(06-28-2019, 10:20 AM)Jags Wrote:

(06-28-2019, 09:30 AM)Mikey Wrote: while not hard, if the store is staffing 5-6 self checkouts with one clerk, give me a discount on my transaction for doing the work and saving you payroll. 

More likely is that the stores will begin charging a fee NOT to use self-check.

Not to mention, if I’m deciding to spend my money at a store, they can at least ring it up.   Especially at a Home Depot where you can easily spend a bunch of money.   If it does ever come to a ‘convenience fee’ or whatever to use a cashier then I’ll just drive further and go to a different store that cares a little more about service.

It's all about competition.  If the store can use the money they save on cashiers to reduce their prices, then they might win your business.  But they would have to decide if people like you are willing to pay more to have a cashier.  

My point is, self-checkout is as easy, if not easier, than using a cashier.  Put your credit card in the credit card reader, pick up the little scanning gun, scan your stuff, select "finished," get your receipt, and walk out.  What's so hard about that?  I prefer that to unloading all my stuff onto the belt and watching the cashier slam my bananas into a bag.

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