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Sat 2006-07-22

Barcode collectors

Filed under: — josh @ 05:22

Anyone know what this is the barcode for? And why anyone would collect barcodes? What are they going to do with them? What could anybody do with them?

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7 Responses to “Barcode collectors”

  1. daniel Says:
    July 23rd, 2006 at 22:04

    93 is the usual UPC code for an Australian company.

    Can you get a proper print of it and take it to a Target/BigW/Kmart barcode checker machine?

  2. glen Says:
    July 24th, 2006 at 09:46

    There are a couple of barcode databases I know about.

    Barcodepedia, which finds that it’s iceberg lettuce.

    and

    UPC Database, which finds that it was manufactured by Woolworths/Safeway, but doesn’t have the actual item in it’s database.

    I have no idea why anyone would want to collect barcodes. It makes no sense at all to me!

  3. glen Says:
    July 25th, 2006 at 09:37

    Josh, why were you wanting to know anyway? I’m intrigued.

  4. josh Says:
    July 25th, 2006 at 12:39

    Because I can’t figure out why anyone would want to collect barcodes. I can’t figure out the use of it. Except, perhaps, for a retail store that wants to sell stuff but can’t be bothered entering it in themselves. Or one of those auto-inventory fridges.

    If you’re asking about the barcode, I was hoping someone would point to the place I’d discovered (Barcodepedia), and entered the iceberg lettuce. Next week: bread (perhaps).

  5. glen Says:
    July 25th, 2006 at 14:23

    Aaah, so it was a test of our google abilities. Do I win a prize?

  6. daniel Says:
    July 25th, 2006 at 14:28

    An iceberg lettuce!

  7. josh Says:
    September 29th, 2006 at 13:33

    I’ve found a use, but failed to use it this way: provision of proof-of-purchase barcode. I wanted to enter a competition where to prove purchase you need to enter the last six digist - but I couldn’t find the product. Curses!

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