[geeks] Secret codes, was US Post Office Website broken again

[Lionel Peterson]

On Jul 21, 2009, at 11:57 AM, Phil Stracchino <alaric at metrocast.net>  
wrote:

> Sheldon T. Hall wrote:
>> Dan Sikorski writes ...
>>
>>> I was in radio shack a few weeks ago and was surprised when
>>> they asked
>>> for a phone number.  I had thought they ended that, but apparently  
>>> at
>>> least that store still did.
>>
>> Trader Joe's (a largely west-coast grocery chain) used to ask for  
>> zip codes;
>> they used that to figure out where to build new stores.
>
> Ah, now that's a smart usage.

Trader Joes is in the eastern PA/NJ area, one opening near Princeton, NJ

Lionel