Oaktree
Super Member
Radio Shack definitely had a thing for phone #s. I'd generally refuse to give it to them, just stating "cash sale".I'm remember Radio Shack asking me for my ph number in the 80's. 555-1212 was my go to
My employer for most of the 00s/early teens had a corporate account with them. For whatever reason, they insisted I give them the phone # the account was set up under so they could look it up themselves even though I had the account #. I did not know what phone # it was set up under (if it even was). Usually, the clerk would give in and use the account I provided, but one guy absolutely refused to ring up the sale without that phone #. The parts were something I needed right then, so I just paid cash but filed a complaint on their website when I got back to the office. Never saw that clerk again. He was such a jerk I didn't even feel any remorse for getting him fired.