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Posted by Roy L. Fuchs on 10/05/89 11:43
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 05:46:22 GMT, Trevor <beanerana@.invalid.net> Gave
us:
>On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:16:08 -0500, Tony <trusso11783@yahoo.com>
>wrote:
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>>> 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.
Thank you. I think such a system would actually save Mfgrs money,
and consumers time and headaches.
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