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Egghead Customer? Your Data Goes To Fry's

Posted by timothy on from the fry'd-eggheads dept.

An anonymous reader says: "I bought some things from onsale.com, which then became egghead.com. Somewhere in that time, their credit card database got jacked, for which they sent me a nice e-mail saying everything was ok. Now I've got a mail that I don't like at all, with the subject 'IMPORTANT MESSAGE REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF YOUR CUSTOMER INFORMATION.' Well. that's pretty much it. egghead.com info will go to Fry's Electronics, unless the customer explicitly requests that it not. How often does it happen that when a company goes under that they just sell their customer info and just not tell anyone?" Here are links to the Egghead info page and privacy and security policy.

6 of 213 comments (clear)

  1. The big question is... by caseydk · · Score: 3, Funny

    So who owns Fry's? Is it Disney or MS or AOL-TW?

  2. Nothing to see here. Move along. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    1. Egghead is warning you a priori
    2. You can opt-out
    3. If you don't opt-out, Fry's (or whoever actually ends up as top bidder) will still be bound by the original privacy agreement you agreed to
    4. what more do you want from them? $100 and a blowjob?
  3. Re:No way things can change... by BrookHarty · · Score: 3, Funny

    Exactly, we should opensource all Terrorist movements.

    -
    GPL isnt only for software anymore!

  4. Why not buy it from some Russian hacker? by fmaxwell · · Score: 4, Funny

    If Fry's really wanted the egghead.com customer database, why didn't they just buy it from some 15 year old Russian hacker?

  5. Going to Fry's? Pay with a check. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    Those bastards... I bought $5000 worth of computer gear (laptop + lots of other stuff) -- I could put this on my credit card, but why pay with a card... They called like 6 million people, verified the check, my id, they called my wife. They filled out a lot of forms. Then the drone hands me my copy of thier forms, I put it in my bag and walked out. Post frisking, at the car I noticed MY CHECK IN THE BAG. No fucking WAY I'm going back inside and waiting another half hour.


    Anyhow, next day I got a call from them. I asked the dude how long I waited at the register and he said he just watched it, 34 minutes. I made them call me back a few times but in the end I agreed to let thier drones come to my house and give me a gift certificate in exchange for a new check. When the drones got here I made them wait about 20 minutes while I called thier bosses and made sure who they were and got some other people on the phone to describe them. I always pay by check at fry's now...

  6. Re:I succeeded by Mark_Hopkins · · Score: 2, Funny

    I got the e-mail, followed the link, entered my user name and password (fortunately written down a while ago, since I've not bought anything from them in tears) and they claim I've been removed.

    So, do you normally cry when you buy things?

    -Mark