"Mike_B" wrote in message
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> In message <5rhhu3pdq5mlul4ppm7s30scujj0cr82mi@4ax.com>, MM
> writes
>>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.
>>
>>MM
>
> My local Tesco has them in several isles and this allows you to check
> prices of items as you shop, if you so wish.
Mine has a couple, although it is not particularly obvious what they are.
Colin Bignell
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