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Re:The age of the fast self-checkout lane is over by Nextgrid on Sunday May 29, 2022 @05:51PM (#31553237)
The problem with this option is that it requires a loyalty card, sharing personal information and agreeing to a "privacy" policy (from experience, if a "privacy policy" is mentioned, your privacy is about to be violated).

If they could make this system work with anonymous accounts (walk up, swipe credit card and pick up scanner, put back scanner when done and the previously-authorized credit card is charged the appropriate amount) it would be lovely.

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Re:The age of the fast self-checkout lane is over by z9znz on Sunday May 29, 2022 @08:00PM (#31554096)
You can walk up to the info counter at the entrance on each visit and pickup a new loyalty card. There's no registration required. It would be a bit wasteful of plastic, but there are no privacy issues at all there.

Of course, when you checkout with a non-cash payment, they can keep records of what you bought based on your payment info.

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