RadioShack Stops Being Nosy

jackbang writes "One small but positive step in the gradual erosion of personal privacy and increase of corporate intrusiveness - RadioShack will no longer ask for your name and address when all you want to do is buy some batteries. Now if only they would agree to remove the motion sensor that rings a bell every time someone walks in or out of the store..." Always freaked me out being asked my address just to buy some solder or something.

Comments

Just Say No

[verch]

Is this such big news? I would always just say no. The practice I would prefer to see them end is the one where 7 high school dropouts run up to me to try and help me find what I need but then have no idea what I'm talking about if I ask for anything other than a battery.

Re:I remember that

[plover]

It's hard to imagine someone getting fired for such a stupid reason. It's not like there are thousands of people standing in line to get hired by Radio Shack...

And I'm not very sorry if I got some guy in trouble, because I'd always bitch if they started typing in fake data on my behalf. The scenario went "can I have you name and address, please?" and I'd say, "No." They'd start typing in phone number "0000" for the search, and I'd say "NO, THAT'S NOT ME, YOU MAY NOT TYPE IN A NAME AND ADDRESS ON THIS SALE." They'd get pissed, but too damn bad.

I've thought it was a crock of sh!t since the 70's and I continued to think it was a crock until today. This is the first good consumer privacy news I've heard in a long time.