On Tue, 12 Sep 2006 04:41:53 -0500, Andy <q> wrote:

>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

Mother did on-line grocery shopping 50 years ago. The line was a
telephone. Called the grocery store and told the owner what she
needed. No extra charge for delivery.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974