Remote communications devices, wireless communications systems, remote
communications device operable methods, and retail article monitoring
methods are described. According to one embodiment, a remote
communications device includes communications circuitry configured to
implement wireless communications with respect to another wireless
communications device and a configurable portion configured to be
altered, and wherein the remote communications device is configured to
respond to wireless interrogation signals from the another wireless
communications device, and incident at the remote communications device
with the configurable portion in an unaltered condition and wherein the
remote communications device is insensitive to the wireless interrogation
signals from the another wireless communications device and incident at
the remote communications device with the configurable portion in an
altered condition.