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In Sweden people usually start the slow part (entering the pin) while their items are scanned. When all items are scanned you just press ok to authorise the amo
by mediascreen 9y ago
In Sweden people usually start the slow part (entering the pin) while their items are scanned. When all items are scanned you just press ok to authorise the amount and wait for 1-2 seconds for the transaction to go through.
- germanier 9y agoAh yes. I have written about this on HN before. I have never seen this outside Sweden für some reason. At Aldi specifically it wouldn't be useful as you have to keep up with the cashier's scanning speed while bagging. In other stores you can start bagging at the end. Not sure why they don't use the same idea as Swedish stores. Once I tried inserting my card while scanning in a German store but the machine didn't like it at all.
- c12 9y agoWe have it in the UK for some petrol stations. My local one before they had pay at the pump allowed you to go to the cashier put your card in the machine and enter your pin tell them how much fuel you wanted and then the pump would only deal out up to that amount. You only got charged for the amount of fuel taken, so it didn't matter if you said you needed 30 pounds worth and only took 26 pounds worth. I guess it was similar to pay at pump now, where you enter your card and pin to pre-approve up to 99 pounds, fill up and then only get charged for the amount you took.
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- davidbanham 9y agoWe did that in Australia for a year or two but then it seemed to vanish. I guess not enough shoppers took it up. Or, come to think of it, it probably lowered the likelihood of people using the supermarket loyalty cards so they nixed it.
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- obsurveyor 9y agoUsed to be able to do this in the US with magnetic swipe but now you can't because of chip reading taking place at a specific time in the checkout process.