In article >,
"Nancy Young" > wrote:


> Ugh, I've only seen those once, it was at Costco quite a few years
> ago. It didn't last. What a hassle getting the carts to separate.
> People would chase you down in the parking lot, waving a quarter
> begging to 'buy' your cart if you're done with it?


Reminds me of buying a newspaper a few years back. A woman approached
me, saying that it didn't make sense for both of us to pay. Once you
put the money in the machine, you can take as many as you want. I
refused. She was really peeved.

It's stealing. The guy who owns the machine pays for the papers that
are taken.

Eventually, when the cost of the stealing gets too high, they have to
take action. No more newspaper machines. Buy from a person who gets
paid money, and drive there to boot. No more free shopping carts. Even
if you get your money back, who is going to pay for the cost of securing
the carts? The store is going to jack up prices to pay for it.