Why use Checkpoint tags over the copies (and more)

If you are using a checkpoint security system in your retail operation to reduce inventory shrinkage you may have wondered about the cheap aftermarket checkpoint tags available out there on the Internet.  Or maybe you are not using a system yet and you are considering the checkpoint security systems product line.

At the risk of sounding cliche, you do get what you pay for…but hold on I have more than that.  Let’s take the checkpoint mini hard tag for example, probably the most popular of the Checkpoint tags. If you look closely at the edge of a genuine Checkpoint tag you will see no open gaps and it appears one piece with looking very closely.  This makes it impossible to crack open.  The cheap tags popularly made in China (and be careful they are advertised as Checkpoint mini hard tags…you have to look closely to see that Checkpoint is not the manufacturer) have a wide very noticeable seal along the edges where the front and back pieced are put together.  You can pop these tags open in seconds and remove the internal parts that set of the alarm.  The  checkpoint tags are impossible to pop open.

Another reason to use genuine checkpoint security systems security tags is that they work consistently to set off the alarm.  Cheap imported copies are known for having a low pic rate (pick up in the system) and may only set off the alarm 75% of the time.  So you may save $.05 on a cheap tag but lose a $250 jacket because the tag is ineffective or easily defeated.

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