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A comment on The Banana Trick and Other Acts of Self-Checkout Thievery (2018). Parent comment

Re:The Banana Trick and Other Acts of Self-Checkout Thievery... by lozenge on Sunday July 28, 2019 @07:14PM (#20550352)
Neither a nor b.

Take the wholesale price of the product, add rent, delivery, payment processing, in store labour and all the other expenses involved in running a store, then add 1-2%. That gives you the price you pay in store. That formula hasn't changed since self checkout was introduced, but the cost figures have changed.

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Re:The Banana Trick and Other Acts of Self-Checkout Thievery... by YeGoblynQueenne on Monday July 29, 2019 @07:50AM (#20553507)
I don't see how self-checkout does not come under "all the other expenses involved in running a store". Also, I dont' see how it comes under the 1-2%, which I assume is the profit that the store makes.

I still don't see how all this says that "the cost savings have been passed on to the customer", as per your previous comment.

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