On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 13:27:59 GMT, Peter Lynch wrote:

|!On Sun, 11 Feb 07 12:47:58 GMT, dmc wrote:
|! In article ,
|! Dave Fawthrop wrote:
|!
|!|!Yep. that would be perfect. They are obviously linked up somehow as they
|!|!knew my name from my postcode and my previous (online) orders.
|!
|!No! the use a CDROM with all addresses in the UK on it.
|!My address on the CDROM has a parculiarity which allows me to spot where
|!they got it.
|!
|! No, I don't think so.
|!
|! I gave him my surname and postcode - he said "Is that Darren?"
|!
|! He also seemed to know I'd ordered with them before.
|!
|! I never gave him my name - and even if he had a cdrom with all the names
|! and addresses on I'd not given him my house number and half of our
|! street share the postcode.
|!
|! Darren
|!
|!I assume he got this from your order history. Last time I was in an
|!outlet the guy behind the counter took the same info from me and then
|!told me how many catalogues/flyers they had sent me (IIRC it was over
|!60 in the past 5 years) as well as when my last order was. I don't
|!know if he was showing off or just bored.


Thanks for the warning, I often refuse to give my details using the excuse
that I get too much Junk Mail.
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