On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:16:37 +0000, Cynic
wrote:
>On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:40:02 +0000, MM wrote:
>
>>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.
>
>How much does it cost to buy a barcode scanner that has a database of
>and can display prices for all the products in a shop? How sturdy are
>such scanners, and how long will they last when subjected to the
>normal abuse and carelessness of the general public? How is the
>database of such barcode scanners updated? How can it be ensured that
>the database in the scanners is the same as the database used by the
>tills?
My Cat5 cable (15m) cost about a tenner from Misco. In a bulk buy, far
cheaper. Running any of a myriad of cut-down Linuxes, the whole thing
would be very cost-effective. What is the cost to the store each time
a shopper stops a floor walker/shelf stacker and asks the price?
MM |