"MM" wrote in message
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> On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:51:02 -0000, "M.I.5¾"
> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>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.
>
John Lewis stores in the UK have them located throughout many stores. As a
bonus they also confirm the stock position.
And I've just remembered, that Argos stores have something similar, though
you do have to type in your own catalogue nuber.
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