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Camera Phones Help Buyers Beware

20 January 2004   

 

Camera Phones Help Buyers Beware

"With a camera phone that is also a bar-code scanner, you can go into a store like Barnes & Noble, take a photo of the ISBN number on a book and instantly receive a coupon offering the book for 30 percent less at Amazon.com."

Although it'll be difficult, for sure, camera phones will be banned from use in most shops. The above example is just perfect: the bricks and mortar carry the expense of stocking the 'look-at-product' while the online company makes the profit by selling it.

Look in the shops, check out competitive prices on the 'net. Barcode phones increase the efficiency, dramatically.

I know I did this when I need to buy my digi cam. However, Tescos actually carried it as cheaply as anywhere on the net, especially when delivery came into the equation. I ended going back to Tescos :-)


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