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Re: WalMart, Clearance, Privacy
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lugnet.market.theory
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Wed, 26 Jan 2000 04:18:42 GMT
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Ray Sanders wrote in message <388E6A39.C106EECC@gate.net>...
> For fun, see if you can locate the FPO zip code for one of the fleets.
> That would definitely mess up the results. If you want a
> middle-of-nowhere zip, let me know. There are small towns all around me.
> Some of them probably service less than 200 residents.
Hmm, buy lots of baby items with an FPO zip... get them wondering just what
is going on on those ships with the co-ed armed forces...
> > At TRU I have taken to just telling them they don't need my number, and • then
> > they usually just enter in all zeros or something.
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> I got in the habit of giving TRU my modem line number. So far, I
> haven't had any calls, so I don't know what they use it for.
They probably do just use it for market research purposes. ZIP would be
better though, and far less intrusive.
> On a similar vein, I have had several K-Marts ask me for my age when
> they scanned a lego item. One store said it had something to do with
> making sure I was old enough to buy the item (!). Somehow, I just don't
> think so.
Certainly anyone tall enough to see over the counter is old enough to buy
LEGO sets...
Frank
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