Re: A Glaring Lack of the Obvious

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"Default User" <defaultuserbr@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

Steve Coltrin wrote:

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Robert Hutchinson <servoid@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Steve Coltrin wrote:

The last time I used my credit card at Target, the machine printed
me >> a coupon for my brand of cat food - and I wasn't buying cat
food then. >> Note the use of language - that was the *last time* I
used my credit >> card there.

Was it a popular brand? I see room for coincidence there.

Why, when I paid with credit before or cash after, did they never
give me coupons for dog food, or motor oil, or tampons, or something
else I don't buy?

The register coupon systems I've seen dispense them in response to your
current purchases. Like today, I got a $1.50 coupon for Kikkoman soy
sauce. I had purchased Hoisin.

Hello? See up there where I said I wasn't buying cat food? Nor,
for that matter, any other feline-related product.

It's possible that it happened as you say, but so what? The cards
gather all kinds of data on your purchasing. What's your objection,
that you saw them use it? That seems mighty silly, especially as it was
of benefit to you.

Hello? See up there where I said 'credit card', not 'let us make lists
of what you buy card'? My objection is to them gathering any data
about my purchases, or anyone else's for that matter.

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