Troy H.
I was skeptical until researching
I was wary, wondering why BarCodesTalk (BCT) was so cheap while GS1 was so spendy, so did some research. In 2002, a class action lawsuit resulted in anyone owning a company code (the first number group in UPC) as having full permanent ownership of that code. Post-lawsuit, all new barcodes were and are leased by GS1. BCT is a broker. Individuals and companies that own company codes and have unique numbers that are unused and they never intend to use are sold through BCT to earn money on their asset and permanently relinquish ownership of those numbers through a legal agreement. BCT has been in business over 20 years, ever since the lawsuit, so is serious about enforcing those agreements. My only recommendation for improvement is for the JPEG export of barcodes to be higher resolution to be useful. However, you can export as EPS vector files so this is not crucial.




