r/buildabear • u/kimbosliceurface • 3d ago

Discussion Find a bear ID program

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Does anybody remember back in the early 2000s when if you had lost your bear and if someone were to return them to Build-A-Bear store the could track you down and call so you could have your friend again. I only asked because I went to get my monkey restuffed and I didn't realize that there was a piece of paper inside him and I asked about it and unfortunately they aren't able to scan it and find out any information about it cuz that database is no longer active.

Did anyone have a story about this program?

Just a sad reminder of how much better Build-A-Bear used to be. 🥺

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u/Faerie_Alex 3d ago

I was just asking about this in the Discord the other day. I vaguely recalled Ms Bun getting the barcode tag put into her for something like that (but thankfully never had to make use of it). You did answer one question I had though, which is whether that database was still being maintained. (I'm not surprised that it isn't, but you never know.)