Don't know if this has been posted. Great app that scans your merchandise before you buy and tells

[Maraya1969]

you if you are going to support the Koch brothers or other people and companies who are hurting people, animals and the environment. The Android is coming soon but the Apple one is here.

http://www.buycott.com/



Have you ever wondered whether the money you spend ends up funding causes you oppose?

A buycott is the opposite of a boycott. Buycott helps you to organize your everyday consumer spending so that it reflects your principles.

Example: During the SOPA/PIPA debate in 2012, a number of companies pushed to pass legislation that reduced online freedom of expression, while other companies fought hard to oppose the legislation. With Buycott, a campaign can be quickly created around a cause, with the goal of targeting companies with a boycott unless they change their position, or buycotting a company to show your support.

When you use Buycott to scan a product, it will look up the product, determine what brand it belongs to, and figure out what company owns that brand (and who owns that company, ad infinitum). It will then cross-check the product owners against the companies and brands included in the campaigns you've joined, in order to tell you if the scanned product conflicts with one of your campaign commitments.

[virgogal]

1. I hate shopping now but this would tip me right over the edge. No thanks.

[Maraya1969]

6. You just got buy a different brand. Like instead of Dixie cups you get something with recycled

material in it or by bamboo or don't buy them at all.

[Whisp]

2. This has potential to be a very powerful gadget.

I expect there will be laws against it coming soon tho.

[ZombieHorde]

3. Interesting.

My cell phone was created in 1937, so it won't support this app.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

4. Good to know. Thanks.

[Maraya1969]

5. I'm kicking this because this is something we can all do that will help a lot!

[Brickbat]

7. This actually has been posted a few times.

I do ask that people remember that many Georgia Pacific products, for example, are union made.

[hunter]

8. I pretty much "buycott" everything.

I've been "buycotting" any devices that would run this app.

I don't carry around a long list of excluded things in my head, I carry a short list of acceptable things.

[OnionPatch]

9. I'm using it and I love it!

I can't scan everything during a single shopping session but I check a few major items each trip. So many products I've been buying are showing up on my "avoid" list, but little by little I'm finding alternatives. It's an awesome tool and is really making it easy to change the way I shop. I hope it catches on.

[socialist_n_TN]

10. My daughter just downloaded this app......

and it seems to be working. VERY simple to use too. Even an old, technologically challenged geezer like myself ought to be able to use it. Just hover over the UPC and it tells you if there's a conflict or not.

[Liberal_in_LA]

11. cool app