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I refuse to give my mobile number at grocery stores though they tempt me with offers/discounts :)

• elcritch 6y ago
  Apparently some enterprising people will lookup that store’s number in an map app and use that. It’s common enough habit that many stores already have an account. ;)
• cblconfederate 6y ago
  which is a fair bargain - you still have the option to opt out , but others have the option to get the offers. Demanding that nobody should have access to those bargains reeks of snobism imho
• Cthulhu_ 6y ago
  As is your right, and IIRC in my country, they are not allowed to deny you the discount if you don't want to leave your personal data. But that's groceries, things like lucky draws / prizes / etc are not required to let you participate if you don't fill in the forms. Anyway, there's one supermarket here with a loyalty card program (instead of an 'anonymous' discount / deal-of-the-week scheme), you get the card for free and it Just Works, and they ask you to register but it's not mandatory. Doesn't matter that much to them; while they do not have your details to e-mail you offers and the like, they still have a user profile, a unique number where they log all the purchases to.