So.......what COMPANIES do you dislike?

[CoElkHunter]

I am a fan of Glocks, for what that matters.

IMO, they are the AK-47 of pistols.

I've never used a more reliable pistol.

+1.

 

[CoElkHunter]

I read somewhere that tax savings basically paid for that purchase really quickly I can see how such things happen. Then a successful business looks at efficiency of scale. Buying deals get renegotiated with the sudden increase in volume. Some suppliers get on board, others do not and in the tough World of negotiating, bluffs get called and some miss their bet. Or some don't wish to play the new game.

Lots and lots of different ways to do business. Many successful, some less so, some not at all. I personally do not like the Bass Pro stores nor their business model. But I do admire a successful business.

I fully agree they had two distinctly different store types and could have leveraged that.... They chose not to and that is the American way. We can also choose to participate or not.

I’m glad Sportsman’s Warehouse backed out of being bought by Bass Pro. They still have some decent stuff.

 

[deewayne2003]

BTW, anyone notice companies like Blue Bell ice cream cutting back on quality of ingredients? Had some of the best ice cream in years during the Super Bowl. It was HEB chocolate covered truffle. So good my wife won't even let me buy any--too dangerous.

HEB creamy creations ice cream has been superior to Blue Bell in every way for over a decade now, Blue Bell has name recognition and much larger distribution than HEB which is Texas only.

Every once in a while HEB rolls out the "Adams Best Extract" versions of their ice creams and it's the best on earth.

 

[Bandera]

Bud Light.
Dick’s Sporting Goods
Dillards, terrible customer service & return policy.
Blue Cross Blue Shield, even though that is my insurance carrier.
Montgomery Wards, they are rightfully out of business.
Ford Motor Co. Would not replace the transmission on a 6 month old F150. The torque converter failed. Ford figured it was good enough to just flush the transmission and install new TC. Gas milage dropped from 21 to 17 mpg. Transmission failure was going to happen.
TGI Fridays.
Any and all Methadone Clinics. Legalized drug dealers with no intention of helping people. Lost a child to these Jack Wagons.

Guess it is time stop. Starting to feel a bit …

 

[Ptero]

USAID. Also Bank of America, which has become firearm unfriendly as I understand it. Dick's Sporting Goods became a dick a few years back with regard to outdoorsmen.

You shouldn't believe everything being fed to you. What's going on to dismantle government agencies and what federal employees are enduring right now is beyond the pale and unconstitutional. Ask me how I know...

That being said I hate any company that tries to push any social agenda...if you sell cars, beer, clothes, or anything else...then hock your wares, but don't try to tell me how I should think or feel, and I don't care how you feel about it either.

Oh yeah, and I hate the media...all media, they only give you half the story with only about 20% of the information being correct or in context, and even then it's probably by accident. Again don't tell me what to think or how to feel, just give me the facts.

Now you kids get off my lawn, I have to go outside and yell at the clouds.

 

[mdwest]

What's going on to dismantle government agencies and what federal employees are enduring right now is beyond the pale and unconstitutional. Ask me how I know...

I'll bite...

How do you know?

 

[towserthemouser]

You shouldn't believe everything being fed to you. What's going on to dismantle government agencies and what federal employees are enduring right now is beyond the pale and unconstitutional. Ask me how I know...

That being said I hate any company that tries to push any social agenda...if you sell cars, beer, clothes, or anything else...then hock your wares, but don't try to tell me how I should think or feel, and I don't care how you feel about it either.

Oh yeah, and I hate the media...all media, they only give you half the story with only about 20% of the information being correct or in context, and even then it's probably by accident. Again don't tell me what to think or how to feel, just give me the facts.

Now you kids get off my lawn, I have to go outside and yell at the clouds.

Northern Virginia..... location checks out.

As a taxpayer, I've been enduring confiscation of the sweat of my brow for decades. I get very little of value for my tax dollars, and it's infuriating to watch it wasted on pet political projects. Or used for political attacks on the very people who support it.

We took our kids to Washington on spring break a few years ago. The cherry trees were in blossom. The Smithsonian was awesome. The monuments were great.

But as I drove around town I was absolutely stunned to see block after block after block occupied by gray concrete buildings, demonstrating the most oppressive "government layer cake architecture" imaginable. I looked at all the windows and realized each and every one corresponded to a person's office. And then I realized that didn't even address all the interior offices or cubicles without a window view. And that every single one of those offices and cubicles likely represented a juicy salary, benefits package, and pension plan.

And then you'd make the corner and see the sign out front announcing it was the Department of......... something I never heard of, never voted for, and was pretty dang sure we didn't need. I had not realized until that moment what a bloated leviathan our government had truly become.

Sorry about whatever it is you're enduring..... but just know that the taxpayers have been enduring the cost of it all for way too long. This government needs a high dose of Ozempic, and a good enema.

 

[Russ16]

HEB creamy creations ice cream has been superior to Blue Bell in every way for over a decade now, Blue Bell has name recognition and much larger distribution than HEB which is Texas only.

Every once in a while HEB rolls out the "Adams Best Extract" versions of their ice creams and it's the best on earth.

I agree except for Pralines and Cream which is the only ice cream I eat. The HEB pecan turtle flavor just isn’t the same.

 

[Captain Munro]

CZ for discontinuing the 550 (particularly the safari models)
Sako for discontinuing the Sako 85 (safari, grizzly, brown bear, arctic)
Ruger for discontinuing the RSM and RSE
Kimber for discontinuing the Caprivi (maybe they still make the 375 Caprivi?)

I don't really hate them haha. Just don't like the lack of semi-affordable African rifles.