Civil libertarians are also concerned that the new systems, which automatically prepare a shopping profile on every charge customer, will erode the customer's privacy.
Several days before, Bloomingdale's notified charge customers that they could buy any apparel for 25 percent off during a 10-day period.
Cablevision sought to include the channel in its premium service and charge customers $2 per month.
She examined it, gave me a quick glance which could have been a disappointed reappraisal, and said, "She's not a charge customer.
When the counter was first opened in 1986, mailings were sent to the store's list of 18,000 charge customers and drew about 1,800 responses.
It has been as much a promotional tool as anything else, being sent free to certain charge customers.
Others, with more space, charge customers for kits but store them on their premises.
The banks, in turn, charge customers for providing bonds as they represent a real obligation undertaken by a bank.
Cablevision sought to make the channel part of its premium service and charge customers $2 per month.
A few weeks ago, Mr. Roberti sent a letter to Brooks's more than one million charge customers.