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Chris digs into this months mailbag, and prints the entire quantity of letters we received. As always, you can contact the Editor at barcodereview@unsatisfactorysoftware.co.uk

Ok here's a hiku :)

Barcode runs over scanner
grocery price right
Barcode save time

Mike T

Yes, thanks for that Mike.

Dear sir/madam,

At last, a magazine devoted to that wonder of nature, the barcode. It was with great pleasure that I took the opportunity to peruse your fine publication; in particular the feature on the Golden Churn 500g (an old favourite of mine).

My primary reason for this letter is to draw your attention to the barcode on this month's issue of Edge - carefully placed at a slight angle, printed very small indeed and in the centre of the back cover. How I laughed as the poor youth behind the till in WH Smiths tried desperately to run it past his scanner, before finally giving up after nearly a minute and picking up the scanner to run it over the magazine (rather than the other way around). Hilarious, and a move on Future Publishing's part to be heartily congratulated.

Yours Faithfully,

Nathan Cross

Here at Barcode Review we rather enjoying watching checkout operators struggle with the barcodes printed on bags of frozen food, or those which appear in such ridiculous places that it takes half an hour to find them (and then they decide not to work). However, this particular example sounded like so much fun, I had to rush out immediately on receipt of the email in order to try it. However, it was about half past one in the morning, and so the shop was shut when I got there. The bill for the taxi fare is in the post.

Oh dear. I'm afraid we're out of space for this issue, so the other several thousand letters still in the mailbag will have to wait until next time. In the meantime, if you have anything interesting to say, please forward it to the usual address.