Question about the barcodes on Stud Playing Cards

[wongster88]

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

[CrankUP]

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).

[Don Boyer]

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.

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? 

[CrankUP]

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.

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.

[Rob Wright]

just a little bit