On 1/1/2010 09:26, Nancy Young wrote:
> Janet Baraclough wrote:
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>>> "phaeton" > wrote in message
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>>>> About 10 years ago I went to an ALDI store in Chicagoland with this
>>>> girl at the time. The shopping cart deposit system was kind of
>>>> silly to me.
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>> It's standard practice in Britain.
>> In Europe many people still walk to the smkt , so stealing trolleys to
>> take heavy purchases home, is a temptation to some.
>
> Some people steal carts here, too, but if it's for the convenience
> of carrying heavy purchases, that 25 cents would not be a deterrent.
> It costs at least that much to call a cab to come get you. Just the
> phone call, not the fare and tip.
>
> nancy

I think the $0.25 deposit is more to encourage people to not leave carts
strewn all over the lot because it is so incredibility hard to push the
cart into a cart return after you use it... Carts cost around $100/each.