I know an employee who was fired for using coupons printed out of the register for other customers, so the employee was fired. The Kroger Customer service department says they don't care who uses the coupons. But the store thinks they lose money if employees use them, even though coupons encourage people to buy, so who cares if it is an employee. If these coupons are so identified with the customer who generated them, then the app and/or the loyalty card is probably collecting a lot more personal information that anyone knows about or would want to give up.
It's not just the loyalty card. If you use a credit card then the company know who you are and what you bought. Walmart can even generate a profile of your purchase history and assign them to your online account just by the credit card you used. I had an account of frequently purchased items populated for me just by signing up for their online service. Kroger probably does the same.
They also use bluetooth to track your phone while you're inside the store and base their store layouts based on that information.
-- Edited by BagBoy on Saturday 29th of August 2020 07:42:42 PM
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I know an employee who was fired for using coupons printed out of the register for other customers, so the employee was fired. The Kroger Customer service department says they don't care who uses the coupons. But the store thinks they lose money if employees use them, even though coupons encourage people to buy, so who cares if it is an employee. If these coupons are so identified with the customer who generated them, then the app and/or the loyalty card is probably collecting a lot more personal information that anyone knows about or would want to give up.
Who is the Kroger Customer Service Department, are you saying the 1-800 Number? The Store isn't losing any money when a coupon is legitimately being used at checkout. The problem with employees using coupons they didn't legitimately earn is all about honesty. What would happen if a customer left money behind at checkout? Does the employee have the right to take it? Say the customer purchased something that gave them $10.00 off their next purchase, does the employee have the right to keep this coupon if it was left behind? How do you know if the coupon was "left behind" or if the employee decided to not give it to the customer?
It's not just the loyalty card. If you use a credit card then the company know who you are and what you bought. Walmart can even generate a profile of your purchase history and assign them to your online account just by the credit card you used. I had an account of frequently purchased items populated for me just by signing up for their online service. Kroger probably does the same.
They also use bluetooth to track your phone while you're inside the store and base their store layouts based on that information.
-- Edited by BagBoy on Saturday 29th of August 2020 07:42:42 PM
If you have Bluetooth option turned off, how can they track you inside the store? Its not Kroger's business....but to tell them that may anger them, but oh well
I know an employee who was fired for using coupons printed out of the register for other customers, so the employee was fired. The Kroger Customer service department says they don't care who uses the coupons. But the store thinks they lose money if employees use them, even though coupons encourage people to buy, so who cares if it is an employee. If these coupons are so identified with the customer who generated them, then the app and/or the loyalty card is probably collecting a lot more personal information that anyone knows about or would want to give up.
That employee could have been a bad apple and they were looking for an excuse to fire them. I have seen it happen before many times.
mega-kitteh wrote:
BagBoy wrote:
It's not just the loyalty card. If you use a credit card then the company know who you are and what you bought. Walmart can even generate a profile of your purchase history and assign them to your online account just by the credit card you used. I had an account of frequently purchased items populated for me just by signing up for their online service. Kroger probably does the same.
They also use bluetooth to track your phone while you're inside the store and base their store layouts based on that information.
-- Edited by BagBoy on Saturday 29th of August 2020 07:42:42 PM
If you have Bluetooth option turned off, how can they track you inside the store? Its not Kroger's business....but to tell them that may anger them, but oh well
Speaking of the tracking when you pull up to click list if you have location on a blue banner pops up at the top of the screen on iPhones.
-- Edited by i386 on Sunday 30th of August 2020 06:58:45 AM
-- Edited by i386 on Sunday 30th of August 2020 06:59:46 AM
It's not just the loyalty card. If you use a credit card then the company know who you are and what you bought. Walmart can even generate a profile of your purchase history and assign them to your online account just by the credit card you used. I had an account of frequently purchased items populated for me just by signing up for their online service. Kroger probably does the same.
They also use bluetooth to track your phone while you're inside the store and base their store layouts based on that information.
-- Edited by BagBoy on Saturday 29th of August 2020 07:42:42 PM
If you have Bluetooth option turned off, how can they track you inside the store? Its not Kroger's business....but to tell them that may anger them, but oh well
bluetooth doesnt matter youre phone can still be tracked.
I was told by a friend that There is ways around that. Have the phone on airplane mode. No calls in or out, no internet (for smartphones), no tracking. use a "dummy phone number" if you want to use coupons and not be tracked. Kroger will not find out (unless you tell them) and there's nothing they can do about it.
I was told by a friend that There is ways around that. Have the phone on airplane mode. No calls in or out, no internet (for smartphones), no tracking. use a "dummy phone number" if you want to use coupons and not be tracked. Kroger will not find out (unless you tell them) and there's nothing they can do about it.
Everything can be tracked unless you only use cash. It funny how people are all about "Big Brother", but don't understand your credit card or debit card also allows for the track of your spending and shopping habits.
