My heartstrings! Why do I have to fill out several forms for a change of address (generally as a member of the cooperative and for the magazine, and then for Cumulus as well)?
Especially as the entry form is the same on both sides. Wouldn't it be easy to synchronize, or do you think I want to send the magazine to a different address than the Cumulus mail? But the best is yet to come: What worked without any problems with the first form, it simply won't swallow with Cumulus. It firmly claims that the details are incomplete because the zip code, town or street are missing. Well then, the Cumulus address remains the same, the post office will send it on...
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Hello
Logic and bureaucracy have no common denominator, but they can be met with pragmatism or irony. :-)
Some time ago I looked into the various bonus point systems. I realized that many requirements can be circumvented so that you can benefit from all actions. For example, there are people who have a Famigros card and an additional Single card with a different first name.
Apply for a new Cumulus membership with the new address and then cancel the old one. If it doesn't work because of the existing name, then you just have a second first name, which you note on the application form with a letter. If you don't officially have a middle name, you can also enter your first name or nickname or make one up. The latter is a bit of a cheat, but as you only get the points for real purchases, you don't cause any damage. Migros will dispute this, because of course it only wants real customers. But it has no legal way of uncovering this ruse.
It merely contravenes the provider's terms and conditions, but does not constitute a violation of the law. Suppliers such as Coop, Migros etc. want to evaluate the shopping behavior of their customers in order to generate more profits. Many of the personal details requested would not even be necessary for this, but they are requested nonetheless. Such data is only useful if specific statistics are kept and the results are compared with other companies. This is supposedly done with anonymized data, but it has already been partially anonymized if only the house number is omitted.
It is not clear to customers what exactly happens to their data, to what extent it is analyzed, who exactly has access to it and for how long. The statement that the data is not passed on to third parties is worthless, because the definition of the respective third parties is vague and open to interpretation. If you don't believe this, you can easily test it by creating a Payback card, PrePaid card, mail membership or similar with a fictitious name and doing nothing more with it than archiving all correspondence relating to it. After a few years, you'll accumulate quite a lot. :-)
If you don't want to do that, there is also a way without cheating by getting an academic degree such as a doctor, professor, engineer or honorary degree. This is perfectly legal, even without a degree, but it costs a small amount. Depending on the provider, a 50 or 100 plus postage and it would even be legally transferable to official documents. You are not forced to disclose your academic degree to everyone and everywhere and therefore you do not violate any terms and conditions if you have a private and an official Payback card. :-)
Greetings from the Migi piglet who only believes a doctor when he has seen his dissertation.
Just faked a change of address with Cumulus. Replaced "Les" with "les", which would be correct. The "Confirm" was accepted after I entered a future date for "Address valid from".
All the answers so far have missed the point, but it's nice that there are people willing to help ;)
When I write that the program refuses to save with the message that the address is invalid, this has nothing to do with the date. Especially as I have already been able to make exactly the same change on an identical form for another Migros area, it cannot be due to any limitations on my part.
But it's no big deal, it worked for the weekly magazine. The Cumulus mail only comes bimonthly, is forwarded and in the fall I move back to the previous address. I just wanted to point out that the system is buggy and it would be a relief for customers if all areas were covered by a one-off change of address.
