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Title: Question about the barcodes on Stud Playing Cards
Post by: wongster88 on August 01, 2013, 05:09:15 PM
I was looking through some decks that I have accumulated and I noticed that the bar codes on my new studs are different. I have attached a photo and I am hoping that one of you could let me know the significance behind this difference; that is, if there is any.

Thanks!

-Stan
Title: Re: Question about the barcodes on Stud Playing Cards
Post by: CrankUP on August 02, 2013, 12:13:18 AM
Sorry to be completely off topic.

Dude, I saw your username and instantly remembered how you blogged about one of my flourishes a while back: http://wongster88.blogspot.com/2008/11/demonicatest.html

Just wanted to stop by and say hey.

(Sorry for getting off topic).
Title: Re: Question about the barcodes on Stud Playing Cards
Post by: Don Boyer on August 02, 2013, 12:14:30 AM
Quote from: wongster88 on August 01, 2013, 05:09:15 PM
I was looking through some decks that I have accumulated and I noticed that the bar codes on my new studs are different. I have attached a photo and I am hoping that one of you could let me know the significance behind this difference; that is, if there is any.

Thanks!

-Stan

By "new" you mean "2nd generation," right?  There are no more "new" Studs since Walgreens switched to Play-Rights. :(

It could be as simple as a variance in the product for some reason, making the company want to identify it differently for tracking purposes.  UPC codes are scanned and tracked at every purchase - it's possible they did something slightly different (it could even be as stupidly simple as they opted to charge less or something, or used a slightly different stock), but whatever that difference was, it was enough that the company wanted to track differences in how each "version" sold.

Quote from: CrankUP on August 02, 2013, 12:13:18 AM
Sorry to be completely off topic.

Dude, I saw your username and instantly remembered how you blogged about one of my flourishes a while back: http://wongster88.blogspot.com/2008/11/demonicatest.html

Just wanted to stop by and say hey.

(Sorry for getting off topic).

Thanks for sharing.  Perhaps a PM would be better next time?  :))
Title: Re: Question about the barcodes on Stud Playing Cards
Post by: CrankUP on August 02, 2013, 12:49:48 AM
Quote from: Don Boyer on August 02, 2013, 12:14:30 AM
Quote from: wongster88 on August 01, 2013, 05:09:15 PM
I was looking through some decks that I have accumulated and I noticed that the bar codes on my new studs are different. I have attached a photo and I am hoping that one of you could let me know the significance behind this difference; that is, if there is any.

Thanks!

-Stan

By "new" you mean "2nd generation," right?  There are no more "new" Studs since Walgreens switched to Play-Rights. :(

It could be as simple as a variance in the product for some reason, making the company want to identify it differently for tracking purposes.  UPC codes are scanned and tracked at every purchase - it's possible they did something slightly different (it could even be as stupidly simple as they opted to charge less or something, or used a slightly different stock), but whatever that difference was, it was enough that the company wanted to track differences in how each "version" sold.

Quote from: CrankUP on August 02, 2013, 12:13:18 AM
Sorry to be completely off topic.

Dude, I saw your username and instantly remembered how you blogged about one of my flourishes a while back: http://wongster88.blogspot.com/2008/11/demonicatest.html

Just wanted to stop by and say hey.

(Sorry for getting off topic).

Thanks for sharing.  Perhaps a PM would be better next time?  :))

Oh man, sorry about that. I got a bit excited, haha.
Title: Re: Question about the barcodes on Stud Playing Cards
Post by: Rob Wright on August 02, 2013, 01:14:30 AM
just a little bit