Are You an LLBean Customer? You Might Not Be After Seeing This

[CousinIT]

(good news is you can return everything you ever bought from them)

A pro-Trump political group founded by L.L. Bean heiress Linda Bean wants to switch its registration in order to raise unlimited funds, after federal regulators warned Bean that she had made excessive contributions to the group.

Bean's group, Making Maine Great Again, was limited to accepting individual contributions of $5,000 in a single year— and Bean contributed $60,000, according to a Wednesday letter from the Federal Election Commission obtained by the Associated Press.

The group spent $66,862 supporting Republican Donald Trump's presidential campaign in Maine, where the president-elect won one out of the state's four electoral votes.

. . .

The group on Friday took steps recommended by the FEC to change its registration to a super PAC that can raise unlimited funds.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4095546/L-L-Bean-heiress-trouble-pro-Trump-PAC.html

You can tweet your disgust with them @LLBean if you're on twitter.

[Laffy Kat]

1. That's nice to know.

Thanks for posting.

[tecelote]

17. Wait a second...

I have friends who have known a number of the Beans. She is considered a nut by most of the Bean family. She is not indicative of them at all.

In fact, she opened her own restaurants because she was not allowed to be part of the company. Her board seat is only because she is an heir.

The company, LL Bean, is in a very blue area and has always been an award winning employer and strong corporate citizen.

Keep your respect for the company. They earned it fair and square. But, yes, boycott Linda Bean's lobster restaurants. She is as bad as LePage.

[hlthe2b]

20. thank you for this... I have been very loyal to LL Bean and this year for the first time...

they built a store in Denver (which I have yet to visit, but still happy to see)...

It would be like Ben & Jerry's going RW (yes, I know it has been sold, but still...)

[Towlie]

23. Hold on now! I've just independently verified that L. L. Bean is blameless here!

The company has pretty-much disowned Linda Bean.

We were disappointed to learn that Grab Your Wallet is advocating a boycott against L.L.Bean solely because Linda Bean, who is only one of 50+ family members involved with the business, personally supported Donald Trump for President.

L.L.Bean has been a family-owned business since it began back in 1912. L.L.Bean is a values driven company that has long been inspiring people to live life outdoors. For the last 105 years, L.L.Bean has been singularly focused on offering high-q...

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[hlthe2b]

2. Damn... n/t

[CousinIT]

4. That's what I said. Bought a bunch of stuff from them past few years.

Much of it is going back. I'll buy elsewhere from now on. What a SHAME.

[hlthe2b]

21. check out post 17

[LaydeeBug]

3. No more bean, and no more Marc Burnett. Fuck that sexist motherfucker!

[madaboutharry]

5. Well, that is a pity

and greatly disappointing. They make some great products, like slippers and sweaters. Well that's the end of that.

My list of places I boycott keeps growing.

Walmart
Home Depot
Cick-fil-A
Hobby Lobby
L.L. Bean

What else? Please tell me Eddie Bauer is still ok.

[Dustlawyer]

26. Papa Johns

[Danascot]

30. Yuengling

[pipi_k]

31. Plus

about 30 other businesses and states that DUers have designated as boycott worthy over the years.

Entire states! WTF.


I used to have a complete list, but it got lost.

Not that I ever followed the list.

Just seems a little stupid, IMO, to boycott someplace for any reason other than bad product or bad service.

For any other reason? No.

If people feel better about boycotting a business (or a whole state) then that's their right.

I personally don't think that trying to hurt a business so that its employees end up suffering the consequences is a cool thing to do.

[Girard442]

6. "Bean is a significant owner of LL Bean, Inc. and serves on its Board of Directors."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Bean

[Greybnk48]

7. I just got boots for Xmas.

We'll never spend another penny there. What a shame.

Damn, we're running out of places to shop!

[napi21]

8. No you're not. How many sdtores were on that list above? Wamart, Home Depot, Hobby Lobby,

Chick-Filet, and LL Bean. AND they're all in different sales lines. There are still lots of retailers to serve us. The only one that bugs me is Home Depot. t's less than 5 minutes from our house! It's hard to drive 30 minutes when you know you could get the item you need at a store so much closer.

[Greybnk48]

11. We have Menard's here as well as Home Depot

that are much more convenient than Lowes, but we try to get what we need at Lowes even though it's a bit out of our way. We go to Costco too, which is blue, and JCPenney because of their support of the gay community.

But what a pain in the ass to have to work so hard to avoid hate mongers!! Who would have thought?

[jaysunb]

9. We're done. n/t

[Maine-ah]

10. Big difference between Linda

and L.L. Bean. I know, It's my neck of the woods. Linda herself is a complete douche - With whom L.L. Bean has nothing to do with other than the fact her grandfather started the company.

[lostnfound]

34. Is she a different Linda Bean than the Linda Bean from Maine lobster company?

Also big GOP donor.

[mopinko]

12. maybe i could return my ll bean winter coat.

i bought it at the thrift store for $8, and have been wearing it for about 10 years. whatcha think?

always appreciated their quality, but their preppitude always left me cold.

[Freethinker65]

13. lL Bean gave a response to the Boston Globe

Sorry I did not copy it, but effectively they said that while she is on their board, there are many heirs (and board members) and that they represent the entire political spectrum. Boycott if you want to, but this might be one of those "gray areas".

[Cha]

14. Crap. This should go Viral so those who don't wish to give

money to a dumbass company like bean can know what they are.

[Oldtimeralso]

15. She is a REAL Winner!

It is great to be a republican, you can break the law, than after the fact you want to change so your actions are legal retroactively!

IOIYAR

[IcyPeas]

16. Lands End Caves To Anti-Abortion Pressure, Pulls Gloria Steinem Interview

Remember when they did this a while back? I said I wouldn't buy anything from them ever again after this. So this new news just confirms it.

Clothing retailer Lands’ End has issued a formal apology for featuring an interview with feminist icon Gloria Steinem in its spring catalog after backlash from the anti-abortion movement.

The company also discontinued a campaign that enabled customers to donate to the Fund for Women’s Equality, of which Steinem is a board member, Jezebel reports. As part of the campaign, consumers could order items embroidered with the the logo of the ERA Coalition, a group dedicated to passing an Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution that would prohibit discrimination based on sex. Lands’ End planned to donate $3 to the fund for every logo ordered.

But this didn’t sit well with anti-abortion activists, who became enraged that the company would feature a woman who spent much of her life fighting for reproductive rights. (The interview itself did not feature any discussion of abortion.)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lands-end-gloria-steinem-abortion_us_56cf2645e4b03260bf75aa00

[tanyev]

24. Lands' End and LL Bean are not the same company.

[IcyPeas]

33. I get them mixed up....

sorry. anyway I will now avoid both of them.

[juxtaposed]

18. here's the rest of the article, the op should have posted the whole story.

L.L. Bean, noted for its signature waterproof rubber-bottom boots, sought to distance itself from the controversy, noting that Linda Bean is one of many family members who share ownership and that Bean family members, employees and customers “represent the full spectrum of political and social views.”

“The L.L. Bean company does not endorse political candidates, nor do we take positions on political matters or make political contributions,” a spokeswoman said.




http://www.pressherald.com/2017/01/06/linda-bean-in-trouble-with-fec-over-pro-trump-pac/

[CousinIT]

29. 4 paragraph limit, for one thing

For another, the company claims it "does not endorse political candidates" when one of it's very wealthy namesakes and majority owners sent $60,000 to one of the worst political candidates in the history of the US - in violation of campaign finance law and now wants to retroactively change her/her group's status? Uhhhh-huh.

Well. I don't buy that. Literally.

[juxtaposed]

32. the article you posted left that part out, it was not in your link.

this needs more improvement
https://www.queerty.com/holiday-shopping-support-these-pro-gay-companies-avoid-these-homophobes-20141127

http://www.llbean.com/customerService/aboutLLBean/environment.html?nav=ln

http://www.llbean.com/customerService/aboutLLBean/corporate_citizenship.html?nav=ln

http://www.llbean.com/customerService/aboutLLBean/conservation_partners.html?nav=ln

from 2009
https://www.facebook.com/notes/llbean/llbean-response-regarding-decision-of-maine-voters-to-overturn-maines-same-sex-m/174981591314/

[leftyladyfrommo]

19. I don't buy from them.

Too expensive.

[Vinca]

22. Well, that's a shame. I've been buying from them since the 1960's.

I've slowed my purchasing over recent years because so much of their merchandise is imported. Linda Bean should take "Make America Great Again" to heart and sell American-made products.

[AgadorSparticus]

25. Never really was an LL bean fan. Won't be difficult to write them off which I will do.

And make sure people I know do the same.

[MineralMan]

27. Overpriced and over-rated, IMO.

Yuppie Gear. I don't shop there.

[dembotoz]

28. benefit of finding a thread after it has aged a bit

sounds like 1 douche does not a company make

comforting to see ll bean not as bag as original post would lead me to think