Microchipping Valuable Quilts?
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What I do think would be a good idea is some sort of sensor on the quilts in shows so that they can not leave the building without authorization.[/quote]
I remember those clip on sensors at clothing stores, that had to be removed at the check stand, and think this practice would help keep quilts from getting "lost". I was going to put one of my quilts in a show, until I was asked to sign a 'waiver of responsibility' for the group holding the quilt show. If they can not be responsible for my quilt, I can't let them show it. IMHO.
I remember those clip on sensors at clothing stores, that had to be removed at the check stand, and think this practice would help keep quilts from getting "lost". I was going to put one of my quilts in a show, until I was asked to sign a 'waiver of responsibility' for the group holding the quilt show. If they can not be responsible for my quilt, I can't let them show it. IMHO.
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Originally Posted by Peckish
There are a couple of problems with microchipping. The cost is one - those RFID chips and readers are not cheap. The second (and biggest, IMO) is how does someone who is not a quilter know there is a microchip in the quilt?
A group of quilters such as a guild, could buy the chips in bulk and one scanner to share. If you don't want to buy the scanner, most animal shelters, vets and municipal shelters have a scanner and are more than happy to scan anything you bring in.
I still like the QR code best. You can quilt the QR code right into the quilt, so that to remove it would mean destroying the quilt. Generating a code is free and very easy. Reading one does not take special equipment, only a smart phone.
And smartphones have that pesky telephone feature. I have one telephone and that's bad enough. Imagining carrying one with me everywhere makes me shudder. LOL.
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Originally Posted by yngldy
Seems to me that is a quilt were microchipped, all a thief would have to do was submerse the quilt in a tub of water. The microchip in a dog is under the skin, which is somewhat waterproof. Maybe, the quilts could have a device like the department stores have on clothing (but harder to be taken off and waterproof, teehee), and the detectors at every door at the quilt show.
I think you're probably right about the alert devices. They can be removed but it would be more obvious to onlookers.
What deters most thieves is the sense that someone is watching them; I'm not just theorising this, research supports it. Even a poster of a face with eyes that appear to follow you around as you move will reduce theft.
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And smartphones have that pesky telephone feature. I have one telephone and that's bad enough. Imagining carrying one with me everywhere makes me shudder. LOL.[/quote]
I used to feel the same way until my DD kept having the police do a "welfare check" whenever she didn't catch me by telephone. She was in Washington, and I was in Texas. :oops:
I used to feel the same way until my DD kept having the police do a "welfare check" whenever she didn't catch me by telephone. She was in Washington, and I was in Texas. :oops:
#38
Question, and maybe none of you can answer it--goes along with the microchip thread.
Do quilt theives steal quilts for personal use or do they steal them for resale?
Quilts are so personal, it seems to me it would be difficult to sell a stolen quilt. I don't know, lord knows, those of us here wouldn't steal one for any reason.
Do quilt theives steal quilts for personal use or do they steal them for resale?
Quilts are so personal, it seems to me it would be difficult to sell a stolen quilt. I don't know, lord knows, those of us here wouldn't steal one for any reason.
#39
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A couple of years ago, there were some magazine articles about microchipping quilts, but I haven't heard anything about them for some time. I think there were even some ads in the magazines for the chips and their service.
#40
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Originally Posted by MsEithne
To me (and a few other crabby old people), a smartphone IS special equipment!
And smartphones have that pesky telephone feature. I have one telephone and that's bad enough. Imagining carrying one with me everywhere makes me shudder. LOL.
And smartphones have that pesky telephone feature. I have one telephone and that's bad enough. Imagining carrying one with me everywhere makes me shudder. LOL.
Also - how do you address the fact that a police officer or non-quilter who might find the quilt would probably not even think about taking that quilt someplace to see if it had a microchip? They would simply see it as a blanket, and wouldn't consider the fact that someone might value it enough to microchip it.
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