http://stut.net/2008/10/13/requiring_unnecessary_information/ Ramblings of a random software engineer Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:17:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://stut.net/2008/10/13/requiring_unnecessary_information/comment-page-1/#comment-6590 Stut Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:05:02 +0000 http://stut.net/blog/?p=236#comment-6590 Yes and no. Depending on what you're buying some stores require this information for the warranty because most people don't bother to fill in and post the warranty card. However, in that case the store staff should know that and be able to give you that as a reasonable explanation. If it's purely for market research purposes then I agree it's daft. Yes and no. Depending on what you’re buying some stores require this information for the warranty because most people don’t bother to fill in and post the warranty card. However, in that case the store staff should know that and be able to give you that as a reasonable explanation. If it’s purely for market research purposes then I agree it’s daft.

]]> http://stut.net/2008/10/13/requiring_unnecessary_information/comment-page-1/#comment-6585 Tom Barta Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:30:36 +0000 http://stut.net/blog/?p=236#comment-6585 This isn't just a problem on the Internet... most large retails I go to now prompt me for a phone number, email address, zip code, etc. My initial response is always a polite, "No, thank you," but in some cases I get cashiers telling me "The system won't let me complete this order without XXX!" (and inevitably entering junk data when I refuse to comply, since it's really my money that's most important). Whoever designs those systems to require such data is braindead... This isn’t just a problem on the Internet… most large retails I go to now prompt me for a phone number, email address, zip code, etc. My initial response is always a polite, “No, thank you,” but in some cases I get cashiers telling me “The system won’t let me complete this order without XXX!” (and inevitably entering junk data when I refuse to comply, since it’s really my money that’s most important). Whoever designs those systems to require such data is braindead…

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