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From: figmo@tymix.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Phone numbers on credit slips?
Message-ID: <285@tymix.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 19-Sep-84 18:29:39 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep 19 18:29:39 1984
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There really IS a good reason for having a phone number on the slip.
In fact, there are several:

1. You accidentally left something at the store.  The salesperson realizes
   this after you have exited.  S/he can wait a few minutes and call you at
   home, or if you come in, reciting your phone number off the top of your
   head helps as quick ID.  The thing I've most commonly left is my card -
   I'd be in a rush, and the salesperson would forget to give it to me.

2. This one helps the store more than you, but every so often the salesperson
   screws up the charge slip by either miscalculating the total (if it's over
   what you paid, YOU benefit) or forgetting to fully run it through any and
   all machines.

I've benefitted enough from this procedure that I don't mind doing it.

--Lynn