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Last time I went into Whole Foods, they wanted to link my purchase to an Amazon account. I certainly didn't want that to happen, so I lied and claimed not to ha
by marssaxman 3y ago
Last time I went into Whole Foods, they wanted to link my purchase to an Amazon account. I certainly didn't want that to happen, so I lied and claimed not to have an account, but it didn't matter - they looked it up anyway when I gave them my credit card. I had thought that sort of thing was incompatible with PCI rules, but apparently not; or maybe Amazon is too big to care.
At any rate I won't be putting my hands on any scanners in Whole Foods. Perhaps I should also be wary of any unmarked glass surfaces in the store which might contain hidden scanners, since they obviously don't care much whether we consent to their data collection, and might just try to capture all of our palmprints anyway...
- garciasn 3y agoBy linking to your Amazon account, you get a 10% Prime discount, if you're a member; it would be like any grocery store loyalty program.
- dmonitor 3y agostores that aggressively sign you up for their loyalty programs are so annoying. every gas station pulls this shit.
- gumby 3y agoDo you get a discount on your whole purchase or just on specially labeled items, which never seem to be something I would want?
- ac29 3y agoThe additional discount is only on sale items
- marssaxman 3y agoYes, they explained that; but I never sign up for loyalty programs, and didn't much appreciate being shanghaied into one.
- JohnFen 3y agoThis sort of thing is exactly why I will not shop at Whole Foods. Amazon is entirely too hungry for data and grabs/correlates it at every single possible opportunity, whether you like it or not.
- neuralRiot 3y agoCash still works.
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- JohnFen 3y agoTrue, but not really the point. It's the attitude of Amazon about data collection in general that I have an issue with. Therefore, I want to avoid being in a place where they have any serious presence or control.