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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!! I have been saying the same thing for years I will not shop at Randalls, Kroger, or CVS unless there is NO other way. It burns me up why not just sell me the milk for $3.50 instead of 4.00 if you can!! My personal boycott is I will drive further to HEB or Wal-Mart passing 2 Krogers and a Randalls before I stop there to use a card.

(you should repost this on the daily message board I think you will get alot of hits)

IT IS A SCAM TO GET YOU INTO THE STORE ! RANDALLS AND KROGER DO IT EVERY DAY . RANDALLS HAS THIS " SPEND $50.00 IN GROCERIES AND WE'LL TAKE 10 CENTS OF EVERY GALLON OF GAS YOU BUY FROM OUT PUMP ." SO WHAT CAN YOU SAVE ? $ 2.00 IF THAT . I GETS PEOPLE INTO THE STORES THOUGH . THEY DOO KEEP RECORDS ON WHAT YOU BUY . HEY ANDREA IS CORRECT !

I have never did one of those cards because I alway sthought they were a way fo rthe companies to keep information on you... Everyone thought I was paranoid......
Now I am glad to sse someone agrees with me. Those cards are nothing but a ploy to get us shoppers into the stores and keep 'tabs' on you. Now I go into a Dollar General the other day and they want my phone number I say no so the cashier tells me I can't purchase the toilet tissue I went in there to get....So now I have to give my phone number to buy toilet tissue.......... What is the world coming to?!

These cards do get you discounts, but they allow stores to track your sepnding habits. That's worth far more money to them than any discount they give you.

As someone who at one time worked for a grocery company, I can say that those cards are indeed used to track shopping trends and for stores to have your name and address to send you their promotions. I worked for the one that did not use the card, but I find myself being a 'sheep' and using the cards at these places. I do try to use one for 'racking up' airline frequent flyer miles like Ned would. I am a comparison shopper anyhow so I try to maximize my discounts whenever possible.