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It's almost like listening to my crazy rants predicts the future.
Hope you guys don't have those loyalty rewards cards to grocery stores or pharmacies. Oh, who am I kidding? All of you do.
Does it count if they're all just copies of someone else's cards?
I mean, good luck shopping without them. All shops artificially inflate the prices without them and then act like you're getting a huge discount. For example, Tesco, as much as 100% price increase without their loyalty card, and most products have some. At least a 25% price increase.
Eh, my store doesn't require using the loyalty card to get discounts, the loyalty card is only useful for gas discounts, which I'm not going to use anyway because I already get decent discounts on Costco gas. So I don't bother w/ the loyalty card because screw that noise.
If a store requires a loyalty card for competitive prices, I shop at a competitor that doesn't require that BS, or I use my parents' phone number or something.
One creepy thing though is that banks can still track my transactions because I tend to use the same card. I bought something at Home Depot the other day and opted for the emailed receipt (needed to apply for a rebate), and I didn't have to enter my email in because they recognized my card and linked it to another time when I had them email a receipt (or maybe it was an online account for delivery). So in response, I try to cycle which card I use at a given store so they hopefully don't associate my data, but I think purchases are tied to my name, so it probably still happens.
Yeah, I just stopped buying products.
Jenny's number: (area code) 867-5309
Of course it probably doesn't matter if you also use a credit card to make the purchase - every single purchase is fed into your personal consumer profile.
In some cases you trade the purchase history information for the 2% cash back or whatever.
You can also use a service like privacy.com to get credit card numbers for online services for a modicum of privacy.
Yup. I just purchased something from Home Depot and opted for the emailed receipt (needed for a rebate), and they didn't ask for my email because they could look it up from my credit card (must have used the same card to order something online). In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if they get the card owner's name as well, so it might not matter which card you use.