No you are NOT having my personal details.

dragonsoup

Anyone as hacked off as I am by every man and his dog wanting your personal details?. Waitrose tried it a couple of weeks ago. Why should I give the checkout girl my postcode.

PC World tried it today. I bought a new gizmo. Can I just flash my CC? No she wants my address "for the record so they can trace the sale if I have a problem in the first 28 day" I refused and she had to call the manager to let me buy it. Absolutely ridiculous.

mrbadexample

I've had similar booking into hotels:

Them: "I'll need to swipe your credit card sir, in case you order anything."

Me: "That won't be necessary, if I order anything I'll settle up when I leave."

Them: "I'll have to take it now I'm afraid."

Me: "I haven't got one."

Them: "Oh."

gizmoleeds

dragonsoup wrote:

PC World tried it today. I bought a new gizmo.

You bought one of my relatives? - shame on you. :mad: This kind of slavery should be banned

Peter-Pan_5

good on you dragonsoup,yes we are all fed up with this lark,can I have your

date of birth and post code sir.in Asda Walmart giving them a coupon for Walls ice cream.

WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT eh

greenwich

Well done. I often find that when signing up for some website they ask for date of birth for no good reason. I always decline. And I don't ever answer those detailed questions, including salary and ages of children, that you get asked on the warranty registration cards you get with new products.

spl0dge_2

yes, this annoys me too.
The only way to stop it, is to ask it back to them.
Say "Yes, I also need your postcode, house number and date of birth as well".
It's called "A level playing field".
Ask for their DNA profile also, then it will get back to "management" - who enforce all of this crap.

In fact, you are the customer, so you have more right to ask it than they do.

The people on the counter are just following orders, so it's not their fault, but it will soon be passed back to management if they are getting a hard time.

ben500

It's not just when you are purchasing.
Often on your own doorstep during your favourite tv programme you will get "Is your telephone with BT?" "Do you realise you can save money by switching your gas supply are you with British Gas?" "Are you the owner of the property?" the list is endless, there have been skirmishes in our household when the doorbell goes in our eagerness to answer a call to one of these unsuspecting intruders into our lives, we all have the same answer to their questions, "What on earth has that got to do with you and what are you ringing my bell for to ask me such personal questions?" the reaction is always the same the poor unsuspecting fly falls foul of the spider and recoils but all attempts at escape are inevitably futile, "more to the point who do you have your credit card with?" says we, "where did you buy that jacket and how much did you pay for it?" "Do you know where I can get discount on a plasma screen?" "Did you bring any light bulbs the one in the bathroom has just blown" works a treat on electricity sellers!! :rotfl:

Just bombard them with questions and you won't need to tell them to F**k off then!

ben500

In the case of stores just ask them if they have registered under the data protection act to obtain and store this information and for what purpose, can you view the data they have stored at any time and how you would make such a request, would there be any fee involved, and do they intend to supply your personal data to any third party, and if so for what purpose would that third party use your data, and also would that third party in turn have any reason or desire to supply to further parties and what access you might have to the data in those circumstances and would there be secondary fees incurred by yourself in obtaining such information. Fire it back at them I say.

Lucie_2

ben500 wrote:

"Did you bring any light bulbs the one in the bathroom has just blown" works a treat on electricity sellers!! :rotfl:

This I like!!!! LOL

I always answer their questions literally:
"can I ask your name?" "yes"
" can I have 5 minutes of your time?" "no"

zappomatic

dragonsoup wrote:

Anyone as hacked off as I am by every man and his dog wanting your personal details?. Waitrose tried it a couple of weeks ago. Why should I give the checkout girl my postcode.

All they were doing was trying to find out how far their customers travel to shop with them. Is that really so bad? The John Lewis Partnership is not the sort of business to sneakily sign you up for junk and sell your details.

IvanOpinion

On the hotel front they do it because a lot of people ni the past used to scarper without paqying their bills (common theft). One hotel continually send me money off vouchers and deals because they have my information.

There are a lot of opportunists/scum out there that will swap receipts, serial numbers etc. to try to get their money back - I recently saw someone who had damaged a game CD buy another one at the shop swap the CDs then return it - saying that it had been a present but the person already had it ... they then even had the cheek to make a scene in the shop because they only offered her a credit note instead of her money back.

This is a case of us reaping what we sow.

Therefore to try to alleviate this and for marketing purposes more and more people are collecting as much information about everyone as possible. It sfunny how people can change their minds about informaiton though when it suits them ... I have heard (on another board) one instance of someone getting their back up over being asked personal information but then becoming very agreeable when they learned that they would earn a £5 voucher. Even on this board there have been postings were people get vouchers etc. for signing up for things - what happened their principles about not giving out personal information?????

How many people would turn round at customs and refuse to answer their questions - which can be much more personal (proctologists just love people who shout about their human rights). It is obvious that there is only a problem when people feel they have the right to question it.

I have recently, out of the blue, received a £20 voucher and a further 20% off from a shop because I have not been in for over a year. Since I need a new suit within the next few weeks I was actually intending to drop in - strangely enough I got this because I supplied them with my address when I bought my last suit (thought nothing of it .. it was worth it).

Maybe the information is being asked for warranty purposes? Get over it ... most of you are just not important enough to worry about a shop asking for information that is available on the public domain anyway.

Ivan