Posted on 02/10/2011 7:57:16 PM PST by EveningStar
HAHAHAHAHA! I use ‘90210’ or -11 or -12...whatever comes to mind.
I have found that when they ask for the zip code, I ask them which one? To which they normally respond with the essence of “The one where your house is”.... to which I explain that I own several properties and need them to be more specific.
About that time the clerk normally gives up.
So they have your name, your credit card number AND your signature but you want to keep the zip private?
They are just doing market research to determine how far people will travel to get to the store. No big deal. I always say “No thanks” and they move on with the transaction. I’ve never had anybody say “Zip Code or I call Security, Bub.”
The gas pumps at some stores ask too. They say it’s to prevent credit card fraud.
That may have been the impetus for the case in the first place. Illegals who buy credit cards on the street are being denied the use of their property through no fault of their own, the argument goes.
-PJ
Oh, thank goodness for our wise rulers, I won’t ever have to make up 5 digits again and have fun doing it.
oh well
When in the NYC suburbs, I not only decline to give my own Zip, I always give the poshest Manhattan and North NJ zip codes to attack the value of their databases.
07620
10021
10024
etc.
The easiest to remember is 10001.
ONe of the wealthiest and most ethnically diverse zip codes in the country, ... screws up the customer tracking database queries very well.
Try X-1040 (”X” depending on which area of the country you’re in.)
Sudbury, MA is probably a very Revolutionary town, with guys dressed in revolutionary gear carrying muskets and all.
Corporations use zip code info to track where they can INCREASE prices in submarkets.
IF costumers from X miles away are willing to drive to Y miles to buy an item widely available from competitors who have stores closer to the zip code, the corporation knows to increase the price of the item to optimize profit and meet their competitors prices on the upside.
SO memorize the closest wealthiest or poorest zip code near you and feed them bad data points.
I don’t have a problem giving retailers my zip code — if anything, it may give them a clue as to where shoppers are coming from and whether or not to add a new store.
I refuse to shop at Toys-R-Us. They ask for my phone number even when paying cash. Yes, I refuse, but they’re the only ones that do it. My cell phone is private, thankyouverymuch.
RadioShack, one of the most overpriced chains in their market sector, is probably the most well known for asking for zip codes from cash paying customers.
After being oevrpriced for decades and going into reorganization, they still use the zip code data collection mining to jack up prices...
Gee, can you give us more than one sentence?
I give 77054. It’s the Astrodome.
Gee, can you give us more than one sentence?
36 posted on Thursday, February 10, 2011 10:18:17 PM by upchuck (When excerpting please use the entire 300 words we are allowed. No more one or two sentence posts!)
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Wow! I thought I was the only one pissed at blog pimps and doofuses who posted 10 word excerpts.
I’m glad to see I’m not alone.
The one that really annoyed me was Target’s policy when buying video games. If you want to by a “mature” rated video game, they want to scan your drivers license and keep the info. I’m a middle aged guy with grey hair and they wanted to scan my license.
Ummm, Nope.
I always sing “Oh-TWO-one-THREE-four”
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