Best Buy Is Thriving in the Age of Amazon

Re:Best Buy Is Thriving in the Age of Amazon by kop316 on Thursday July 19, 2018 @11:05AM (#17566964)

I am curious how they are "very aggressive". What happens with me is they say "what is your phone number?" and I say "no thank you", and they just skip it. Though it may just be my experience with them.

You are correct with the credit card, they will most likely track you, but you have the option to use cash if you wish.

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Re:Best Buy Is Thriving in the Age of Amazon by pm90 on Thursday July 19, 2018 @04:39PM (#17570054)

The only way to be free from tracking is to:

1. Not provide your email address 2. Pay in Cash 3. Don't give your home address

That is literally the only way you can't be tracked. But there are so many times you are prompted to provide that information:

* would you like a receipt to be sent to your email address? * would you like to sign up for our debit card and get $40 in savings? * would you like us to home deliver this free accessory which is unfortunately not in stock at this time?

You have to have Stallman level of rigor if you are serious about not being tracked.

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Re:Best Buy Is Thriving in the Age of Amazon by kop316 on Friday July 20, 2018 @09:15AM (#17574681)

I have never had the third one happen to me honestly. But really I just politely say "no" each time. It really hasn't been a big deal for me, but your experience my be different than mine.

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Re:Best Buy Is Thriving in the Age of Amazon by larkeith on Thursday July 19, 2018 @07:24PM (#17571238)

...or you pay with card, politely decline a membership and email receipt, and provide a trivial amount of tracking data compared to the amount Amazon gets from you merely visiting a product's page.

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Re:Best Buy Is Thriving in the Age of Amazon by pm90 on Thursday July 19, 2018 @07:35PM (#17571296)

Isn't your credit card information something that can be used to determine your identity?

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Re:Best Buy Is Thriving in the Age of Amazon by larkeith on Friday July 20, 2018 @10:51PM (#17580465)

Yes, but unfortunately credit card transactions get sold to third parties by the CC companies regardless, so it's quite possible Amazon gets to track me with that either way.

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Re:Best Buy Is Thriving in the Age of Amazon by 3rdAccount on Thursday July 19, 2018 @01:35PM (#17568632)

Yea, I politely say no to everything. Boy, do they have a lot of questions though.

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Re:Best Buy Is Thriving in the Age of Amazon by twothamendment on Thursday July 19, 2018 @04:53PM (#17570167)

I love the puzzled looks of clerks when they ask for my phone number or address and I decline. I've only once had to resort to "I can make up a phone number if you really want one".

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Re:Best Buy Is Thriving in the Age of Amazon by 3rdAccount on Thursday July 19, 2018 @06:22PM (#17570857)

Haha, or when they tell me the data will be kept confidential. I can't help but laugh at that.

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