On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 12:57:39 -0000, "Ophelia" >
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>"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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>>> It may come. Some store have been testing a system where you carry a
>>> scanner on the cart and scan as you go. At the register you just pay. I
>>> don't know how it has been working but it is not widespread yet.
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>> I didn't write the above but ... those self scanners have been in use for
>> a long time in our stores. I don't use them but many do. There is a
>> special area they go to when they are finished where an assistant does a
>> check so far as I can see, but I suspect they just pay with their cards.
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>These are the self scanners we have:
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>http://www.tesco.com/scan-as-you-shop/


The self scanners I use are a flatbed scanner, kind of like the glass
bed on your printer. You pass the item's bar code over the glass to
be read.
Janet US