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					<description><![CDATA[Seen on a billboard in London, near Oxford Circus tube.    A part electronic animated advert offering a discount at a local store.  If you text to 79990 you&#039;ll receive a Datamatrix code.In this case, it&#039;s the store which is using the code; they&#039;ll scan it in before giving you a discount.This is a pretty good way of distributing codes.  The retailer gets your phone number and, when you show the…]]></description>
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<p>A part electronic animated advert offering a discount at a local store.  If you text to 79990 you'll receive a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_Matrix">Datamatrix code</a>.<br><br>In this case, it's the store which is using the code; they'll scan it in before giving you a discount.<br><br>This is a pretty good way of distributing codes.  The retailer gets your phone number and, when you show the code they'll get a good idea of what phones are popular so they can work out which accessories to stock. They can probably upsell you a newer mobile if you've got a brick.<br><br>I took a quick scan of the code on the advert using <a href="http://www.quickmark.com.tw/En/basic/download.asp">Quickmark</a> - sadly, it was only dummy text.<br><br>I wonder how long it will be before supermarkets start sending these rather than physical vouchers.</p>
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