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Related: About this forumDiscount Tire goes all in on Joe Arpaio
Discount Tire, the national tire chain founded and headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, has ordered all of it's Maricopa County stores to display "Re-elect Sheriff Joe Arpaio" in their front windows.
I won't be shopping there again.
Eleanors38
(18,318 posts)lark
(23,105 posts)My husband worked there for a brief period of time, but quickly got the hell out of dodge, DT was so awful. They demoted all the Sales Managers to Assoc. along with a substantial pay cut, but said they had to be at work from 9am to 9pm but couldn't work more than 8 hours a day!! When my husband questioned this in the meeting where it was rolled out, he was told they should clock out for several hours 2x a day. When J asked who would cover their responsibilities during those 4 hours, the suggestion was clock out but don't leave so customers can get help they need.
They are a good fit for Drumpf, same values and caring.
PatSeg
(47,496 posts)I've known companies who have done similar things and ended up with class action suits against them.
emulatorloo
(44,131 posts)dbackjon
(6,578 posts)He is the wealthiest man in Arizona, and he personally ordered the signs be put up.
emulatorloo
(44,131 posts)By putting signs promoting controversial politicians in your store windows. It means I won't shop with you.
Thanks for the education about Bruce Halie and the implication that I'm an idiot.
dbackjon
(6,578 posts)I was merely letting you know that the marketing folk had nothing to do with this.
emulatorloo
(44,131 posts)NWCorona
(8,541 posts)Best to stay neutral.
DavidDvorkin
(19,479 posts)Not because of politics, but now I'm glad for that reason, too.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)I've been thinking about switching insurers, but I have used him for over 30 years. Well, that's about to end even if I have to pay a few extra bucks.
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)Thanks for this as I have given them business before but not anymore.
Response to dbackjon (Original post)
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Nobody cares that much about a second tier tire retailer. You posted like it was a an endorsement for a veterinarian or something that matters.
spooky3
(34,457 posts)PatSeg
(47,496 posts)Retail companies should just stay out of politics. It is such bad business. They deserve any loss in revenue that might result.
Ptah
(33,032 posts)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Halle#Philanthropy
Philanthropy
Through the Bruce T. Halle Family Foundation, he has made charitable donations to the Diane Halle Center for Family Justice at Arizona State University and to the Children First Academy, the nation's largest school for homeless children.[2] He has also made donations to the American Heart Association, the American Cancer Society, the American Liver Foundation, the American Red Cross, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Childhelp, the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, and the Muscular Dystrophy Association.[3]
In Arizona, he supports the Arizona Boys and Girls Clubs, the Arizona Opera League, the Phoenix Symphony, the Scottsdale Symphony, the Crisis Nursery, the Arizona Kidney Foundation, Phoenix Childrens Hospital. He was the first to pledge charter membership of the Children's Urban Survival Program in Phoenix.[3] The Bruce T. Halle Library on his alma mater campus is named for him.
Ptah
(33,032 posts)TheDonnasRule
(67 posts)Initech
(100,080 posts)My aunt lives in Maricopa County. Last time I was there, there was a commercial for him. And my aunt said most of the residents there hate his guts. But they don't do anything about it.
LaydeeBug
(10,291 posts)Had I not read this here, I would have no idea where Discount Tire was located, or what their leaning was.
I know I will *NEVER* order Papa John's again
I avoid Wal Mart as much as I can, but...who else should we avoid?
glennward
(989 posts)spooky3
(34,457 posts)Hobby Lobby is another one to boycott.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)I hate to boycott them, but I will.
I have been a customer for a long LONG time.
road hazard warranty is a necessity for ranch life.