gnarley posted:
I was flabbergasted at what happened today at a local Radio Shack store.

I was waiting in line with several others while the cashier interrogated
a
customer.

1) Name, first and last
2) Telephone number
3) Address
4) Social security number

I interrupted his reciting his SS number, demanding loudly why the cashier
needed to collect this information in public. The cashier, who also is the
store owner got angry and told me it is Radio Shack policy to collect this
information as part of the "Contract" between seller and purchaser. I turned
to the line of waiting customers and began lecturing about invasion of
privacy and identity theft. The owner started yelling about how I had to
leave immediately or he would call the police. So I left.

Please register your dismay at your local Radio Shack store at this policy
which is an invasion of privacy and invites crime. Do not participate in
this "Marketing Strategy" which only serves to desensitize consumers as
to
their personal rights.

On the other hand, when you are asked for this info, simply refuse to give it.
RS has asked, for years, for a name and address. I always refuse, which lead
to some hot discussions, but I always won because I was the guy spending my
money and that's really what they want.

Don