Do you use store membership cards?

Yes - and they're a great idea.

10 (21.7%)

Yes - but I feel a little silly about it.

5 (10.9%)

Yes - I feel guilty about it, but can't afford not to.

10 (21.7%)

Maybe - don't do much shopping at stores like that.

2 (4.3%)

No - was never asked to sign up.

2 (4.3%)

No - didn't want to waste time signing up.

5 (10.9%)

No - mild privacy concerns.

4 (8.7%)

No - major privacy concerns.

6 (13%)

No - I only shop at underground (no sales tax) flea markets while wearing a ski mask.

2 (4.3%)

Total Members Voted: 25

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I used my actual name but a fake address to sign up for the cards. I now have a growing collection: Stop & Shop, Ingles, Kroger.

[Bill Brasky]

"Sorry, I don't have it with me" gets me about 50% of the time, so its a wash.  Some places where they absolutely insist on the card, like Wegmans, I just don't go there.  You can take a real bath in some of those places when ALL their products sales are only on the card and the other choices are jacked up to make their shit look cheap. 

I use a card once in a great while, when they have "ten for ten" sales, I'll stock up.  With a card account I have at a certain store, but rarely use.   

When I know I'll save a pretty good chunk, I use it, but I don't use it for everyday buying.  I know if my stuff will ring up much cheaper, and if its only fifty cents or a buck, I don't volunteer the info. 

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I got all pissed off at WalMart today, ringing up my own shit.  This crabby old black bitch come stomping over to help me ring the shit up, because it was giving me static about putting electronics in a bag, and I told her they should knock seven bucks off my purchase, because I'm doing the work of a cashier for a fuckin hour trying to ring up my own shit. 

[Alex Libman]

I experienced self-checkout just once at ACME - hated it.  I guess others did too, because those lanes disappeared a few weeks after they appeared.  I guess they could be a segway to more security measures: RFID, enforced customer identity verification, video cameras, then down the road biometrics, etc...

[Lindsey]

Self-checkout at Wal-Mart is crap, because the thing wigs out if it thinks you didn't put the item in the bag.  IT NEVER THINKS YOU'VE PUT THE ITEM IN THE BACK.  And it wants somebody to come over and ID you for certain things that you shouldn't have to be ID'd for (Don't know about alcohol or cigarettes), and when you try to delete something from the checkout summary, they want the person watching the shit to come punch in a code.  It fucking sucks, because there usually isn't a grumpy old black bitch watching.

Furthermore, that shit on the door they've installed that screams at you when you walk out with some sort of electronic item annoys me.  It sends the old man at the door in to cardiac arrest trying to chase after you because nobody can hear what the door is screaming, and then when the old man finally gets there, he has a seizure because he sees my boobs all over the place. 

 

[NHArticleTen]

I'd enjoy that...

John Shaw!

[Alex Libman]

Someone in NH should start a privacy shopping and delivery service.  On the most basic level, it'd be for ordering stuff online: they order it for you using a credit card and mailing address that can't be traced back to you, and then relay the items and bill you.

[Harry Tuttle]

Someone in NH should start a privacy shopping and delivery service.  On the most basic level, it'd be for ordering stuff online: they order it for you using a credit card and mailing address that can't be traced back to you, and then relay the items and bill you.

I nominate... Alex Libman.

[Alex Libman]

He's busy.

And it's probably a fake name anyways...  "Alex [Jones], Libertarian Man".  Probably a narc.

[Harry Tuttle]

He's busy.

And it's probably a fake name anyways...  "Alex [Jones], Libertarian Man".  Probably a narc.

Besides, the fictional person mentioned lives in NJ, right?

[Alex Libman]

Yes, 123 Fake St, Hoboken.

[jimmed]

Yes, 123 Fake St, Hoboken.

I've been there. It smells funny.

[Lindsey]

Furthermore, why do strangers always talk to me in Wal-Mart?   

[Harry Tuttle]

Furthermore, why do strangers always talk to me in Wal-Mart?   

You're just to charismatic. People can't resist speaking to you. See, I just got lured-in too.

[bad_cab]

I use the damn things, but use a trick. When I fill out the membership card, I use a fake name. They never check, I get the discount, and they get their marketing research. Also, if I start to get junk mail with THAT fake name, I know who sells their membership lists!

Who, I want names

[Lindsey]

Furthermore, why do strangers always talk to me in Wal-Mart?   

You're just to charismatic. People can't resist speaking to you. See, I just got lured-in too.

I've actually been told that before.  It's funny, because some of the people at work tell me that people never know when I'm actually insulting them because I'm so charming when I do it.  Who knows.  I like to make friends with people, so it is true that I will pretty much say anything to anyone.