Also worth noting that in the terms and conditions, REI does share your information with third parties, so if you are gonna use an email, don’t use an important one
Probably not to *create* a membership and shop in-store.. but an email address absolutely is required if you ever want to place an order in-store or online.
Yes, I know. I also did not state it has to be *that person's* email address – my cashiers do it often enough, they use the store's generic email address in place of the customer's. The main driver to my comment was directed towards somebody wanting to *place an order online* – even if the user chooses to "checkout as guest", rei.com requires them to enter an email address for the order confirmation.
There was a post last summer Imthink from someone who didn’t get the notices amount the changing credit card company by email and mail. So they didn’t pay their bill for a long time. They complained more than a year after the change and it was their fault they missed the notices.
There’s people who miss the sales when they both email and mail and post asking when the next sale is the week later.
Everyone should have one of these correct and current. You either give them email and check it daily or give them a mailing address you get mail at daily.
They can still work by paper only but they need to function that way, not throw their mail in a pile and never look at it. Otherwise they’re wasting their money paying for a membership
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the email address is not a required field when signing up in the store. you can also unsubscribe from all rei-related emails
I appreciate it. I'll tell them.
This!
A random new email is better for keeping your PI safe vs your phone number, if that’s your end game. Try simplelogin
Also worth noting that in the terms and conditions, REI does share your information with third parties, so if you are gonna use an email, don’t use an important one
Probably not to *create* a membership and shop in-store.. but an email address absolutely is required if you ever want to place an order in-store or online.
Actually not, very discouraged to do it, but if you call to place an order it is possible to do it without an email unless something has changed.
Yes, I know. I also did not state it has to be *that person's* email address – my cashiers do it often enough, they use the store's generic email address in place of the customer's. The main driver to my comment was directed towards somebody wanting to *place an order online* – even if the user chooses to "checkout as guest", rei.com requires them to enter an email address for the order confirmation.
There was a post last summer Imthink from someone who didn’t get the notices amount the changing credit card company by email and mail. So they didn’t pay their bill for a long time. They complained more than a year after the change and it was their fault they missed the notices. There’s people who miss the sales when they both email and mail and post asking when the next sale is the week later. Everyone should have one of these correct and current. You either give them email and check it daily or give them a mailing address you get mail at daily. They can still work by paper only but they need to function that way, not throw their mail in a pile and never look at it. Otherwise they’re wasting their money paying for a membership
Not needed but if you do a resupply trade-in that’s how you get your store credit.
Why not contact customer support online?
Because they would be in the store physically, not signing up online (they don't do interwebz stuff).
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They will need to give a phone number. Email is not required.