Now, technology is continue developing in everyday. It is very useful in our life. It makes us live easier in the word of turbulence. Especially, the technology in cell phone. I think, we all use cell phone not just for
making a call but now we can do many things in our cell phone.
Oxfam is trying out a mobile phone scheme called Shelflife that lets customers find out the stories behind second-hand goods it sells. A Shelflife phone app links stories and pictures provided by donors to tags attached to the goods.Browsers in Oxfam shops can scan the tags using the app to find out about an individual item's past.The charity believes it can sell things more easily when they have stories attached to them.
I strongly agree with the charity that it can sell things more easily, if it has the story behind. Customers will know a little story about second-hand goods that they interested in. I think, if the goods has an interesting story, many people will want to buy it.It is a very good idea to attract customers. Personally, I have never use a second-hand goods but I like to watch a program in history channel name's "Pawn Star". It is about second-hand goods that people want to sell in this shop and if the goods has an interesting story, the price will be higher than the goods that has no interesting story.
Customers will be easy to look at the information about the goods by use the technology from their own cell phone. They can find the information about the goods even they are at home by login to the store website and find QR Codes then use their cell phone to scan QR codes to find the information about the good that they interested in.
I really think that technology is now a part of our life. It is important to learn to use these technologies.If we use it in a good way, it will be useful for us. And if you are the one that interested in a second-hand goods maybe you can find more information from the references.
References
Oxfam's Shelflife links goods with past using QR Codes.(2012, February 27). BBC News. Retrieved March 4, 2012 from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17152221
QR codes, Technology, Second-hand goods and mobile phone are the keyword that I can get from your blog.
ReplyDeleteI have only one aspect to discuss. the second-hand goods is the special goods in my idea. it is the most clever idea of whoever plan to sell this goods on cell phone.
If it has a story behind a goods, will you interested more or not?
ReplyDeleteSure, I think the most interesting second-hand goods should be pictures like the picture in page 165 of of Quest 2 (Hartmann, 2007)
ReplyDeleteHartmann, P. (2007). Quest 2 Reading and Writing (2nd. ed.). New York: McGraw Hill.