"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 11/19/2012 9:46 AM, Cheri wrote:
>> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>
>>> I use my bank card to pay for groceries. That card is scanned into
>>> the POS system for funds verification and that's how they get the
>>> information. At some stores they ask for my phone number and I've seen
>>> my information pop up on the screen. Still never got a telemarketing
>>> call based on what I bought.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>>
>>
>> Well sure, then they would have your information. If you've ever had a
>> telemarketing call, how do you know that the information was not
>> garnered there? For instance if you bought Slim-Fast and then you get a
>> call about Acai Berries for weight loss or something like that? Why do
>> you think supermarkets and other stores have the cards in the first
>> place if not to track sales and the demographic of people buying, such
>> as areas where you live by zip code etc.
>>
>> Cheri
>
> I *know* why they have the cards. Publix doesn't offer one, for which I'm
> grateful. If something is on sale, it's on sale, no card required.
>
> Some 25 years ago I was on my way to a party and stopped at a Kroger (it
> wasn't my regular grocery store) to pick up a meat and cheese platter. The
> gal at the checkout asked if I had one of their savings cards. Nope. So
> she asked the young man behind me if she could use his card to get me a
> discount. IIRC he was on his way to meet his date and was only buying a
> single long stemmed rose and a card or some such thing. He said sure.
> She swiped his card to get me the discount. How does that help their
> demographic purchasing info? From what they garnered from that
> transaction, this guy likes meat & cheese platters and single long stemmed
> roses. LOL
>
> I'm not saying it never happens. I'm just saying in all these years I've
> never had a telemarketer call me and say we see you bought this, maybe
> you'd like this, too? <shrugs>
>
> Jill


I'm absolutely sure they wouldn't say..."hey so and so sold us a list of
their shoppers and what they bought so we decided to give you a call."
Anyway, using the cards are a choice, so a person has to take the good with
the bad.

Cheri