I totally freakin' HATE when I go to Beast Buy or Radio Shack for something inane like batteries or a printer cartridge and when the cashier rings me up they're all "WHAT'S YOUR PHONE NUMBER?!?!" "WHAT'S YOUR ZIP CODE!?!?"

I went through a phase where I'd ask them why the info was necessary and they said it was some marketing bullshit and I'd tell them I wasn't giving them my phone number and they'd get all huffy until I just broke down and gave it to them. I just find it creepy that this is done and more people don't find it invasive and weird.

The next time I sell a Jill Jones single on eBay I'm going to ask the winning bidder their shoe size, see how that goes over.

unless an identification card is needed for the purchse, just givethem fake info!

CHIC0 said:

yeah, but it's the principle of the matter that gripes my butt!

Anx said:

"gripes your butt"?

what the hell does that mean?

Anx said:

i know. i don't give into that. i tell them, "no. you don't need that." they type shit in anyway. i've noticed at a lot if not all gas stations, when you use a card you have to type in your zip code in order to proceed.

cborgman said:

it is when there is a gripe and it is applied to my posterior nether region.

i can prepare a powerpoint presentation if that would help.

Anx said:

have it on my desk by 4

When RFID merchandise and ID's will be the norm, they won't have to ask you, you're ID and merchanise will be tracked. RFID merchandise is quite normal nowadays to.

lilgish said:

RFID?

i don't want to start spouting all the same old paranoid shit about american privacy but i must admit it happens A LOT over there and bugged me too when i wanted to buy something. people tend to leave you alone more here.



what i REALLY hate is when someone will question your personal TASTE for buying a particular item.

i once had to tell someone i was paying for the product, not their personal opinion!!




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I wont give out my info

simple as that

i have even put down the 300 $ worth of items and walked out after a rude insistant clerk nagged me

went across the street and bought the same items without the questions

CHIC0 said:

isn't that a security precaution though? I think somehow the system matches the entered zip code to make sure it matches your billing zip code. Or am I just grasping at straws here?

I always get asked for my penis size when I buy "Juggs".

I'm tryina remember if I've been asked for my phone number by a cashier before. I can't recall that I have.


I'm so used to giving out my zip code though that I don't even think about it anymore. That seems a titch less invasive than phone number...

Beast Buy That's so gay

endorphin74 said:

is it?? i'm not sure. i've just noticed it a lot recently. but you figure if they've got your card they mostly have your zip as well.

CaptainChaos said:

CHIC0 said:

if you are referring to "pay at the pump" type transactions, then I think it is a security measure.

Again, I may be talking out my ass. I've only had 1 cup of coffee so far, so who knows?

Anx said:

i just say no thanks when that happens. if they ask me why i ask them how it is they're entitled to ask for this information in the context of a simple transaction. usually shuts them right up

Best Buy girl and I seem to be stalking each other. We are always there at the same time. She really wants me to subscribe to Entertainment Weekly! Like more than anything. I am so in. Sacktime here I come!

Anx said:

Radio Frequency Identification. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is an automatic identification method, relying on storing and remotely retrieving data using devices called RFID tags or transponders. An RFID tag is an object that can be attached to or incorporated into a product, animal, or person for the purpose of identification using radio waves. Chip-based RFID tags contain silicon chips and antennas. Passive tags require no internal power source, whereas active tags require a power source. (wikipedia)

Many companies are now attaching or sewing this into the product....Target, Walmart, Levi Jeans, Gillete Razors
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just as long as they don't wanna put a 'microchip... in yo neck' i can handle most of this crap, really.

i lie. i make up the most outrageously fake phone numbers and they just type it in.

mrdespues said:

what if they hire stalkers at radio shack? i mean, look at the stuff they sell? it's like total stalker toy emporium!

Anx said:

ihate radio shack. i wanna buy some batteries but they need to know where I live! fuck you and your spokesman, radio shaq!

As far as I know, they only do that here in the UK when you buy a tv-related product. Say, an actual television or a set-top box.

(We have to pay an annual television license so they give your details to the authorities to make sure you cough up).

I can understand why they do that - annoying as it is - but I'm not sure I'd like it if they were asking me in the way you describe. It's not as if companies don't have enough information about us as it is.

And, Mach - That's exactly what I'd do.

JasmineFire said:

I think it's safe to start using start using 867-5309 again

Come to think of it, I get asked for my penis size when I buy stuff at Best Buy.

CaptainChaos said:

"Behind" the Best Buy isn't the same as actually being in the store.

kidelrich said:

was that a euphemism?