In 3 easy steps (you can even cut out a step or two)
- Tell them why SD tourism and
Citibank Shitibank suck.
- Tell then why from a consumer perspective they are better taking their business somewhere else.
- Show them why something else is superior.
JR Monsterfodder has written diaries about one of the strongest arguments against Walmart being a consumer one. They offer cheap quality products that you have to frequently replace at prices that aren't even the lowest. So one of the arguments that you can present to people to get them to boycott is a consumer argument.
Now let's apply this idea to two of the major SD boycotts: SD tourism and Citibank.
Step 1: Tell them why they suck
Now for South Dakota-haven't been their but maybe someone can share a South Dakota tourism horror story.
Now for Citibank Shitibank, that I can tell you lots about. I'll make a list of five and let you explore the anti-citibank websites for more.
- Numerous security breaches, mean your personal info is at risk. See: http://www.dailykos.com/...
- Their rewards programs are known for frequently cheating people out of their rewards either giving them no rewards or only partial rewards.
- Their customer service people are rude and will repeatedly hang up on you, without solving the problem and lie to you.
- They jack up your interest rates over 30 percent, even if you have never been late on paying them.
- They are known for scamming consumers. For example during hurricane Katrina, sending out information stating that they would wave fees for a certain number of days, and then secretly adding in, only if people call, scamming numerous Katrina victims out of their money through fees and interest they were told they would not have to pay. See: http://www.dailykos.com/...
Anti-Citibank Sites:
http://www.paypalsucks.com/...
http://www.fuckcitibank.com
Step 2: Tell them why from a consumer perspective they are better taking their business somewhere else.
SD: (Superior and Blue version)greenish-blue Boulder Colorado. It has a small town feel and has a lot of similar activities to what I imagine one would do in South Dakota. Even get some tourist information and give it to your friends.
Citibank: (Superior and Blue version) Credit Unions. Explain to your friends/family what a credit union is and why you prefer a credit union to a bank. Tell them about the better service and better rates that you get at a credit union. A lot of people don't even really know what a credit union is. Bring them information from your credit union.
Step 3: Show them the superior and blue version.
SD: Show them pictures from your trip to a blue city or blue state. Tell them how much fun you had their.
Citibank: When you have the friend/family member with you conveniently have to stop at your local credit union.
I've used this technique to get a least one friend who used to shop at Sam's Club, to switch to shopping at Costco by taking them to Costco with me as a guest.
Of course, I should probably put a disclaimer into this diary that I don't have any repug friends, even though I have a few a-political ones with most of my friends being hardcore lefties. But I have to imagine that if the repugs can be brainwashed by the rethug lies, than they shouldn't be to hard to convince and trick into acting blue.