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Onetap writes
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.

Umm.. Wouldn't this also allow our controllers to compare spend/income
and draw conclusions about hidden; untaxed income sources? I suppose you
would need to stop people using cheques to escape monitoring... oh yes!

regards


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Tim Lamb