On 28 Jan, 08:59, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , geoff
writes





In message , Mike
writes
On Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:10:16 -0000, "dennis@home"
wrote:

If all the people that buy stolen goods disappeared there would be virtually
no crime, just the odd murder, fight of parking spaces and speeding type
stuff.
Maybe the death sentence for anyone with stolen goods, its a lot easier to
prove than catching the people who steal the stuff in the first place. Got
any stolen pens, or other stuff from work?

The temptation to plant some hooky gear on you Dennis would be too
great.

Excellently put

Hmm..

Tempting legislation, nevertheless.

We all file purchase receipts, guarantees etc. as a protection against
faulty goods or even mistaken purchase. I don't quite see how it could
be implemented other than random searches of private property or
checkout barriers in pub car parks:-)

Electronic receipts, details of purchases' bar codes &/or serial
numbers uploaded via your bank card, accessible on-line.
The main purpose being to reduce the consumption of energy and
resources in the production and importation of CRAP.