About curbside pickup

[Marthe48]

Last edited Wed May 5, 2021, 04:28 PM - Edit history (1)

Kroger puts a sticker on each bag, with the date and how many bags in the order. There is also a barcode and 3 or 4 series of numbers of different lengths, 5 digits, 8 digits, 5 letters, numbers and symbol, and 11 numbers and letter.
I am recycling the bags and pulling the stickers off to prevent identity theft. I looked online to see if there are any comments about the stickers, but had no luck. I thought about calling the store, but I doubt the clerks would know.

I don't know how much additional information could be culled from that sticker, such as credit card, etc. Am I being over-cautious?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. Yes you are being over cautious.

How in the world could someone get a credit card number from a sticker that merely has a date and number of bags? Think it through.

[Marthe48]

5. There is also a bar code and 3 series of numbers

maybe 4, depends if the 4 digit is part of the 11 digit across from it.

I am thinking about it. I just finished peeling the stickers off each bag. In addition to my question about id, it seems to me that those stickers will impede of prevent the bags from getting recycled.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

10. Okay. Your original post only indicated

a number and a date. Now you are saying a bar code and 3 series of numbers. Those are vastly different things.

So which is it? A number and a date or a bar code and 3, maybe 4 series of numbers. If only the first, you have zero to worry about. If the second, tear off the stickers and destroy them. Even though it may well be that the second version still doesn't give enough information to obtain things like your credit card number.

Sheesh. Give us the relevant information to begin with.

[Marthe48]

14. All of the things I listed

I edited my o.p.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

2. I've never seen that in my area (SW Ohio).

It's never happened to me after more than a year of pickup orders through them. So it must be an individual store thing.

[Marthe48]

6. I'm in s.e. Ohio

Only Kroger has the stickers. although I only get curbside from Aldi and Kroger.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

3. If it has your name/address/phone and/or email it opens you up to spammers and scammers

somewhat, but that's about it.

No way there's enough on one of those for someone to steal your identity, nor is the CC number derivable from what's on it.

If you're a homeowner your name and address are public knowledge anyway, at least in the states I've lived in.

I wouldn't worry about it if it were me.

[SWBTATTReg]

4. I don't think you are being overly too cautious...every little bit in preventing anything going out

the door w/ regards to you, your purchases, your life in general needs to be carefully monitored and disposed of. I do this same thing on my Pizza boxes I get my home delivered pizzas in. They have my name and address on them and frankly, I don't want anyone to know anything about me, period. I don't care how innocent the information seems.

[Marthe48]

7. That's how I feel

I figure the crooks are smarter than me about how to get info, so less is always better.

[SWBTATTReg]

8. Exactly. The less someone knows about you, your habits and such (none of their business

anyways), the better that something bad or undesirable will happen.

[abqtommy]

9. Do whatever it is you feel is best. Better to be safe than sorry! I do a lot of shredding by hand

of pharmacy information and do a lot of redacting with a heavy felt marker too. Just because.

[Totally Tunsie]

12. Yes, I do that also.

When discarding prescription bottles, I black out my name, the script name, any barcodes, and doctor info for whatever bit of privacy that might give me.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

11. Perhaps going into the store is not such

a bad choice.

I honestly don't get people who are terrified of Covid doing curbside pick up. That introduces additional people handling your groceries. And if you're that paranoid, put on a mask, go into the store, and get the groceries yourself.

[UTUSN]

13. *NOT* over-cautious - you're FINE. I don't know about the Kroger stickers but shred all name/address

labels from mail and all the monthly debit receipts and bar codes - anything with identifying info. I tear off those small parts if the whole page isn't needed to be shredded - to save machine wear and tear.

If there are blank pages, I tear them in quarters to use as recycled note paper for grocery lists and such.

[Marthe48]

15. I've been shredding just the name/address portion

Even since I've gone paperless, tried to end the flow of paper into my mailbox, still so much comes along.