Excessive DOB requests

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I wanted to get a post in before this either got locked or Mr. Fred got banned.

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Originally Posted by us1911

BigDee. I agree with your assessment when it comes to the wine store I visit. They have a MANDATORY requirement to enter your DOB from your drivers license to allegedly protect them from underage liquor purchases. Every time I go there I have to call the manager over and tell him he can verify my id but if the clerk had to enter my PII into his terminal I would not be making this or any future purchases at his store. I am (usually) able to walk out with a $300+ bottle of wine or scotch and have my way.

The thing that creeped me out in this case was her volunteered RESPONSE......

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WOW!!! You buy 300 dollar bottles of wine?

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Originally Posted by Herman

WOW!!! You buy 300 dollar bottles of wine?

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No kidding. 18 year old Glenlivet runs about $95 or so IIRC so what's a $300 bottle of scotch, 35 years old?

I've been know to buy 300 bottles of $1 wine.

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Originally Posted by BigDee

Age demographics are a huge deal these days, many businesses track age and buying patterns to determine who and what to market to based on aged based buying habits.

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Yup, I know some of the stuff we do has to deal with age. I'm guessing (don't know for sure, since I don't do the analyst stuff) that older people tend to donate more to causes (political or charitable), so likely the older you are the higher you'd score in our models.

I absolutely despise the data mining effort that most retailers try to force on you during checkout. When I go to buy something and they start asking for information I simply tell them "No Thanks" and most of the time that works. When they don't accept that answer and push for my information I tell them that as soon as they give me their personal information I will give them mine. That usually results in an interesting interaction that goes like this....."I am sorry sir, but I need ABC123 info to complete the sale"..... Then I say "Ok, give me your personal information first". The clerk usually says "Why would I give you MY information?".... Then I say "Why do you feel it not appropriate to give your personal information to a stranger when you are asking me to do the same thing?". At that point 99% of the time they skip the info gathering portion of the sale and get it done with. I have had to stop the sale, return the merchandise and leave empty handed a couple of times.

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Originally Posted by KevDen2005

I wanted to get a post in before this either got locked or Mr. Fred got banned.

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You did well....



I wonder what you people do when a store asks for your zip code..... Does your heart start to race and your palms get sweaty because you fear the aliens might be tracking you so they can come probe you later?

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What do you mean by you people?

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Originally Posted by KevDen2005

I wanted to get a post in before this either got locked or Mr. Fred got banned again.

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Fixed.