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Originally Posted by maleficent
Radio Shack used to ask for name address phone number, first born child and a drop of blood, they did that for years, and it's just recently they stopped that policy, due to customer complaints I'm sure, but I don't know why it took so long.
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They needed your address so they could send you their valuable catalog full of ads for transistor radios shaped like frogs, cheap RC cars, and dubious (aka Compaq) computer equipment. For years I put up with it and that catalog followed me everywhere. Finally I said no, and the slave behind the counter hinted that if I didn't give him my address, I "might have trouble" returning the merchandise if anything went wrong. I told him I had better not.
I'm glad they've stopped. Maybe they aren't sending out that damned catalog anymore, or they no longer compile their own mailing lists.