MyThings, which launched an anonymous quiz tool last month to help you avoid buying a crappy gift for your loved ones, has launched a new initiative specific to the tracing stolen valuables. The company that grew from Trace, the international database of stolen valuables, is combining its two main components to provide an improved search tool powered by LTU Technologies.
[img src="" caption="" credit="" alt=""]With the recent expansion of upgraded visual search, LTU will be giving up very necessary data for MyThings customers. In using MyThings, you're granted the ability to use a web-based tool to keep track of the items you own--from receipt tracking to simply cataloging all of your jewelry, MyThings has extended this service to included resources for recycling, selling items on eBay, finding accessories, leveraging the community to value your antiques, and repairing existing items. So when you have an itemized list of your own valuables, and one happens to get stolen, the cooperative measures taken by LTU, law enforcement and MyThings could help you get your items back. It also keeps stolen items from being resold in the trade market (legitimate trade market, that is).
It's obvious that a tool such as this needs to be greatly effective in terms of its search capability. It's also clear that MyThings is looking to find other consumer-based ways in which to offer its services to a larger audience. Having been borne of Trace, MyThings has already begun leaning more towards the social end. The MyThings GiftList quiz speaks to the social end of its website, which can be used for search purposes in another capacity--from wish lists to recommendations.