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That says: “Text HOUND9 to 88000.” If you snap a picture of it with a QR-code-reading client on your smart-phone, it should, in three steps or fewer, take you to a DriveBuy Technologies<\/a> page for one of Cathleen’s short sale listings<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you like good design, QR codes are plug ugly. But we’re going to start using them on our signs, commencing with the next listing. We often put the DriveBuy copy on a rider, so we’ll add the QR code there — on the order fo five inches square to make for an easy target.<\/p>\n Is anyone else playing with this technology?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Vide: That says: “Text HOUND9 to 88000.” If you snap a picture of it with a QR-code-reading client on your smart-phone, it should, in three steps or fewer, take you to a DriveBuy Technologies page for one of Cathleen’s short sale listings. If you like good design, QR codes are plug ugly. 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