On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 05:39:16 -0500, sd > wrote:
> In article >, The Ranger > wrote:
> > As has been said oft enough but ingored before the sentence
> > is finished, if you don't like the store and it's cards, don't shop
> > there. There _are_ alternatives in every major city across the
> > world. Many of these same alternatives offer cheaper prices
> > and a more-specific set of merchandize to their clientele than
> > any of the larger chains.
> >
> I agree with you for the most part, but I still think there's a fairer
> way to reward loyalty. As a single person, I can't hope to compete
> for"best customer" if all they go by is register ring. I can do _all_
> my shopping at SuperMarket and chat them up big-time with my
> family and friends and all I get for my loyalty is a distant second
> behind someone who shows up most weeks and buys only half
> the groceries for their family of four or five? Now if their data
> mine was smart enough to normalize the ring against household size ....

I would bet this will be done in the future once the "public"
understands that Big Brother (those rilly-nasty insurance pigs, Da
Guv'mint, Black Ops Orgs, and cranky barristers all hand-holding as we
buy E-V-I-L foods and beverages) isn't going to use the data that's
mined.

Personally, I shop all over so I'd never be in that premier level,
either, so it's moot with me.

The Ranger
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