"Janet B" > wrote in message
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> On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 12:57:39 -0000, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
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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.
>>>
>>> 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/
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> 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.

That is what we have in the self service checkouts. We do as you, pass the
item over the glass to be read.

The self scanners I described, are handsets taken around the shop by the
customer. Did you scroll right down to where it shows how the scanner
works? As you go around the store you scan the product barcode as you
shop. The handset tracks your spending too. It gives you a spending total
of everything you have scanned so far including promotions.
There is a button to remove an item if you change your mind and you can scan
through the items you have in the list when/if you want.

Hmm I think I have talked myself into using them lol


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