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Amazon have teamed up with Mermaids

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BaronessSnippyPantsofCroneArmy · 27/06/2020 10:46

Just seen on Twitter

Amazon have teamed up with Mermaids
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KingofDinobots · 28/06/2020 12:03

Does anybody know what the details of this are? Are they promoting mermaids or actively giving them money?

Bluebellbike · 28/06/2020 11:07

Damn. My prime membership renewed in April. I thought it was July and went to my account to cancel it. Waste of the best part of £79.🙄

bandbsmummy · 28/06/2020 09:25

FFS. Spoke to DH this morning and we're going to cancel prime and our Tesco delivery pass as soon as we've sourced alternatives. We have a lot of stuff on subscribe and save.

Anyone know where you can bulk buy pampers which is safe? Can't switch as DC allergic to everything else we've tried Angry

MsMarvellous · 28/06/2020 08:00

DH is on board with quitting amazon if I can replace the music we get for amazon prime. Is Spotify ok or are they on the bandwagon too? I can ditch prime and swap to a Spotify account for about the same amount.

ChinWhiskers · 28/06/2020 07:51

Someone else asked this and I genuinely want to know how and why are mermaids climbing the charity ladder, queue jumping and getting access to so much so fast?
Who do they have that is pulling all the strings? They must have higher up heavy powers... or is this power simply a momentum from woke millenials and social media?

KingofDinobots · 28/06/2020 07:39

Yes losing kindle unlimited hurts a bit.
But you can still get books for your kindle - www.google.co.uk/amp/s/damonwakes.wordpress.com/2018/11/21/use-your-kindle-without-amazon-its-easier-than-youd-think/amp/

concernedforthefuture · 28/06/2020 07:28

This boycott will be hard for me, but it will also benefit the small businesses that badly need all the support that they can get right now.

PsuedoSatisfactionBaby · 28/06/2020 06:47

Very rarely buy goods from amazon...but....kindle books...that’s another matter...this will hurt

KingofDinobots · 28/06/2020 06:41

Oh fuck.

Pretty much everything we’ve bought over lockdown has been from Amazon.

I’m now going to have to close my account.

ShinyFootball · 28/06/2020 04:15

What happened to supporting the other letters in the rainbow.?

BewitchedBotheredandBewildered · 28/06/2020 01:23

I can't believe Amazon don't have people capable of looking further.

And thinking!

Obviously not.

FFS!

Twats.

Fantasisa · 28/06/2020 00:33

Oh this is going to hurt to boycott, turns out I care more about the unnecessary transing of children than I do workers rights and tax avoidance.

Bluebooby · 27/06/2020 22:52

From today no Tesco and Amazon. From before no body shop. No flora. I get most of my clothes from charity shops because I can't afford expensive clothes and I know that a lot of more affordable shops have unethical practices. I feel better buying them second hand.

bluebluezoo · 27/06/2020 21:43

Would that be the same Amazon that was forced to remove this 'Daddy's little s*' t shirt for kids from sale last November only after a social media backlash?

And blue lives murder t-shirts. Very inclusive.

Went shopping today for the first time since lockdown. My kids think i’m insane, wouldn’t let them go in Lush, Body Shop is now off limits, no Primark because child labour..no amazon there’ll be no shops left!

Onacleardayyoucansee · 27/06/2020 21:39

I just cancelled Prime and was asked to participate in a survey.

As others have said, it's the kick I need, they don't have a great track record and this is a step too far for me.

wonderstuff · 27/06/2020 20:58

Been meaning to cancel Prime for ages.

Snugglepumpkin · 27/06/2020 20:54

I've just cancelled my Prime & Kindle Unlimited but I didn't see anywhere that asked me why I was cancelling on either of them.

Bananabixfloof · 27/06/2020 20:54

Not that I'm using them again mind.

TehBewilderness · 27/06/2020 20:54

I would expect nothing less from a company that published a how to groom book for men who want to have sex with little boys.
Amazon did apologize for that but then they did it again so who you gonna believe?

Bananabixfloof · 27/06/2020 20:54

@MinorArcana

Are amazon themselves giving money to Mermaids, or are they encouraging customers to donate?

I believe Mermaids is already one of the charity options if you’re shopping on Amazon via Amazon Smile.

Good point, I use smile and give to the royal British legion. Just adding so people know there are other charities.
Tolleshunt · 27/06/2020 20:53

Oh for the love of Christ, I have a massive kindle and audible library, and DD is addicted to some Prime video stuff. Their mail order goods have been creeping up in price and are no longer the bargain they once were, so that’s less of a loss, but still.

Why the fuck have Amazon got into bed with that lot? Of all businesses in the world, surely they least need the woke brownie points. They at least didn’t need to be sheep.

Buggering buggeration.

MsMarvellous · 27/06/2020 20:52

Shoot

LumpySpacedPrincess · 27/06/2020 20:45

Are there any charities for gay and lesbian kids now...any? There is nowhere for my daughter, they just tell her she's a boy. I am so angry, this is homophobic bollocks and a capitalists wet dream.

ChloeCrocodile · 27/06/2020 20:37

I’ve just cancelled and explained why in the survey.

hypernormal · 27/06/2020 20:20

Just found this for alternative suggestions. I've always felt guilty about using Amazon anyway, this gives me the perfect reason to shop elsewhere:
ethicalrevolution.co.uk/amazon-alternatives/