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backscatter712

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14. Just made a grocery store run and used Buycott live.

Reply to backscatter712 (Original post)

Wed May 29, 2013, 07:36 PM

May 2013

Some of the products on the store shelves aren't in Buycott's database yet - if you see one of them, be kind and take a minute to do a little bit of data entry so the next guy doesn't have to. Other than that, worked great! I also tested it on some known "bad guy" companies (I tried Bounty paper towels, and those got flagged as being Koch & ALEC products.)

All in all, a very useful tool!

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Buycott app has been updated for Android! [View all] backscatter712 May 2013 OP

Shameless self-kick! This app is awesome! n/t backscatter712 May 2013 #1

K&R! burrowowl May 2013 #2

excellent... hwmnbn May 2013 #3

Even more awesome, you can create your own campaigns using the website. n/t backscatter712 May 2013 #4

cool, I'll check it out. hwmnbn May 2013 #5

Got the app. East Coast Pirate May 2013 #6

K&R cprise May 2013 #7

yay! bunnies May 2013 #8

I'm glad to see it finally working! backscatter712 May 2013 #9

ugh. It wont scan a barcode! bunnies May 2013 #10

Weird. Worked for me. Do other apps like Barcode Scanner or Google Goggles work for you? n/t backscatter712 May 2013 #11

havent tried them. But I will. bunnies May 2013 #12

Hmm. When I use it, I hold it about a foot from the object with a barcode I'm scanning. backscatter712 May 2013 #13

Just made a grocery store run and used Buycott live. backscatter712 May 2013 #14

3 * one star reviews in the iTunes App store... here's the best one... stlsaxman May 2013 #15

To be fair, they've had some teething problems. backscatter712 May 2013 #16

who, by the way, are the developers? why do they insist you sign-up to use it? stlsaxman May 2013 #17

Most likely because they're crowdsourcing their product database. backscatter712 May 2013 #18

Heck, for all you know- this might BE a Koch Industries subsidiary. stlsaxman May 2013 #19