Fraud Prevention Strategy
“I’ve gathered everyone here to think about what we should do going forward so that the same thing doesn’t happen again.”
“Kaito, do you understand what we’ve talked about so far?”
“Yeah.”
I’m never gonna forgive them. Alright then, how do we stop this kind of fraud from happening again?
“Kaito, do you have any ideas?”
Well, stuff like telling people not to do bad things, or beating up bad guys… that’s about as far as a kid would usually think.
“Yeah, if it were me… I’d put a mark on it.”
Hm? A mark? What does he mean?
“You see, we put a mark on it that says ‘This was made by the Marsh family.’ On all of them.”
“What? A mark? You mean a crest? I see… if we do that, we can show that it’s our family’s business, and clearly state that it’s our product. It would make it harder for anyone to meddle with the border count’s business so easily… it would serve as a deterrent too.”
“Yeah, and then, on the product, we attach a paper that says it was properly made and has no problems.”
“What? A paper that says ‘properly made and no issues’? Why would we need something like that?”
“Master, that is splendid. You mean to guarantee the quality, correct? How wonderful. Ah, as expected of Young Master Kaito.”
Guaranteeing the quality of a product? What an incredible idea!!
“Kaito, that’s amazing. You’re a genius.”
Sorry, Papa. This was just normal in my previous life. The mark is basically a brand logo, and the quality guarantee isn’t something I came up with either. But I can’t exactly say it’s knowledge from my past life, so I’ll just pretend I thought of it. Sorry, Sebas. And Captain Luke, you don’t need to start praying over there!
“Ehehe. I just thought it would be nice if we did that. And also…”
“What, there’s more?”
“Yeah. We take what Sebas said about quality assurance, make it into a proper document, and then, for a certain period, like, say, six months, if anything breaks, we fix it for free! What do you think?”
“Kaito, you’re incredible.”
Ugh~ Papa, hugging me is fine, but you’re too strong~ can’t breathe~
“Papa, I can’t breathe…”
“Ah, sorry. I got so happy and moved that I didn’t think.”
“And for that guarantee, we can add conditions too. Like… we won’t cover damage that was done on purpose.”
“Determining whether someone intentionally damaged it, or even when a defect or damage occurred, would be quite difficult, wouldn’t it?”
Yeah, that’s the tricky part, Captain Luke!
“That’s exactly why we have the quality guarantee. We sell it after saying there are no problems at the start, right? So if someone later says, ‘It’s damaged’ or ‘It broke,’ then that damage must have happened after they bought the chair.”
“I see!
(What is this kid? This isn’t something a child comes up with. His head works like an adult’s. Most grown-ups wouldn’t think of this. This kid is incredible.)”
“But what if it broke naturally somehow? Or if someone else interfered and caused the damage? How would we determine that? Young Master, how do you think about that point?”
Sebas, yeah, that’s another issue.
“Wouldn’t damage caused by a person usually be straight cuts? Or look like it was shaved down? But natural damage would probably be uneven, and the marks would look rough.”
“Young Master, what do you mean by ‘rough’ damage?”
“Sebas, I think he means naturally occurring damage. In other words, when wood breaks, it splinters. The way it breaks leaves the surface all jagged and messy. That’s why it’s ‘rough.’”
“When a person deliberately damages something, they’d have to use a blade or something. Those kinds of marks would be clean cuts. And remember, the Kai Chair is a chair. That means it’s built to be sturdy, it shouldn’t break easily. If it broke that easily, it wouldn’t even be a product, right?”
Hm? Captain Luke, isn’t your explanation getting kinda complicated?
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