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Re:Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022 by bryankaplan on Friday January 06, 2023 @07:30AM (#34273943)
It's a system that was never introduced in the US, and in fact I've never even heard of it until now. So surely one option is to remove the system altogether.

That written, I'm also surprised there's any serious talk of going cashless there. We have plenty of cash-only businesses here that preclude any serious consideration of the notion.

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Re:Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022 by taylodl on Friday January 06, 2023 @09:48AM (#34275168)
You apparently have never shopped at Aldi. You need a quarter to get a cart. When you take the cart back and lock it into the carts then you get your quarter back.
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Re:Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022 by jrm2k6 on Friday January 06, 2023 @10:26AM (#34275678)
That's probably why in the US nobody put their cart back. They would do it if they had to get their coin back. Again, to fight laziness, go for the wallet!
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Re:Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022 by theshrike79 on Friday January 06, 2023 @06:04PM (#34282648)
And if people won't, there would be droves of people taking the carts and keeping the quarters.
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Re:Ask HN: What sub $200 product improved your 2022 by philwelch on Friday January 06, 2023 @09:44PM (#34284568)
I've been to grocery stores in the US where there's a perimeter sensor that automatically locks up at least one of the wheels of the shopping cart.
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