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Subject: Re: An idea to help avoid pricing errors in supermarkets Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:40:26 +0000

On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:14:21 GMT, "Lord Turkey Cough"
wrote:

>
>"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.
>
>Yes but it would mean customers could check the price of the goods.

Ah, yes. Good one!

MM