A bar code scanner reader could be a solution, but not sure about how
expensive will be.

Regards,

Augusto

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[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Spehro Pefhany
Sent: Domingo 11 de Enero de 2004 10:59 AM
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: [OT:] Minibar ideas ?


At 03:20 AM 1/11/2004 -0500, you wrote:
>Afriend of mine went to one of the Westin resorts a few weeks ago. He said
>they had an automated system in their rooms.  Once the bottle was removed
>it was
>billed.

At one of the Asian hotels I stayed at recently, they rubber-stamp the
items so that you can't guzzle down half a dozen soft drinks and then
replace them at 1/5 or 1/10 the price from outside shops.

Best regards,

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reward"
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