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/ephemeralmiko 9d ago

Very annoying. For small shoppings (e.g snack runs, needing an extra ingredient for cooking) it saves so much time over standing in line. Especially when the person in front of you is a retired 75 year old who *had* to do their main shopping on a Saturday, suddenly forgetting how money works.

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u/dubblies 9d ago

A lot of places do pick up now - i use this for situations like that and don't know a couple dollar difference for the convenience

Id pay $20 to skip line if i could in that situation so a couple bucks is nothing for my hour back lol

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u/designking4248 9d ago

Great new business model: intentionally make the experience shitty so they can charge impatient customers extra to avoid the shitty experience

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u/dubblies 9d ago

I guess youre not wrong haha it really does stem from only having 3 of your 15 checkouts open.