It just irks me. I have money, they have a product, here's the money, give me the product. I don't want to deal with their database BS.
I looked at my options:
A)Give them my birthdate
B)Lie
C)Don't do business with them
I chose C
I went into a local dive shop to make a purchase about a year ago, they wanted my phone number. I told them I didn't give it out/its unlisted. They told me it was necessary because I was using a credit card. I offered cash, they told me they still had to have my phone number. I left the gear on the counter and walked out, telling them, there,-now you don't need my phone number. I don't do business with them, I'm sure they have a great marketing plan but their sales plan stinks.
I just want the merchant to take my money, sell me the gear and stop trying to create the ultimate marketing data base. I get enough junk mail, faxes and telemarketers. I keep a separate dumpster email, just for the crap that is generated from rebates, orders on the internet and the people that buy lists from merchants that collect data.
I don't know who the person is, that is one digit off on my phone number, but I bet they get a lot of telemarketers.