kramer's line

Does anyone remember what Kramer said about "messing" with people's heads? I seem to remember Elaine stating that, in general, people don't maliciously try to mess with strangers, to which Kramer

Yeah, it was something like "...then why does Radio Shack always ask for you phone number when all you want to do is buy batteries".

How true.

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Just curious -- is this really true?

-Sean Peirce

[email] (Sean Peirce) wrote:

Yes it is. I thought this was a really funny line, since most of us have made a lousy dollar-fifty purchase and were given the full questionairre treatment!

[email] (Jonathan Roppolo) wrote:

I thougtht so too..I laughed so hard when he said that

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Not as often now but they still do sometimes if its not busy. I can remember my own father at the radio shack at the mall yelling quitely (only my dad can yell quietly) at the sale clerk in about 1977 or so "Why in the Hell do you Guy's ask for my phone # when all I want is these two Bateries.....What the Hell even makes you think I HAVE a telephone....Do these bateries LOOK like phone batteries to you" He went on like that for about a minute and a half (we did have a phone he was just makeing a point) and I swear I went in there a hundred times over the next ten years and NEVER got asked for my phone # agian.

It's like a family joke now me and my wife just looked at each other and started laughing when Krammer said it.

They ask because your phone number is your customer number too and if they have your address (from a warentee reg card or if you gave it to them) they will send you a catalogue in the mail........it also helps them in setting up new stores if they know a lot of people are driving 10 miles to a store maybe they should open one it that town too. Etc. you get the idea.

Yeggster.

[email] (Sean Peirce) wrote:

Radio Shack likes to keep track of what customers buy. Apparently, it helps them study marketing. When I buy batteries (or anything else) at Radio Shack, they ask me the last 4 digits of my phone number. Sometimes I tell them. Somtimes I don't. If I pay cash, they cannot demand any more information. They can always ask, though, and they do.

Radio Shack does ask you for the last four digits of your phone number. This is used as a key to a central database of customers which that particular Radio Shack serves. They type in the digits, and boom, there's your name, address, etc. It's pretty neat.

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Why is this neat? I find it annoying, especially when I'm from out-of-town and they still want info on me. They only want it so they can send more junk mail. And it's not a foolproof system after all--more than one person will have those same last four numbers.

Why get mad? Just say no. Bill

hey, we all know that's too easy

i've been asked for my entire address when buying batteries!

i just say no

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K-man replies something to the effect of :" sure they do, whay does Radio Shack ask for your phone number when you buy batteries?"