Well guys I guess that's all folks.
Went in to buy a CD player. Was REQUIRED to give them a phone number and a real name. (Not John Doe) to buy a slim external CD drive..
I guess that means homeless are no longer afforded the luxury of being able to buy niche electronic parts from the only major chain still alive :/ More importantly, now no one will be allotted the blessing of privacy. Think the only place you can go now, other than local repair shops (if you know your community) , now requires you to put in as they said" a real phone number" and I just gave a fake one, but even the STORE manager had to come up, because I said, "put the name as John Doe" and had to put her employee password in to bypass it. It's very sad to see one of the last, true bastions, of the early 2000's free market. Finally being taken over by trackers. I'm sorry.