I think I'll just shop elsewhere, thanks
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I wonder whether it ever occurs to normies that surrendering PII in order to transact amounts to hidden cost inflation
Would it make a difference if they did? Here in the UK every supermarket has a loyalty card scheme. I held out for a long time but eventually I simply couldn't afford to pay the effective 20% premium for not using it
Depends on what value you place on your consumption data. I'd argue the scheme participants are the ones paying a premium.
A. Bug an employee even where this system is implemented.
B. If I had no other choice than to use the app: Open the cabinet, take a dozen products, close the cabinet, "decide" against buying some and leave them on an adjacent shelf.
(Edit) C: just "forget" to close the shelf. I'm not trained to handle their BS system.
My first choice of action would be to walk out the door. My second choice of action would be to walk out the door.
Just take the shelf apart. I'm sure it's just some shitty plastic flap with a crappy lock. Cheapest crap they can get.
If the Walmart/target cases are anything to go by, it's a basic universal tubular lock. You can by a decoder/pick for like $10
Yeah but they're a little tricky to use, you can't just bump them.
Also I would not recommend doing it at all in the first place.
You're right but it's funny to think that you could be hassled for breaking into a box with the intention of purchasing its contents.
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D) Turn around and shop elsewhere
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Fuck the very idea of buying anything at CVS other than a prescription. Their prices are predatory high.
And I wouldn't install their fucking app on Bea Arthur's phone.
Some stores have started requiring the app to get your prescription. Happened to me. They actually made me install the app before they would fill my Rx. I stopped using that store and went to another neighborhood.
Hard no to that. As if they are denying people medicine because they want to harvest your information.
Should be illegal. But corpos own this country so here we are.
Depending on how primary care works where you are
tell your doctor too
Sometimes they don't hear about the problems with pharmacies or other places they refer people to. Letting them know means that they can send people elsewhere
This is dystopian level privacy nightmare.
I just got a prescription yesterday and that didn't happen so hopefully they don't roll it out everywhere. I would find a different pharmacy.
I pick up a client's meds as part of my job. It's through Safeway, and I can't get text notifications anymore when they are ready for pickup, I have to use the app, and I have to have push notifications turned on, so more than half of the notifications are some BS ad for safeway, trying to tempt me into buying bread or some shit. The guy takes over twenty medications, so it's kind of a nightmare.
That's almost worth having a dedicated burner phone for.
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nope, never happening.
"Do my job for me?"
"No."
Mentally ill CEO dreams up the perfect dystopia where the customer does everything.
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Access would require being logged into the CVS app and connected to the store’s Wi-Fi
Wow. I had to check if the page is the onion
For this to work, you need to download and install the app, and sign up for CVS’ loyalty program. In the store, you need to be logged into the app and connected to the store’s Wi-Fi, and have Bluetooth turned on.
And drink verification can
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CVS wants me to stop shopping with them.
I'll just goto a fucking supermarket. It's faster. Yes, even with the checkouts.
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I'm just not gonna shop at CVS
That’s a great idea if the goal is to make sure I don’t shop at CVS anymore.
Or, just maybe, they could adequately staff their stores instead of constantly running skeleton crews. If they were actually sincere with their cries of high theft, more employees on the floor could deter would-be thieves, while also giving them time to help customers when needed and pack out product so the place doesn't always look like an obstacle course left in the wake of a hurricane, with piles of stuff on the floor blocking half the aisles.
Any place that requires an app for me to shop at is a hard no for me, much less all the other nonsense they want to include.
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That’s a no from me dawg
The poll in the article...
Would you use an app to unlock retail store displays?
Yes. If it speeds up shopping, that's a win for me.
No. I don't need an app to shop, and will just find and employee to unlock it.
Where's the option of "no, I didn't need it as much as I thought I did"
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How about I just don't shop there?
If everyone has a key, what's the point of locking the products? Maybe next they'll have public mag keys available at the entrance?
The point is they know from your app login who opened which case when, so if shit goes missing, they'll know who stole it. That's the point.
There's no timestamp for when things go missing, though.
I guess if they discover shrink, they'll have a log of when it was accessed, and could cross reference camera footage, then track down the account and blacklist it or prosecute... no loss prevention is going to do all this lol.
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Genuine question, do I need to show an ID to make a CVS account? Use a real name? How could they reliably link the digital account to a person?
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The "shit being locked and nobody comes to help when you press the button" bullshit is why I bought some spare keys for the universal barrel locks most stores use. 9 times out of 10, these cabinets are locked with a lock that's key is just a circular bit with a single tooth.
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Why the fuck aren't they just dropping this shit off at my door?
Why do I need to go into a convenience store when there's no convenience?
The answer is never “make service better to attract customers”, it’s always “extract as much value as possible from the ones that remain”. Shitty short term number go up mentality.
Bigger problem is we have these companies with so much market capture that there isn't growth to be found so they find ways to either change the laws to drive down costs or find ways to extract more money per consumer, so either way the line goes up while the majority of people suffer
We need to shift the culture away from investors who expect the line to always go up. Normalize companies just being happy to turn a nice profit doing what they do without growing because they realistically cannot grow any more
I honestly can't remember the last time I went to a CVS. Definitely before Covid hit. I can't even imagine going now.
Someone needs to tell Winnetka Bowling League to update their song and video.
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Buh bye CVS, I wish I could say it was fun. It's amazing how quickly a corp can become a corpse.
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I already don't shop there, so no.
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