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DFW

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12. If it's a well thought-out, one-time procedure at the cashier, it should be feasible

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Jul 24, 2021, 02:26 PM

Jul 2021

Last edited Sun Jul 25, 2021, 09:36 AM - Edit history (9)

It doesn't sound much different from the clothing stores that remove a beeper that will otherwise go off if an unpaid article of clothing tries to leave the store "by mistake."

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Home Depot plans to foil shoplifters with power tools that won't work if they're stolen [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2021 OP

This is a necessary development. Mosby Jul 2021 #1

A response is needed for sure Devil Child Jul 2021 #10

Fry's is still around Archetypist Jul 2021 #19

Uh... they went bankrupt and closed all their remaining stores a few months ago Initech Jul 2021 #20

wow, OK, that's too bad Archetypist Jul 2021 #26

Or, you know, they could just keep them in locked cases. dawg Jul 2021 #2

You know that they will inactivate themselves 18 months after purchase for certain? Sherman A1 Jul 2021 #15

No, but it adds one more complicated component to the tool that can potentially fail. dawg Jul 2021 #17

+1 leftstreet Jul 2021 #21

Like we can trust Home Despot PurgedVoter Jul 2021 #3

Ace hardware. Locally owned franchise. Lochloosa Jul 2021 #13

If someone steals a drill and sells it on the street, it won't matter whether it works or not. Towlie Jul 2021 #4

And that technology will be hacked in what, a few months? Pobeka Jul 2021 #5

Wait for it... Wait for it... Wait for it... Hugin Jul 2021 #7

then the thief sells it on ebay... Takket Jul 2021 #6

The construction industry has been using Bluetooth for a while dalton99a Jul 2021 #8

Oh great, Home Depot is now floating a trial balloon on power-tools as a service Devil Child Jul 2021 #9

Scott Glenn almost gets it. WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2021 #11

If it's a well thought-out, one-time procedure at the cashier, it should be feasible DFW Jul 2021 #12

Agreed Sherman A1 Jul 2021 #14

Imagine if you purchase a tool and take it home zuul Jul 2021 #18

Of course it would. DFW Jul 2021 #23

Keep the items in a store room. roamer65 Jul 2021 #16

walmart has display and sale items in a locked case , and that includes power tools . AllaN01Bear Jul 2021 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex Jul 2021 #24

One of my jobs during High School was at Service Merchandise. That's exactly how it was done. Progressive Jones Jul 2021 #25

I bought my first stereo system at Service Merchandise in the late 1970's. madinmaryland Jul 2021 #27