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[lelio]

This doesn't necessarily imply that these companies support HCI. progressivefunds.com looks more like a clearinghouse for referrals, where if you click on one of their links the company you bought something from will pay progressive, which will then pay the non-profit that listed the company.
A company might not even know who ProgressiveFunds is paying out to, but they could peruse the site to see who they want to be associated with.

[B4Ranch]

If you believe in America and the Constitution, especially the 2nd Amendment, now is the time to show some prejudice and not buy a damn thing from any of these companies!

Join the fight. Join VetsCor !!

[bandleader]

Dear Fellow Freepers,we can play the same"Game"those bums on Left play!I'm making a list of all of these donors and am boycotting(as Mr.Cheney once said)"Big-Time"!!!!!!!!!

[Holden Magroin]

If I ever have a son, all I can say to him is, "Dude, your NOT buying a Dell!"

[Grampa Dave]

gm thanks for this post!

GR for your info and your bump list!

I know that some conservatives get their panties in a bind when we talk about boycotting companies like these anti gun companies. However, withholding our $'s from these companies and advocating a boycott is our first amendment right!

Most businesses are still in a recession. Pi$$ing off millions of gun owners is a very stupid and maybe terminal business tactic.

Look at the quick reversal Jeep/Chrysler did re their PETA pro Deer and anti hunter ads in January.

A quick scan didn't indicate any companies that we do business with.

[jabonz]

With the exception of sharperimage, I never bought one thing from any of these companies; nor will I ever. Bump & Bang

[glc1173@aol.com]

There is no way that purchases of "ordinary" merchandise through some "affiliate program" is funding HCI.

First, HCI just doesn't have many grassroots members - a fact openly admitted to by its sycophants at the Washington ComPost.

Second, HCI's Web site just doesn't get that much traffic; it is rated 107,854th of all Web sites! The nominally-separate "Million" Mom March Web site is even far-lower-ranked.

It is difficult to make significant profit on "affiliate programs" - as many of us who are webmasters know! Maybe HCI gets enough from its "affiliate program" to pay its ISP - but it sure couldn't make enough to pay even one full-time staffer on a site ranked so low.

Also, look at what HCI's "affiliate program" sells - computers, dresses; this is all the kind of merchandise most people either prefer to "test-drive" at the local mall or just order directly from the merchant itself. I doubt if HCI makes enough to pay its ISP out of this.

HCI recently begged its few actual members for cash, remember - saying that it was in a financial crunch? My gut feeling is that HCI is financed by grants from leftist foundations; HCI has said it has received major gifts from individual leftists within the past year (one a bequest from a well-known newspaper cartoonist).

Scandals of antigun activists and politicians!

[real saxophonist]

Bugle Boy's been out of business for a couple of years.

[JerseyHighlander]

Badjoe, just pinging you because you're on top of the fundraising issues. Mr. Robinson, put this your way because I don't know who takes care of legal questions on an issue like this. I have no doubt that this idea has come up before.

Is it possible for FR to sign up with one of these referral schemes? Would it make some easy money for the site.

http://www.progressivefunds.com is probably not the best place to go for the referral service. Considering that FR's resident boycotters, I mean it kindly, are always boycotting, there must also be a large number of Freepers and Lurkers who are not happy about the referrals, and would love to help FR when doing their regular webcommerce, use these websites for purchases, and would utilize a FR referral service.

[proudofthesouth]

I wish I had known about Dell contributing to them before I bought a computer from them last year.

[What Is Ain't]

It might be interesting to write to each of these companies and ask if this listing represents an accurate view of their attitude toward their gun-owning customers.

[Free the USA]

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[xm177e2]

I've had enough of these stupid boycott threads. Dell AND HCI both claim to have known nothing about "progressivemall.com" or whatever that place is. Would you just pull all of these boycott threads? It makes us look really bad, like reactionary idiots, to be starting boycotts any time someone sneezes and it sounds like "hci."

[1 FELLOW FREEPER]

Readers Digest??........GOOD GOD!!

[Cyber Liberty]

Why are you tracking this bullshit back in here? This was done to DEATH last week....

[ilgipper]

They just set up affiliate programs through an affiliate network. My company does the same thing. There is no implied support of the HCI organization. All you do is place links on the site, and make a percentage from any clicktrhoughs to access sites like Gap, Expedia, and more.

Maybe we should setup our own Freeper Shopping Network, so Freerepublic gets a few bucks from anything we buy online. It would all go towards the quarterly fundraiser.

[Lancey Howard]

Books:
I saw Borders, but I did not see Barnes and Noble.
I will be making no more trips to Borders.

[Lancey Howard]

Dell, Hallmark, Spencer Gifts, Burpee Seed.
They can all drop dead. No more business from me.

[Lancey Howard]

Office Max is on the list, but not Staples.
For office supplies, I will be going to Staples.