Rubiranch
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Doug4.7 wrote:
Besides, if "big brother" means our government, they are way too incompetent to be able to actually do something with that data.
Boy ain't that the truth.
I might add; "do anything".
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lwmuddy
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If a store say cash only then report them to the Infernal Revenue Dis-service. Means they are cheating our beloved leader.
If you are worried about being spy upon, then it means that you have something to hide.
If they say "cash Only"I leave. If they say "Minimum Purchase" I leave.
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Frankjake
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Rubiranch wrote:KeninAZ wrote:I absolutely refuse to go into a convenience store to wait in line to pay for my fuel.
My, aren't we spoiled. I remember paying cash or writing a check for every gallon of gas I bought.
But that was back when a service station actually gave you "service". You sat in your car, they filled your tank, washed your windows, check your oil and even added air to your tires if needed. Plus you got a hand full of Blue Chip Stamps. he he he.
To be honest, I much rather pull up to a pump, swipe my card, fill my own tank and be on my way. As far as I'm concerned, the station doesn't even need an employee there, it could be fully automatic (as far as payment).
I think a lot of people who get that 5% cash back when using their cardit card, many of them are also not paying them off every month and are paying 21% interest.
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racefan1965
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Emann wrote:racefan1965 wrote:I haven't carried a single dime in my pocket for years. Everything is purchased with debit or credit cards. No reason to carry cash. If I come across a place that doesn't take cards, I buy elsewhere. Their loss!
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lwmuddy wrote:If you are worried about being spy upon, then it means that you have something to hide.
I had that same thought myself lwmuddy. I'm a open book! I'm a 100% service connected veteran and get all my medical care done by the VA. I use those discount cards that all the grocery stores require you to use to get a certain price and I'm not afraid to contact my congressman with any problems or complaints I might be having that he might be able to help me with. I'm not hiding from the government and have no worries about them knowing exactly what I'm buying or even doing. Let them tap my phone lines or read my web activities... I dare them to actually. I have a 16 year old daughter who loves to talk and go on myspace. Their ears and eyes will be bleeding after a week from all the teenager gossip!
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Liriope
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Do not like cards because you have something to hide? Hardly!! Try this. A man falls in a store from a slick floor. He sue's the store. They pull his history of purchases and note he buys a lot of alcohol. "Their" lawyers used this information to content he was under the influence and that was the reason he fell, not the slick floor. Now think about that before you content some of us have something to hide when we do not like companies keeping track of all our purchase. The above story actually happened.
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Care to point us to a news paper article or police report? I would wager that would stand up in court really good without a blood/alcohol analysis to actually prove he was under the influence at that time. This sounds more like one of the "a friend of a friend" type stories that are really hard to substaniate. Now, if there's an actual newspaper article, or a court reading we can see, then I will admit that that's weird. I've worked for Safeway for close to 10 years and when we have slip falls its our camera footage we use to get proof on a slip-fall case. Its actually why we have all those aisle cameras, NOT for catching shoplifters. Its very rare that anyone is watching those cameras. They're digital streaming cams that are sent back to our california headquarters for storage. Prior to the cameras, the company had a $40,000 out of court policy.
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Doug4.7
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Liriope wrote:Do not like cards because you have something to hide? Hardly!! Try this. ... The above story actually happened. The easy way to fight that story is asking the store if they have any proof the guy was "under the influence" at the time of the fall. When the store is unable to provide any proof (other than they guy did buy alcohol), the store loses.
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Doug4.7
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Liriope wrote:...we do not like companies keeping track of all our purchase.... I would love for my grocery store to really understand what I do and do not buy. That way, they would stop sending me coupons for diapers (my kids are all teens now). Tell me about (and give me coupons for) products that I don't buy that I might actually like (based on my purchase habits).
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Frankjake
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Liriope wrote:Do not like cards because you have something to hide? Hardly!! Try this. A man falls in a store from a slick floor. He sue's the store. They pull his history of purchases and note he buys a lot of alcohol. "Their" lawyers used this information to content he was under the influence and that was the reason he fell, not the slick floor. Now think about that before you content some of us have something to hide when we do not like companies keeping track of all our purchase. The above story actually happened.
Sounds to me like the guy didn't have a very good attorney. The 2nd lesson: always pay cash for your alcohol.
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racefan1965
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Liriope wrote:Do not like cards because you have something to hide? Hardly!! Try this. A man falls in a store from a slick floor. He sue's the store. They pull his history of purchases and note he buys a lot of alcohol. "Their" lawyers used this information to content he was under the influence and that was the reason he fell, not the slick floor. Now think about that before you content some of us have something to hide when we do not like companies keeping track of all our purchase. The above story actually happened.
Yeah... IMO this is another story for snopes. Just because a person buys a lot of alcohol doesn't mean that person is the one using it. This case would never even make it to court. Think about it!
Show me proof it did make it to court and happened the way you say it did and I'll apologize.
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