Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores

Re:Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery S... by kube-system on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @02:24PM (#39909136)

I doubt the relationship between the rate of shoplifting and ease of shoplifting is anywhere close to linear. Even before self-checkouts existed, people still shoplifted. And in some places, the honor system even works much of the time.

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Re:Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery S... by noodlesUK on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @02:38PM (#39909333)

> I doubt the relationship between the rate of shoplifting and ease of shoplifting is anywhere close to linear.

I'm sure you're right. I suspect that there are massive variations from shop location to shop location, even within a region. I also suspect there are different kinds of shoplifting. I remember hearing a friend who is not the kind of person to just pocket an item and leave, bragging about ringing up protein powder from a bulk dispenser as flour to save money. That kind of behaviour is definitely going to be hard to model.

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Re:Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery S... by bombcar on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @06:48PM (#39911691)

There's a number of people who openly admit to "self checkout discounts" as part of the "payment" for doing the work for the store.

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