Apparently retailers despise the fact that some customers prefer to buy things anonymously without being spammed or having their privacy invaded. I predict B&M stores will soon begin to block you at the front door until you give them your email address.
Of course, 10 seconds later I got a “welcome to the family!” email.
Should be illegal.
Hum... Isn't that one of the main goals of the GDPR?
When asked why, conversation typically goes like:
Me: "I don't want my phone being sent SMSes or phone calls from your company or anyone they would share my number with."
Them: "Oh, don't worry, that won't happen from us."
Me: "Well it absolutely won't happen if you don't have my number.".
It kind of re-frames their request as if they were offering to do me a favour, which I then politely indicated I don't even need. I've found that it either cuts off most of the counter-arguments that the person asking was about to retort with, or it just throws them off-balance for long enough that the interaction moves on, enough that I don't get a lot of push back after using it.