Have you ever been asked for personal information when you bought something recently? Is it just me, or is this really aggravating?
You pay for something in cash. Then, they want your home phone, e-mail and address. They say it’s for “warranty purposes”. Ya right. Sure, sure, the warranty…that’s it.
So, the .99 cent package of batteries, or bag of chips are FULLY COVERED under warranty right? Right. Maybe instead of the “warranty” they just want to mail me garbage, send me unsolicited e-mails and call me about more garbage.
I just love how some of these clerks seem to have been trained to lie to us, but I get a wee bit uppity when they give me attitude. I actually refuse to buy the item(s) if they insist on my personal information. They say they “need it”, or the system won’t process the sale.
I asked the clerk once……”first, you tell me your full name, address and phone number.” She looked at me like I was a serial killer that was stalking her. (I was only trying to make a point, I wasn’t the least bit interested in her information.) So basically the store, company…whatever, can stalk the consumer? That is different and totally cool?
It sucks.
But as usual, Canadian consumers have little or no protections and we take every single heap of horse crap thrown our way in stride.
So, for all the corporations that want my personal information…here’s my postal code:
G02 HEL
You pay for something in cash. Then, they want your home phone, e-mail and address. They say it’s for “warranty purposes”. Ya right. Sure, sure, the warranty…that’s it.
So, the .99 cent package of batteries, or bag of chips are FULLY COVERED under warranty right? Right. Maybe instead of the “warranty” they just want to mail me garbage, send me unsolicited e-mails and call me about more garbage.
I just love how some of these clerks seem to have been trained to lie to us, but I get a wee bit uppity when they give me attitude. I actually refuse to buy the item(s) if they insist on my personal information. They say they “need it”, or the system won’t process the sale.
I asked the clerk once……”first, you tell me your full name, address and phone number.” She looked at me like I was a serial killer that was stalking her. (I was only trying to make a point, I wasn’t the least bit interested in her information.) So basically the store, company…whatever, can stalk the consumer? That is different and totally cool?
It sucks.
But as usual, Canadian consumers have little or no protections and we take every single heap of horse crap thrown our way in stride.
So, for all the corporations that want my personal information…here’s my postal code:
G02 HEL
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