Wendi
12-26-2007, 02:51 PM
I've been trying to figure this out since I saw the first one weeks ago, and now it turned up in a leather coat from Sams' Club that I got for Christmas.
It's a little red plastic tag snapped onto the material. Similar to the "ink tags" or "security devices" that some stores use to prevent shoplifting. What was different about this is that it has instructions on the side of it: "Cut at line, slide to remove" with an arrow - and then in larger letters all the way down the length of it, it said "for home removal."
When I first saw it, I assumed it would have something inside it (like those little metal tags that are in CD cases, movies, etc. to set off alarms if they leave the store without being deactivated). But, there was nothing in it. My next thought was that something was imbedded in one half or the other of the plastic. So I attempted to smash it to bits in the driveway and see if I could figure out what the secret mechanism of this "security device" is.
Nothing, as far as I can tell. The coat was "made in China," if that makes a difference (something related to tracking imports perhaps?). The clerks at Sams' Club don't seem to know why it is on there, either.
Anyone here work in retail who might be able to shed some light on this?
It's a little red plastic tag snapped onto the material. Similar to the "ink tags" or "security devices" that some stores use to prevent shoplifting. What was different about this is that it has instructions on the side of it: "Cut at line, slide to remove" with an arrow - and then in larger letters all the way down the length of it, it said "for home removal."
When I first saw it, I assumed it would have something inside it (like those little metal tags that are in CD cases, movies, etc. to set off alarms if they leave the store without being deactivated). But, there was nothing in it. My next thought was that something was imbedded in one half or the other of the plastic. So I attempted to smash it to bits in the driveway and see if I could figure out what the secret mechanism of this "security device" is.
Nothing, as far as I can tell. The coat was "made in China," if that makes a difference (something related to tracking imports perhaps?). The clerks at Sams' Club don't seem to know why it is on there, either.
Anyone here work in retail who might be able to shed some light on this?