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I presume you can check your cart via the app before checking out... in terms of overcharging, how do you know when you’re overcharged at the store when the cas

by mnr 9y ago

I presume you can check your cart via the app before checking out... in terms of overcharging, how do you know when you’re overcharged at the store when the cashier checks you out if you have more than 10 or so items? Do you remember all the prices of each item?

pishpash 9y ago
Yes. People who care remember the prices.
- rainbowmverse 9y ago
  People with a good enough memory. Unfortunately, those most in need of watching prices are under a tremendous amount of memory-obliterating stress.
- mstolpm 9y ago
  Congrats if you are able to do so. I often try to predict the value of the items in the shopping cart when waiting in the cashier queue. Most of the time shopping in a supermarket, I can predict the total sum in a range of +/- 2 Euros. My girlfriend? Perhaps in a range of +/- 5 Euros. My mother? She would only be irritated if the sum is at least 10 Euros above what she expected. And that is for 15-25 items and a total sum in the range of 40-60 Euros. But there is no way my mother, my girlfriend or even I would detect small over- or undercharging most of the time.
  - mkl 9y ago
    It's not about the total, but the prices of individual items as they show up on the checkout screen, which are pretty easy to remember (they're mostly the same week to week). My local supermarket has some specials which are loyalty card only, so when the item is scanned the full price shows up. I use this to determine when to use the loyalty card for minimum tracking, minimum time, and minimum price (it doesn't have my personal info associated with it, but still connects purchases and it's faster to skip).
taeric 9y ago
To be fair... you don't have to remember it as some tough game of memory at the end. Just keep a running sum as you go. Rounding items as you add them to your cart can get you pretty close to expected costs and isn't tough to do. At most any time, you are only dealing with two numbers, and only one that you have to "remember."

by mnr 9y ago

pishpash 9y ago

Yes. People who care remember the prices.

rainbowmverse 9y ago
People with a good enough memory. Unfortunately, those most in need of watching prices are under a tremendous amount of memory-obliterating stress.
mstolpm 9y ago
Congrats if you are able to do so. I often try to predict the value of the items in the shopping cart when waiting in the cashier queue. Most of the time shopping in a supermarket, I can predict the total sum in a range of +/- 2 Euros. My girlfriend? Perhaps in a range of +/- 5 Euros. My mother? She would only be irritated if the sum is at least 10 Euros above what she expected. And that is for 15-25 items and a total sum in the range of 40-60 Euros. But there is no way my mother, my girlfriend or even I would detect small over- or undercharging most of the time.
- mkl 9y ago
  It's not about the total, but the prices of individual items as they show up on the checkout screen, which are pretty easy to remember (they're mostly the same week to week). My local supermarket has some specials which are loyalty card only, so when the item is scanned the full price shows up. I use this to determine when to use the loyalty card for minimum tracking, minimum time, and minimum price (it doesn't have my personal info associated with it, but still connects purchases and it's faster to skip).

taeric 9y ago

To be fair... you don't have to remember it as some tough game of memory at the end. Just keep a running sum as you go. Rounding items as you add them to your cart can get you pretty close to expected costs and isn't tough to do. At most any time, you are only dealing with two numbers, and only one that you have to "remember."