Why does the cashier in stores ask for your phone number when you buy merchandise (things from the store)?
Answer:
Companies do that to determine which part of town you travelled from. They want to know how far people are coming to shop at their store.
They keep track of everything you buy. They use it for their own purposes. If they have deals on certain things they know you like, you may get a call or mail out. What people buy in certain areas also helps the business stock the things they know they will sell.
It is their way of tracking you. Phone numbers are linked to addresses. (www.zabasearch.com) with phone numbers they can
1. keep track of what that household buys
2. send mailings to your house, flyers
3. sell their address listings to other companies so they can call and mail you junk.
4. serves as a back up incase the CSI unit comes looking for you if that item was used in a crime. lol
its mainly a marketing ploy.
you can do like i do, give them the number to the local weather line. lol
It means they like you and think you are attractive.
they usually get your phone number or zip code to try and figure out where is a good place to build another store
If you are uncomfortable giving out that info, just say.."No Thanks". It's not mandatory for you to tell anyone your phone number or zip code.
For marketing purposes usually, some stores ]like auto parts stores do it for warranty purposes.
If I'm at a regular dept store, I simply tell them I don't give out that information, how about they use
theirs instead.
It's all about the advertising. If a store finds out that more and more people are coming in from a specific area code or zip code, then they can expand their advertising. It also keeps track of the types of things that people from that area tend to buy, so they can target their ads specifically to those people.
It would be awsome if they were all hot attractive young guys..
Unfortunally. they are all older women working side jobs for health insurance.
Sucky!
Marketing reasons...the area code tells the company where people are coming from.
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