They asked for a thumb, she gave them the finger. How a car dealer in CA (south bay BMW) believe that treating people like thieves is good for business.
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Another fun piece of consumer resistance were the dealer required biometric info to proceed with the sale.
The paper says clearly that it’s a request, for your protection, and to prevent your identity theft.
When you politely decline, the dealership refuses to sell you the car.
This is precisely what happened to me today when I tried to purchase a new X3 at the South Bay BMW dealer in Torrance, California.
Thankfully they walked away from this piece of security theater, sadly the only people to have done so in the last few months, and provided an interesting post on how such insanity came to pass.
Fry’s foods in Phoenix tried this on with requiring a photocopy of a driving license to buy alcohol and with no one there able to explain what they do with the records and , hey look it’s USA Irony class, provide a treasure trove of info for the budding ID thief since no one on their staff isn’t well paid and not averse to a little id theft?
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