# Jenny's a shopaholic; does she shop in your neighborhood

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 31, 2016, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennys-a-shopaholic-does-she-shop-in-your-neighborhood/750705 "2016-03-31T05:41:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennys-a-shopaholic-does-she-shop-in-your-neighborhood/750705/1 "2016-03-31T05:41:44Z")

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Jenny is a shopaholic! I’ve never been to a store that she doesn’t shop at & I always get the sale discounts because of her. Does she shop in your neighborhood, too?  
Next time you go to a store with a loyalty discount program (like grocery stores), instead of swiping your loyalty card, enter a phone #…[Jenny](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WTdTwcmxyo)’s phone # - (your local area code) + 867-5309 & report back if you got the discount, including location & store/chain.

If I tell it to the clerk for them to key in, I usually say “eight - six - seven - fifty-three - zero -nine” which breaks it up into a slightly different cadence than the song so the clerk doesn’t even catch it.

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**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennys-a-shopaholic-does-she-shop-in-your-neighborhood/750705/2 "2016-03-31T06:39:37Z")

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I’ve tried it with mixed results. Next time I’ll switch to Pennsylvania 6-5000.

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**Author:** ![74westy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/74westy/32/3950_2.png) [@74westy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/74westy)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennys-a-shopaholic-does-she-shop-in-your-neighborhood/750705/3 "2016-03-31T17:57:23Z")

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> [@Greg\_Charles](#):
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> I’ve tried it with mixed results. Next time I’ll switch to Pennsylvania 6-5000.

But break it up into a slightly different cadence by pronouncing it “Pennsylvania 6-5 oh oh oh.”

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennys-a-shopaholic-does-she-shop-in-your-neighborhood/750705/4 "2016-03-31T18:10:33Z")

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When the internet needs a postal code, I’m always 90210. It’s the only one I know.

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**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jennys-a-shopaholic-does-she-shop-in-your-neighborhood/750705/5 "2016-03-31T18:40:48Z")

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This is the number I use as well. Sometimes, if you can see the screen, the customer id comes up as “Jenny” 🙂