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Re:Amazon says it’s permanently banned 600 Chinese brands fo... by callahad on Sunday September 19, 2021 @03:01AM (#28582278)
> So you can bring your own tote bags and fill them as you go, then at the end just...pay?

Exactly. It's become more or less a standard option in the UK, with most larger supermarkets even offering a wall of handheld scanners that clip onto your cart if you don't want to use your phone. Still strikes me as weird, but that's probably just me getting old.

Not sure how they deal with fraud.

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Re:Amazon says it’s permanently banned 600 Chinese brands fo... by Closi on Sunday September 19, 2021 @03:16AM (#28582348)
> Not sure how they deal with fraud.

When you scan the QR code at the end it will usually tell you just to pay, but sometimes it will ask you to wait for an attendant to check that you have scanned everything correctly.

Assuming everything was accurate, it then updates a ‘confidence’ score in the background for you - and if you always scan everything correctly the checks quickly become less frequent / almost non-existent. If you always scan everything wrong, the attendants will be asked to check it every time.

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Re:Amazon says it’s permanently banned 600 Chinese brands fo... by callahad on Sunday September 19, 2021 @03:39AM (#28582458)
Ah, hence the requirement of joining the loyalty programme -- lets them track scores even when using a store-provided scanner. Makes sense. Thanks!
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Re:Amazon says it’s permanently banned 600 Chinese brands fo... by ed_elliott_asc on Sunday September 19, 2021 @04:15AM (#28582632)
They will get more value from the extra data they collect on people and basket data than from the extra % of fraud that will inevitably happen.
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