIENDS! It takes a village to save our Country.
Probably already in the comments but if not: KOCH INDUSTRIES , founding funder of The Heritage Foundation . The list of products and services is substantial; best bet is to research and determine if you really wanna wipe your ass with TP made by asswipes
Got a bidet sprayer. Much nicer than scratchy tp.
Another silver lining, if we can see it this way, came when Covid disrupted the supply chains and TP was in short supply - suddenly, that curious bathroom fixture, present in much of the civilized world (and the similar versions that Middle Eastern people use) became more acceptable to a TP society.
They also fund the Federalist Society.
Thank you for understanding and sharing; the steep mountain of garbage that we climb is a hill worth dying on.
Hill? Naw, that's too small. Even a mountain is too small. This is more like a planet the size of Jupiter we're standing on to die.
Agreed. Duly noted.
Appreciate the info. Won’t go to these again. I’ll change my pharmacy
Shell (they fund tribal warfare to cause instability around oilfield that they then buy with weapons), Exon (they never paid for the Valdez oil spill in Alaska).
This is not necessarily ONLY political boycott, but BIG OIL POLITICAL INFLUENCE BOYCOTTING...
I try to keep up with the various lists for boycotting the administration and the GOP. It's not possible to catch every single one. But one does what one can with limited resources. You only have to watch the market to see consumers are having an effect on many of these companies bottom line. Just trying to stay aware can be exhausting, as we slowly move towards a Chinese style economy. Even buying local can't always work. One of my old favorites is a diehard MAGAt. Found out on a community list of shops to avoid. But thanks for the update. Every bit of information is valuable when making shopping decisions.
I think tge point is, to so what one can do.
I'm across the pond and all these stores aren't relevant to me. However, it doesn't stop me from reviewing where I spend my money. For over 30 years I have boycotted Nestlé and Macdonalds, and recently I have added Amazon to my list. That can be tricky, and finding online suppliers away from Marketplace isn't always possible, but I'm doing my best.
Oh - and I've 98% stopped using Farcebook. Again, still a few people I can connect with in no other way, but I no longer do the scrolly-scrolly thing.
I didn't last a whole month on Facebook last year. Too much MAGA. Substack is the only thing I follow, and while I shouldn't do as much scrolling as I've been doing lately, I mostly just follow articles and writers and artists that interest me. There are good people here, and the bad people I can make them just keep to themselves by either blocking them, or laughing at them.
Two Lowes close by, one Home Depot a little further, I do shop 84 Lumber but they are limited. What is a contractor supposed to do?
Citizens can demonstrate with signs and out their allegiances.
I have to wonder about 84 Lumber since they own Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in Pa. which have not paid their taxes.
That List of Corporations is Simply Sickening and Disgusting by the Way I Would Encourage Everyone To Boycott The Entire List.
None of Them Are Actually Never Going to See Me Walking Through Their Doors Again.
So where can we go to get goods instead of Walmart? I hate shopping there anyway. I boycotted Target a year ago & I’m doing just fine not shopping there.
Me too
I don’t shop or use the other products
Never really shopped Target much, or Walmart, won’t and haven’t bought from HD for decades!
https://www.goodsuniteus.com/
Get this app to check most any brand. If you can’t find a brand or company they will check for you and add it.
Also OpenSecrets!
Thank you
Where are bezos and amazon
The customers at Walmart , are enough to keep me from EVER shopping there !
PHYSICAL LEGAL TENDER IN MY HAND…YES…
Excellent 👌
It really is sad to see how many corporations support this evil corrupt man! And the support him knowing he is destroying American people’s
Lives livelihoods knowing he took away Medicaid for 17million Americans so these
Corporations could have bigger tax deductions and we the people can pay larger Taxes !! WTF how does that make any sense!! It doesn’t!!!