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

Re:Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery S... by omgbear on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @02:43PM (#39909397)

There was one in London I used to walk past all the time. It was a neat experience to shop there once, but the selection was very slim and ocado was even more convenient.

I'd always peek through the windows and it never had any shoppers.

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Re:Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery S... by Shank on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @05:31PM (#39911078)

> I'd always peek through the windows and it never had any shoppers.

My experience using these locations is that I entered, grabbed the items I wanted and just left. Because they were closer to convenience stores, I was basically speedrunning it. A drink and a sandwich? Maybe 30 seconds tops. There wasn't any point in lingering. I wonder how much of that changed the dynamics of how many people were inside?

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Re:Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery S... by tim333 on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @04:49AM (#39914946)

My experience with London, Canary Wharf - I'm hungry but the darn Amazon app has auto offloaded. Spend 3 minutes re downloading with bad data signal. Buy sandwich. Meh - it was ok but normal check out easier for me.

Chancery lane Tesco who also had one - darn I don't even have the Tesco app, I guess I'll wait for a normal shop.

For me the system would be better if you could just tap your card like everywhere else rather than needing an app.

(mixed reviews on Tesco GetGo https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Tesco+Express/@51.518437...)

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