Boycotting Amazon when they pay Clarkson £800,000 per episode?

That's okay, then. You carry on using it. Doesn't bother me.

news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/04/150422-glyphosate-roundup-herbicide-weeds/

Will not read articles like this for much longer. Fox News has just bought National Geographic.

I will never stop shopping with Amazon no matter how many petitions there are, I do not feel any guilt whatsoever when my free delivery parcels arrive

www.change.org/p/amazon-encourage-amazon-to-deliver-aid-to-refugees

Knowing that this crisis is going on, Amazon has pledged to give $200 million to building space rockets. Nice to know he cares.

Have a look at the This is Good News thread.

Although I'm sure you'll find something bitter to say about that too...

www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/oct/18/amazon-sues-1000-fake-reviewers

Could this be how they get the money to pay Clarkson?
Or maybe they'll set the court costs off against tax, to prove they are honest traders.

Is this another example of "virtue" signalling?
It's a free world and a person may choose whether or not to shop at Amazon/drink Costa coffee/eat Toblerone /buy tee shirts at Primark (even watch Top Gear ) without claiming the moral high ground.
Personally I can't imagine Amazon are crying all the way to the bank.

I don't know about 'virtue signalling' I think it is more a case of some people not knowing where their 'caring' should stop.As a result, they take on all and every percieved social injustice, and what they see as wrong with the world in general and their whole life consists of worry and petitions, but also maybe the glow of being an eco warrior and one who spreads the word.
it must be exhausting.I can't imagine living in this state of constant high anxiety.

Unless Amazon takes to shooting employees for late-coming, I would always use them.

Whether these boycotts do any good is a moot point. Thousands of people (especially those local to Bristol) stopped buying Cadbury chocolate when they were taken over by Kraft because of the broken promise to keep the Keynsham factory open. I still don't buy Cadbury (or Kraft) items but I don't think for a single minute that it is causing the CEO and board to tear out their hair in frustration. It does, however, make me feel I am supporting in a small way those who lost their jobs.

Far from doing any good,these boycotts may do harm.May affect jobs and so on.Depends on how big the company is.I think if you feel you want to boycott certain firms and you think your reasons are valid, then go ahead.It should be personal to you though, and not turned into a crusade.

It's one in the eye for the BBBC = Bloated British etc. etc.

So what if Amazon are paying Jeremy Clarkson a fantastic amount. Rubylady, would you turn that offer down in his position? I sympathise with anyone who works hard and is paid peanuts. We'll still watch him. He's a consummate professional on-screen. He's entertaining on HIGNFY = Have I Got News For You.

From my perspective, I was let down by a hospital and surgery: (I needed crutches ASAP). So that day, we ordered crutches I badly needed
from Amazon. They were delivered the following day.

I wish all the foreign/UK corporations weren't able to shelter their
finances. Unless other countries come to an agreement, there's nothing any PM can do.

I wonder if you're against the enormous amounts paid to soccer players? I'm taking the mick.

It's one in the eye for the BBBC = Bloated British etc. etc.

So what if Amazon are paying Jeremy Clarkson a fantastic amount. Rubylady, would you turn that offer down in his position? I sympathise with anyone who works hard and is paid peanuts. We'll still watch him. He's a consummate professional on-screen. He's entertaining on HIGNFY = Have I Got News For You.

From my perspective, I was let down by a hospital and surgery: (I needed crutches ASAP). So that day, we ordered crutches I badly needed
from Amazon. They were delivered the following day.

I wish all the foreign/UK corporations weren't able to shelter their
finances. Unless other countries come to an agreement, there's nothing any PM can do.

I wonder if you're against the enormous amounts paid to soccer players? I'm taking the mick.

It was worth saying twice, LuckyDucky

www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2015/11/02/amazon-and-ebay-who-is-liable-for-the-vat-evasion/

Are you still happy to buy from Amazon?

No government will ever close any of the loopholes that allow the Amazons, Starbucks, Boots... Etc. to avoid paying the full corporation taxes. They employ so many people who all pay their share of personal tax, NI etc. that the risk of them pulling out of the Uk would be too great.

I'm happy to buy from Amazon and won't be bullied into not being.

It isn't that, actually. It is fraud by not paying VAT or ensuring those companies that trade on Amazon marketplace are registered and pay VAT.

Some of the bigger companies that trade there are saying that it's those who buy who should pay the VAT to HMRC.

www.theguardian.com/business/2015/nov/01/uk-losing-millions-vat-non-eu-sellers-amazon-ebay

This is how it happens. China involved.

ruby

It doesn't matter what Amazon pay Clarkson and Co, We're not swelling their coffers.

Unlike BBC celebs

How many TV presenters are able to talk to camera coherently, whilst driving? Jeremy is also a journalist.

He performed well when on HIGNFY.

Is it really being bullied to be given factual information about why some choose not to use Amazon? Don't think so truly. I am always grateful when given information that allows me to make INFORMED choices, about anything.

All that money should be going to our NHS, our schools and supporting families, handicapped people, and more. Shameful, tragic.

Just to clarify - I was not accusing anyone on here of bullying. I was referring to certain media articles virtually ordering us not to buy from Amazon.

I don't dispute the truth of the facts of Clarkson's pay deal, but wish I could say I actually care.
If I can buy books, toys, Kindle downloads or any other products for less on Amazon than elsewhere, what harm will Jeremy Clarkson or Amazon suffer good is it going to do if I shop elsewhere?