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Re:Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery S... by ScoobleDoodle on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @07:28PM (#39911973)
That's because all of the self checkouts in the US use the weight change to match against the scanned item and any discrepancy leads to having to wait for a self-checkout attendant to manually override to let you continue. That manual override is equivalent to the inspection you're talking about not seeing. And I in the US get blocked needing an attendant 60%+ of the time at some point in the process. Usually up front with the bags I brought from home.
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Re:Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery S... by kaashif on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @07:44PM (#39912058)
At the Target next to where I live, the self checkouts don't weigh anything at all. I just scan something and put it in my backpack on the floor most of the time. And this is a Target where the toothpaste is locked up! I've never needed help from an attendant, and I've never been inspected either.

Obviously it varies location by location.

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Re:Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery S... by Izkata on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @08:44PM (#39912457)
That's happened maybe 4 or 5 times to me in the 200 trips or so (estimated, once a week for years) I've made since I started using the self-checkout every time. It's so reliable and fast for me (store: Jewel-Osco), I just don't have the problems others here are seeing. Usually while waiting in line I don't see anyone else have issues either.

Remove from basket, scan, put in bag. Remove from basket, scan, put in bag.

The scale is the entire bagging area, and it detects when things were removed or added without being scanned, as far as I know that's all it does here. No specific weights.

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Re:Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery S... by Solvency on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @08:56PM (#39912531)
Literally not true. neither Whole Foods nor Gelsons weigh anything you scan.
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Re:Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery S... by astura on Wednesday April 03, 2024 @08:53AM (#39916799)
>That's because all of the self checkouts in the US use the weight change to match against the scanned item

Objectively false. Some stores in some areas do that. Most don't.

At Walmart if I only have a few items (most of the time I go to Walmart) I'll just grab the scan gun and scan everything without taking anything out of my cart. I'll bag when I get to the car.

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