| You've finally done it, you left your
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| | it will mirror a concept long used by
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| laptop at the coffee shop, your cell
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| | corporate, government and military
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| phone at the supermarket or your PDA on
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| | organizations. Those large companies,
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| the counter at the office supply store.
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| | educational institutions, governments and
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| Maybe you forgot to pick up your iPod
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| | the department of defense have long put
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| from the ATM, where you put it down to
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| | asset tags on property over a specified
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| answer your cell phone during a banking
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| | dollar value.You can see "fixed asset
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| transaction. Several new companies have
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| | tags" on items ranging from street light
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| launched with the express purpose of
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| | poles to heavy machinery. Those items
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| helping us all find stuff we inevitably
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| | have long been tagged and labeled with
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| lose every day. Each are using the power
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| | unique ID numbers and bar codes printed
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| of the web, plus toll free phone numbers
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| | onto them to facilitate electronic
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| and a database of unique ID numbers
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| | scanning.More recently, corporate and
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| assigned to each item and registered to
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| | government entities have begun placing
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| owners - on special "asset tags" or
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| | asset tags on more high value movable
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| "property ID tags".1,200 cell phones,
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| | items like laptops, PDA's, scanners and
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| 1,500 sets of keys and over 300 PDAs and
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| | cell phones carried by employees in their
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| laptops are turned into the Las Vegas
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| | work. This facilitates the identification
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| International lost and found department
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| | and return of those "movable assets" when
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| annually. - McCarran Int'l Airport
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| | they are lost on the job by careless or
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| Security, July 2003140,000 items are
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| | distracted workers.The launch of
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| found annually on Southwest Airlines
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| | companies like StuffBak, TrackitBack,
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| flights, 50,000 items at Enterprise
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| | Boomerangit show that valuable
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| Rent-A-Car, and 20 a day at some Avis
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| | electronic, digital items are being lost
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| Rent-A-Car locations. Despite best
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| | far more often by consumers and they are
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| efforts, fewer than 1% are returned. -
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| | seeking ways to get their goodies back
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| The Wall Street Journal, November
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| | when they misplace them. Asset tags for
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| 2003Several companies have launched to
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| | the masses may become popular enough to
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| help return lost property represented by
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| | support consumer oriented companies to
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| web sites each company offering to
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| | label consumer items.StuffBak has
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| help you recover lost valuables.An Irish
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| | partnered with retailers like CompUSA and
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| startup has launched based on that same
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| | Sears, while BoomerangIt works product
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| concept of marking expensive portable
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| | tie-ins with Pioneer, Toshiba, Palm and
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| electronics, laptops, PDA's, cell phones,
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| | Seiko Instruments, along with nearly a
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| MP3 players and other valuables with
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| | dozen bicycle manufacturers - (due to
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| their asset tags (labels with unique ID
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| | their roots as a bicycle recovery
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| numbers). That firm also has a website
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| | company). BoomerangIt is also working
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| and toll free phone lines where items can
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| | with the National Crime Prevention
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| be reported found. The Irish company is
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| | Council (Think McGruff the crime fighting
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| named and has a cute, black and white
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| | dog and "Take a bite out of crime"). They
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| spotted puppy dog as a mascot. The
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| | also work with local police departments
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| concept of the dog "fetching" lost items
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| | in return of stolen goods with the tags.
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| and returning them to you is easy to
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| | TrackitBack has partnered with Staples
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| understand. The company tag line is "The
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| | and BestBuy stores - so all are
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| Lost And Found Company" for obvious
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| | agressively marketing their offerings in
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| reasons.What is not so obvious to most is
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| | the consumer marketplace.Each offer
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| the idea that many people are honest
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| | business incentives for larger sales of
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| enough that they would actually turn in a
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| | ID tags exceeding 50 or more, with
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| lost valuable. Most of us assume that if
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| | invitations to companies to contact them
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| we leave a laptop or an iPod on the bus
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| | for volume pricing.The movement of asset
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| or subway, that we'd never see them
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| | tags into the consumer marketplace is an
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| again. But the companies cite several
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| | unexpected development that may be
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| experiments done in the US by 8 local
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| | logically extended into property
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| television news stations and one by a USA
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| | insurance discounts and other unexpected
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| Today columnist, Edward Baig, to prove
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| | areas. Asset tags are turning up on
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| that if those valuables are labeled with
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| | consumer goods through national retailers
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| special "asset tags", that people will,
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| | and product bundling with cooperating
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| more times than not, call the toll free
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| | "lost and found" companies to bring your
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| telephone numbers printed on the tags and
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| | laptop, PDA or iPod back home when it is
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| return the expensive items. television
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| | lost.Article Copyright July, 2006 by Mike
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| stations had a 75% success rate in
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| | Banks Valentine is a recognized
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| getting their "lost" items reported and
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| | worldwide leader in the design and
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| turned in, while columnist Baig got back
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| | manufacture of bar code asset tags,
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| 4 of 6 purposely "lost" items (two
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| | Property ID tags and asset identification
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| thirds) in his experiment. Baig mentioned
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| | labels. CAMCODE provides durable metal
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| in his column that it was the least
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| | bar code labels for harsh environments
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| expensive things that were never reported
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| | including warehouse labels,
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| or returned - a CD case full of music and
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| | work-in-process bar code labels and asset
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| a calculator.If this trend takes hold and
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| | tags as well as polyester bar code labels
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| becomes popular in the consumer market,
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| | for property identification.
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