Re: Bar code "discounts"

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

On 10/25/06, Blanchard_Michael () emc com <Blanchard_Michael () emc com> wrote:
>  so what's to stop "pranksters" from printing up a whole bunch of UPC labels
> and simply putting them on random items in those stores?  But not actually
> buying anything with those phoney stickers on them?  what a mess that would
> be for those big evil chains to have to clean up...... They'd have to go
> through each and every item in the store and check the barcodes to make sure
> they're correct.

I used to work for washington inventory service when I was ~17. I am
not sure how much it cost walmart, but it took a team of 15 people one
day (24 hrs) of work to scan and count evey item in the store.

-JP
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