[TriLUG] [WAY OT] security goons at TigerDirect in Raleigh: "No, thanks!"

[Kevin Flanagan]

I had the experience with the phone number request as well.  I say no, the
line they drew was that they said that I could only return for credit rather
than cash.  I have returned for cash in spite of that.  One thing that most
folks don't realize is that if you give them your phone number you waive the
Do Not Call List for that businesses and others owned by them.

On a side note, I give 919-867-5309 to the persistent ones.  Only a few have
chuckled, most don't get it, and one said that it wasn't mine.  Prove it....



Kevin

On 5/31/07, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> AND I tell that story to everyone I know who mentions they'd like to shop
> at
> TG.  Amazing how many start looking elsewhere.
>
> Greg
>
> On 5/31/07, Greg Brown <gwbrown1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Amen.. the cashier said he had to have my phone number last time I was
> at
> > Tiger D. and I said "no".  The cashier said "sir, it is policy, I have
> to
> > get your number" and I again said "No, I do not give out my personal
> > information".  In the end cashier man^h^h^h boy said "no number, no
> sale"
> > and I walked out without them making a sale totaling over $500.00.
> >
> > WTF ever.
> >
> > Greg
> >
> > On 5/31/07, Magnus <magnus at trilug.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > Phillip Rhodes wrote:
> > > > This particular libertarian does see it that way.  I do find it
> > > > offensive when stores treat me like a criminal, and I do make it a
> > > > habit to keep walking if my purchase sets off the little alarm at
> the
> > > > door.  I figure if they really think I'm stealing something, one of
> > > > them can chase me down and tackle me, then we'll deal with the
> > > > fallout, whatever that may be.  But fundamentally, I believe that if
> > > > I grow to despise their policies enough, I always have the option to
> > > > take my business elsewhere.
> > >
> > > Actually I hadn't even mentioned the other attempted violation because
> > > it was so small and so easily averted without drama.
> > >
> > > They wanted my phone number at the register and I said again "No,
> > > thanks."  The cashier insisted, stating the register would not
> complete
> > > the transaction without my phone number.  Again, "no, thank you."
> > >
> > > Magically the cashier found a way to make the transaction go through
> > > without my phone number.
> > >
> > > <sarcasm> Cashier: "Ohhhhh this is a *UNIX* system.  I know this!"
> > > </sarcasm>
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