Item is scanned as it passes through point of sale

As each item goes through the checkout or point of sale, it is scanned.

• Where customers pay by credit card or EFT, it would be possible, with their consent, to link them to the sale for warranty purposes and the tracking of item provenance.  This latter feature could assist police in recovering the goods should ever they be stolen.
• Stock rotation can be accurately controlled.
• Spotchecks are simple to perform; the number of items still on the shelf being automatically decremented with every sale.

An aid for second-hand selling of the item

Individual ID assists with selling the item as a second-hand good

• With individual ID, it is possible to prove to a purchaser that the goods are not stolen.
• Retail outlets could provide a web-site where, if the ID is provided to them, they would display when the item was sold.  This would provide some level of surity on the part of a purchaser that the item was not stolen and was the age the seller claims it to be.