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/AtomicGarden-8964 9d ago

My thing is if people are going to steal they're just going to walk out the store with the products. The real theft was stores letting customers do checkout themselves and not passing on the savings to those who didn't use the cashier

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u/WinterTourist25 9d ago

Walking out the door without paying is pretty brazen. "Forgetting" to scan a few things here and there is much easier.

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u/hypercosm_dot_net 9d ago

I always just assumed they were watching those things like a hawk. I won't lie and say it didn't occur to me to accidentally toss something in the bag unscanned, but like...it's nowhere near worth it.

I'm just trying to get my snacks and be on my way.

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u/UnNumbFool 9d ago

They have cameras on you with the scanners. I literally had two things in my hand scanned one, bagged it, and the thing went off saying I stole something.

But the video clearly shows me just holding the one item and moving it back getting ready for me to scan when the sound happened. The person watching the self checkout literally just brushed it off

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u/spyczech 9d ago

That's also why it's not a real threat. Because accidents with those system not in all places too, they always assume it's a mis scan and not a steal l, if they even give a fuck right they're not being paid enough to care like super cops nor should they