aem said...

>
> Andy wrote:
>> [snip description of new system]
>
>> I'm going to have to dial around and see if any markets have this
>> system. I'd easily change markets for this ultra convenience.
>> [snip]
>
> Sounds like a crock to me. They get you to do the job of the checker
> and the job of the bagger and you somehow think that's "convenient"?
> I don't think so. -aem


There are several things I see as convenient to me:

1. I can bag items the way I want while shopping, making putting
groceries away at home quicker.
2. I don't have to unload the cart at checkout, bag and reload the cart.
3. The scanner would let me scrutinize the displayed vs. barcode price
for any discrepency.


A couple flaws are, as Mary mentioned, they made no mention of not
scanning items you put in the cart. The other flaw that wasn't addressed
is that raw vegetables don't have barcodes. Eventually you'll scan a
vegetable bin's barcode then weigh a bag of that veggie on a digital
scale and scan the generated barcode displayed on the scale's LCD?

Back in the early 1990's, I used a system at a supermarket that had a
large flatscreen wireless LCD touchscreen monitor on the push handle of
the cart where you could pick an item and it would show you where you
were in the store and where the product was located. It also did some
bothersome things, like beeping and blinking a discount coupon as you
passed any item on sale.

It would be more convenient to just on-line shop and have it delivered.
ACME does that here, but just because they have it on the website
"shelves" doesn't mean it's stocked locally (even after entering a
zipcode). I saw this done with great success in the Australian outback
where the owner somehow transmitted a shopping list to the market and the
goods arrived two days later by mail truck.

Andy