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zenbabe · 10-13-2004, 06:39 PM

Avalon · 10-13-2004, 06:53 PM

My Fahrenheit 9/11 migraine is about to resurface.
FARKERS! Stay out of my house! Off of my stuff!

I hate Walmart more than ever now.

daverbee · 10-13-2004, 07:09 PM

I never shop at Wal-Mart and won't shop at Sam's Club anymore now, either.
Costco, here I come!
That probably won't help but it'll feel better...

dinzdale · 10-13-2004, 07:14 PM

Move a little to your left Daver, I'm geting some interference off your monitor....

sparticle · 10-13-2004, 07:56 PM

Shit, and I just made a grand tour at WalMart this morning. Well. Maybe it IS time to rethink.

I have never liked those "supermarket discount card" programs. My main objection is not paranoid but practical: Quit telling me about all the money I'm saving through all these bullshit expensive marketing/data tracking programs that get blended into my bill and just cut your goddam prices already. But I never have liked the idea that my purchasing habits are being monitored and tracked, either. Still, when you have a houseful of hungry people and their friends and the nearest non-card supermarket is ten miles away, you do what you gotta. But I don't like it, not one bit.

topcat · 10-14-2004, 03:28 AM

i once called a person who had lost their keys. i got the telephone number off a discount card on there key chain. they never asked me how i knew the keys were theirs or how i got there phone number.

madasacutsnake · 10-14-2004, 03:32 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by dinzdale
Move a little to your left Daver, I'm geting some interference off your monitor....

I don't think Dave can move any more to the left.

zenbabe · 10-14-2004, 04:13 AM

I say we have a club card party...we could all trade club cards....imagine the confusion to thier databases when a healthy eating family of five turns into a bachelor that only buys twelve packs of beer and TV dinners...... yes I am talking about you Dinz....

dickieC · 10-14-2004, 11:14 AM

In the UK, several stores have already almagamated their loyalty cards. I never use them: a 1% discount in return for having all my shopping habits recorded? No thanks.

I have always wondered about those electronic tags on razor blade cartridges. From now on (starting today, I need to go and buy some) I will pick up the blades and rip off the tag before I go the checkout. EVIL GILLETTE!!!!!!!!!

Saxifrage · 10-14-2004, 12:08 PM

At my local supermarket the card is essential. A product that has a list price of $2.99 will be $1.99 with the card. I don't like the idea of them tracking what i buy but it is the only way to get the best price in my area. I did switch with my father just to screw with them. As mentioned above I am a bachelor and my fathers household is made up of five peolpe. I can only hope we messed up their calculations in some small way.

red · 10-14-2004, 01:59 PM

There are several supermarkets that do that here. I thought this was old news?

10-13-2004, 06:39 PM	#1
zenbabe Lollypop! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: we are all made of stars Posts: 11,690	Big Brother? click __________________ Be yourself, because the people that mind don't matter, and the people that matter don't mind. -Dr. Seuss

10-13-2004, 06:53 PM	#2
Avalon Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: A much better place Posts: 5,931	My Fahrenheit 9/11 migraine is about to resurface. FARKERS! Stay out of my house! Off of my stuff! I hate Walmart more than ever now. __________________ I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it. Groucho Marx

10-13-2004, 07:56 PM	#5
sparticle Conspiracy Theorist Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: cleveland, oh Posts: 4,702	Shit, and I just made a grand tour at WalMart this morning. Well. Maybe it IS time to rethink. I have never liked those "supermarket discount card" programs. My main objection is not paranoid but practical: Quit telling me about all the money I'm saving through all these bullshit expensive marketing/data tracking programs that get blended into my bill and just cut your goddam prices already. But I never have liked the idea that my purchasing habits are being monitored and tracked, either. Still, when you have a houseful of hungry people and their friends and the nearest non-card supermarket is ten miles away, you do what you gotta. But I don't like it, not one bit. __________________ There are few situations in life which wind up with you saying to yourself: "Gee, I wish I'd had worse manners there." -- trisherina

10-14-2004, 04:13 AM	#8
zenbabe Lollypop! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: we are all made of stars Posts: 11,690	I say we have a club card party...we could all trade club cards....imagine the confusion to thier databases when a healthy eating family of five turns into a bachelor that only buys twelve packs of beer and TV dinners...... yes I am talking about you Dinz.... __________________ Be yourself, because the people that mind don't matter, and the people that matter don't mind. -Dr. Seuss

10-14-2004, 11:14 AM	#9
dickieC Professional ZeMonkey Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Back in Oxford Posts: 1,841	In the UK, several stores have already almagamated their loyalty cards. I never use them: a 1% discount in return for having all my shopping habits recorded? No thanks. I have always wondered about those electronic tags on razor blade cartridges. From now on (starting today, I need to go and buy some) I will pick up the blades and rip off the tag before I go the checkout. EVIL GILLETTE!!!!!!!!! __________________ "Why do I keep falling in love with every woman who shows me the slightest attention?" Joel, ESSM

10-13-2004, 07:09 PM	#3
daverbee Key Lime Pie rocks!!! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oh, yeah! Posts: 7,695	I never shop at Wal-Mart and won't shop at Sam's Club anymore now, either. Costco, here I come! That probably won't help but it'll feel better...

10-13-2004, 07:14 PM	#4
dinzdale King of the špatnýs Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: was that dog Posts: 9,411	Move a little to your left Daver, I'm geting some interference off your monitor....

10-14-2004, 03:28 AM	#6
topcat monkey Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: across the st. from the telephone pole Posts: 1,970	i once called a person who had lost their keys. i got the telephone number off a discount card on there key chain. they never asked me how i knew the keys were theirs or how i got there phone number.

10-14-2004, 12:08 PM	#10
Saxifrage monkey Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Angband Posts: 411	At my local supermarket the card is essential. A product that has a list price of $2.99 will be $1.99 with the card. I don't like the idea of them tracking what i buy but it is the only way to get the best price in my area. I did switch with my father just to screw with them. As mentioned above I am a bachelor and my fathers household is made up of five peolpe. I can only hope we messed up their calculations in some small way. __________________ The Dude abides.

10-14-2004, 01:59 PM	#11
red elite rabble Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 4,147	There are several supermarkets that do that here. I thought this was old news? __________________ Just because you keep talking doesn't mean you are communicating

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