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Hm...interesting.
I answered "yes, I really don't care," but now I'm not so sure.
Once I buy something, it's my property, right? And I have a right to privacy. I'm not easily embarassed, so it wouldn't bother me to have the guard know I bought 3 Russ Meyer DVDs (do they even sell those at Best Buy?), but it might bother someone else. And what's the point, anyhow, if they have security cameras and magnetic theft detectors anyhow?
I think I'm going to start saying "no thanks," too, when they ask to see my receipt. Not that I will ever shop at Best Buy anyhow.
I'm starting to get downright paranoid about information privacy now. If you want discounts at the grocery store, you have to fill out an application for a frequent shopper card so they can harvest data about you. Every store seems to ask for your zip code (I don't even refuse to give them one, I just give them the wrong one to fuck with them). Honestly, it's enough to make me start paying cash for everything and refusing to give out any information to anybody. I have a T-shirt I made that has a bar-code on it that really does read "consumer" if you scan it with the right kind of machine. I hope I'm being ironic and not prophetic.
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