Show HN: Lost & found tags
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Show HN: Lost & found tags
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Re: Show HN: Lost & found tags
#2A great idea, in principle, but £5 for 5 stickers? It'd cost me 10p to print 10 stickers with 'lost@mydomain.org' on... which I might well do, now I'm thinking about it.
Re: Show HN: Lost & found tags
#3A great idea, in principle, but £5 for 5 stickers? It'd cost me 10p to print 10 stickers with 'lost@mydomain.org' on... which I might well do, now I'm thinking about it.
The upside seems to be anonymity, whereas with your idea you could possibly be identified by your own domain. I guess you could easily anonymity with something like "3dal2lk4@gmail.com", though.
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#4A great idea, in principle, but £5 for 5 stickers? It'd cost me 10p to print 10 stickers with 'lost@mydomain.org' on... which I might well do, now I'm thinking about it.
Glad we've inspired you :)
Loseproof is really geared toward people who want an out of the box solution – easy to signup, easy to protect your stuff & more secure (it's anonymous).
We'd also love to know where you can get stickers printed at that price... we might need to change supplier!
Re: Show HN: Lost & found tags
#5This is very reminiscent of http://www.tagbak.net which adds in a "reward for return" for the honest finder (which is a great idea). IIRC, TagBak is trying to work with vendors to include tags with phones instead of selling tags to end users... interesting to think about which strategy is more effective.
Re: Show HN: Lost & found tags
#6A great idea, in principle, but £5 for 5 stickers? It'd cost me 10p to print 10 stickers with 'lost@mydomain.org' on... which I might well do, now I'm thinking about it.
Glad we've inspired you :) Loseproof is really geared toward people who want an out of the box solution – easy to signup, easy to protect your stuff & more secure (it's anonymous). We'd also love to know where you can get stickers printed at that price... we might need to change supplier!
Sure, I get that. Have you thought about approaching businesses? My organisation has about circa 100 BlackBerry devices in circulation, none of which have any kind of 'if lost' marker on them...
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#7Now what I would REALLY pay for, and what I thought/hoped was, is stickers had location tracking so I could find them with my phone, i'd put them on my keys, wallet everything.
I think THAT, packaged into an very easy service, could be a brilliant business.
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#8Nice job on the site and branding. Personally I don't see writing "Please call 555-1212 if found" as a security problem that needs solving, but there are probably some who do.
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#9Why can't I just put my (e-)mail address on the device? The person who finds it just needs to give it to the next post office and tell them the receiver will pay for it.
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#10Now what I would REALLY pay for, and what I thought/hoped was, is stickers had location tracking so I could find them with my phone, i'd put them on my keys, wallet everything. I think THAT, packaged into an very easy service, could be a brilliant business.
This might be intresting, http://www.thetileapp.com/