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Bluzmann57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:10 PM Original message |
Why the hell does a corporation need my phone no.? |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. You paid with cash and was taking the door with you? |
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vets74 (714 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 06:49 AM Response to Reply #1 |
46. Why the Hell does FACEBOOK demand my phone number ??? Branch office of CIA/DIA/NSA/FBI/Cointelpro ?? |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. Give 'em a fake number, like I do. |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. i give them the wrong number. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. I've given fake numbers, too, mostly |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 09:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. area code 555-1212. Many younger people don't recognize information. It works in most |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 05:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
38. Here is a list of phone numbers to use depending... |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
3. Because corporations are people too, and want to be your friend |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. The story I got was that they used the phone number to look up the transaction |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. I've heard flimsy excuses for craporations demanding personal information |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. Best Buy does that same shit |
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Fuddnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. They wouldn't sell me a dvd player (a gift) without it. |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. They have yet to go that far with me |
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RufusTFirefly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #10 |
21. Funny you should mention Radio Shack... |
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sammytko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. I purchased my iPhone from Radio Shack and never received any spam e-mail |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 06:29 AM Response to Reply #10 |
43. I would have gone higher. |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 05:53 AM Response to Reply #5 |
39. Next time you are asked for phone number... |
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PoliticAverse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
6. What was the 'large corporate hardware place' ? n/t |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
8. 767-2676 |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. Over the weekend my husband and I received full color ad brochures from a nearby hospital |
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cvoogt (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. sue them |
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ohheckyeah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. When they ask for mine I just say |
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mnhtnbb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
13. I just say "no thank you" and never have a problem. They want to sell |
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Celebration (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
15. their marketing department uses the phone number |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
17. I'm glad to oblige them |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
18. 867-5309 is one I've used frequently n/t |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
19. Why argue with them? Just make something up. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
20. If I HAVE to give a phone number I give them my old landline |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 07:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
25. That's what I do - |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
22. Mainly I'm just tired of no/fake personality anymore |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. I agree completely. |
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Bladian (308 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 09:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. She would've gotten in trouble if she didn't ask. |
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OnlinePoker (837 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
23. Find the number for your most hated politician and give it to them. n/t |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
24. When anyone insists that they need my number for their sales |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 05:58 AM Response to Reply #24 |
40. Can I suggest a number you should use? |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 07:20 AM Response to Reply #40 |
47. to do all that I'd have to dig the phone out of my pocket |
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SkyDaddy7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:56 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Or just memorize the number, maybe? |
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lost-in-nj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
26. I just tell them it's unlisted |
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sammytko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 08:41 PM Response to Original message |
27. IF its lowes or HD, they use your phone number to let you return things without a receipt |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 06:31 AM Response to Reply #27 |
44. Not for a cash transaction, they couldn't. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
31. For future reference.... |
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Faryn Balyncd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
34. Tell them that you need the CEO's home address, home telephone & cell phone number for your records. |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 04:49 AM Response to Original message |
35. I always just tell them to put their own number in there - makes them pause |
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Sen. Walter Sobchak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 05:14 AM Response to Original message |
36. When pressed I just say my phone number is 714-781-4565 |
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TransitJohn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 05:22 AM Response to Original message |
37. It's so that they can match your movement patterns after they buy your location data from Verizon |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 06:32 AM Response to Reply #37 |
45. Not if you don't have a cell-phone. :-) |
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reggie the dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 06:07 AM Response to Original message |
41. when i pay cash i refuse to give any info |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
42. Drones. Sad, ignorant, unquestioning drones. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 07:28 AM Response to Original message |
48. KMart asked for my email address |
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DaveJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
49. Seriously? There are lots of reasons. |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. "Mainly, it is for marketing. " |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 12:31 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. You don't need someone's phone number or a 'sophisticated algorithm' to figure out what's selling. |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
51. Corporations are highly aggressive. |
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bobthedrummer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-28-11 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
53. To sell and trade it Bluzmann57, it's part of The BEAST... |
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