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Re:The failure of self-checkout technology by Buttons840 on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @07:57AM (#39027022)
Sam's Club in my location is like this. Their self-checkouts are a computer screen with a mobile scan gun. You pick up the scan gun and scan all the items in your cart however you want. Then you pay, then someone checks 2 or 3 items randomly on the way out to ensure they are on the receipt.

People are saying the same can be done with an app, but I don't want to install another app.

Re:The failure of self-checkout technology by Buttons840 on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @10:56AM (#39029427)
Oh, and the person who checks receipts isn't just casually looking. The person checking receipts randomly scans a few items in your cart and then scans your receipt and the computer tells them if anything they scanned in your cart is not on the receipt, so it's a legit check, and it's fast. The whole thing takes about 15 seconds per cart, and if there is a big line they have the option of just letting people go without getting checked, so I've never had to wait.