On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:51:02 -0000, "M.I.5¾"
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>"MM" wrote in message
>news:5rhhu3pdq5mlul4ppm7s30scujj0cr82mi@4ax.com...
>> Anyone who has bought vegetables or fruit at a major supermarket will
>> have noticed the scales provided. I'm not talking about those stores
>> that invite customers to print off and apply barcode labels to their
>> veg, but where a scales is provided so that customers can tell how
>> much in weight they are buying.
>>
>> If, like the scales in the veg & fruit, there was a barcode scanner in
>> every ordinary shopping aisle, then shoppers could always check the
>> price of items if there was any doubt, or if the price was missing, as
>> is often the case today.
>>
>> Barcode scanners are dirt cheap, by the way.
>>
>>
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>My supermarket (Waitrose) makes them available to (almost) anyone who wants
>one. You scan everything you buy, scan a special code at the end of your
>shop and pay the asked for price in a self serve machine.
No, I didn't mean those. I know about them. I mean a scanner on the
wall or fixture just so that shoppers can confirm prices.
MM |