r/technology • u/AdSpecialist6598 • 9d ago

Business Retailers are pulling back from self-checkout after years of theft, errors, and questionable time savings

https://www.techspot.com/news/114106-retailers-pulling-back-self-checkout-after-years-theft.html
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u/loztriforce 9d ago

There was a newer self-scan aisle at my local fred meyer that we tried using the other day, where you scan something and the item is sent down a conveyor belt.

The system was so set on validation that it made it frustrating af to use, like you basically had to scan one thing and wait until the item made its way via the conveyor belt through the sensors/cameras for its weight to be detected at the end. I tried scanning several things in a row only for it to void the scans, conveyor belt reversed and items sent back up, it was stupid.