On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 14:22:52 -0000, "Ophelia" >
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>"Janet B" > wrote in message
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>> 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/
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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.
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>That is what we have in the self service checkouts. We do as you, pass the
>item over the glass to be read.
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>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.
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>Hmm I think I have talked myself into using them lol

let me know how that works out.
Janet US