On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:39:57 -0000, "M.I.5¾"
wrote:
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>"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
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>>>> 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.
True, but in Argos stores the shopping experience does not involve
shelves with goods on as in traditional supermarkets. You have to
select your item(s) by perusing a catalogue which states the price.
The stock checker is really to save you a wasted journey to the till,
as well as confirming the price printed in the catalogue.
MM |