Re: Radio Shack® policy invites Identity Theft

If the person was signing up for a wireless phone account they do require
the SSN.


"Gnarlodious" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I was flabbergasted at what happened today at a local Radio Shack store.
>
> I was waiting in line with several others while the cashier interrogated a
> customer.
>
> 1) Name, first and last
> 2) Telephone number
> 3) Address
> 4) Social security number
>
> I interrupted his reciting his SS number, demanding loudly why the cashier
> needed to collect this information in public. The cashier, who also is the
> store owner got angry and told me it is Radio Shack policy to collect this
> information as part of the "Contract" between seller and purchaser. I
turned
> to the line of waiting customers and began lecturing about invasion of
> privacy and identity theft. The owner started yelling about how I had to
> leave immediately or he would call the police. So I left.
>
> Please register your dismay at your local Radio Shack store at this policy
> which is an invasion of privacy and invites crime. Do not participate in
> this "Marketing Strategy" which only serves to desensitize consumers as to
> their personal rights.
>
> Thank you & 73
>
> --Rachel
> http://www.qsl.net/k5zn/
>