TNK Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Examples include: Your credit card company: You call to ask a question about your account, and you get a sales pitch for "credit insurance" or some other money and time waster. Barnes & Noble: Every time I buy a book or DVD, please stop asking me to join your stupid members' club. Claim Jumper Restaurant: Instead of providing table service, the server is pre-occupied with selling me yet another members' club deal that gets me "discounts" at Landry's Restaurants. I don't think so. REI: This company has been doing it for decades. I have a membership from 1984 (purchased before I was hip to this nonsense). REI sells itself as some type of special co-oop that puts its "members" first. Give me a break. REI is merely another big box retailer with the usual ugliness big box retailers exhibit. The cable company: Call to ask about a service outage and you get a pitch to upgrade your channel package. Because the significant other makes this call, and she is an easy touch, we now have every channel on the planet, and sometimes there is still nothing to watch. And so it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm iprod Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Just provide a service and do it well. That's all you really want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonT Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Is this like what Kmart does at the checkout? After begging you to add your email address to your "rewards" card and then giving you a double handful of receipt, coupons, and special offers that the register spews out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyZip Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Examples include: The cable company: Call to ask about a service outage and you get a pitch to upgrade your channel package. Because the significant other makes this call, and she is an easy touch, we now have every channel on the planet, and sometimes there is still nothing to watch. And so it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sperman Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Lowes now asks for your phone number at checkout. Why do they need my phone number? Radio Shack has been doing that for years, but Lowes just started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZinSC Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Lowes now asks for your phone number at checkout. Why do they need my phone number? Radio Shack has been doing that for years, but Lowes just started. I usually just make up the number. Take my number and change a few digits up or down one. I think I'm going to have to start memorizing this number for future use....202-456-1414. Its the White House Switchboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind bat Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 And stores like Best Buy wonder why everyone buys from Amazon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind bat Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 And stores like Best Buy wonder why everyone buys from Amazon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind bat Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 And stores like Best Buy wonder why everyone buys from Amazon. PS - At the register it's probably better to give them the phone number of the company's switchboard or "C" level execs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillD Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 57 channels and nothing's on.... the Boss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Rusert Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 And stores like Best Buy wonder why everyone buys from Amazon. PS - At the register it's probably better to give them the phone number of the company's switchboard or "C" level execs. Best Buy = Amazon showroom. I tell them "911". Isn't that everybody's ultimate phone number? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSteel Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Got told once they needed a phone # to complete the check out. Man, that clerk had alot of stuff to put back!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZinSC Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 Academy Sports always asks for my Zip code at the register, so I always give them my old Zip from when I lived in NY, 10994. If they ever do market research with that data it would be great to see them sitting around scratching their heads when they realize they have steady sales from a customer that lives 500 miles away....or so they will think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHA-LEE Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 When retailers ask for my personal information during checkout I simply say "No Thanks". If they push the subject I turn it around on them and ask for their personal information so I can call, mail and e-mail them a bunch of worthless crap. That usually resolves the situation of me not providing my personal information when they get really pushy about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff9mmM&P Posted February 7, 2013 Share Posted February 7, 2013 I'm happy to give them a phone number. I give them Jenny's, 867-5309. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkrispies Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 I'm happy to give them a phone number. I give them Jenny's, 867-5309. LMAO. Anybody ever get it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff9mmM&P Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 I'm happy to give them a phone number. I give them Jenny's, 867-5309. LMAO. Anybody ever get it? Not the young cashiers, but the older ones catch it once in a while. Try it, you'll like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyZip Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 I'm happy to give them a phone number. I give them Jenny's, 867-5309. LMAO. Anybody ever get it? Not the young cashiers, but the older ones catch it once in a while. Try it, you'll like it. Going to try this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowShooter Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 (edited) Yeah just give a fake number, it's easier than arguing with the cashier. Edited February 8, 2013 by SlowShooter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ima45dv8 Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 This Hate rant has turned into a discussion, which is beyond the bounds of the rules for the Hate Forum. Thus, it must be closed. Please review the Hate Forum Rules: http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8097 [note: this is a generic response] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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