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Posted by Trevor on 10/05/82 11:43
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:16:08 -0500, Tony <trusso11783@yahoo.com>
wrote:
>> With this, I am in much agreement. The same thing should happen when
>>you BUY it. It should NOT require registration at all, and if bought
>>from a legit store, the STORE should forward the sales info to the
>>maker, and when you go to make a claim, any legally purchased product
>>should have full traceability already attached to its serial number.
>>This would automatically track illegal channels, as well as stolen
>>articles.
>
>That wouldnt work.
Sounds like you don't have much imagination. Such a system could be
made to work just fine.
>The store is not responsible for registering the product for you.
>They arent paid to do that.
Currently, they aren't, but again your lack of imagination is blinding
you.
>Plus, how can they register it for the buyer when, in probably 50% of
>the sales, the product can be a gift for someone else.
First of all, where are you getting your 50% figure? Secondly, why
does it matter? When an item is purchased, it's already scanned at the
checkout register, prices are electronically validated, inventories
are adjusted, in some cases re-orders are automatically generated,
etc. It would be trivial to scan a second bar code containing the
serial number of the item, and have that information sent to a
clearinghouse where it is distributed to the various manufacturers.
>What about if the product is returned? If it was already registered
>with the company, it would be pretty messy if it were returned (for
>any reason) and then someone else bought it.
Returns are also <already> scanned, so no big deal there. Just as the
original sale information was sent to the clearinghouse, the Return
information could also be sent. If the item is later resold, guess
what? Send that updated information to the clearinghouse. I don't see
anything messy about it, unless you mean the human factor from people
who get nervous when something changes in their lives.
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