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The self-checkout at Costco is a godsend. I usually buy 2-5 items at Costco, and the self-checkout allows me to avoid standing in line behind people with overfl
by chihuahua 7y ago
The self-checkout at Costco is a godsend. I usually buy 2-5 items at Costco, and the self-checkout allows me to avoid standing in line behind people with overflowing shopping carts. I can pay in about 30 seconds and get out of there.
- _JamesA_ 7y agoSams Club has a self-checkout phone app. Scan as you shop, tap to pay, and show the receipt at the door.
- mkl 7y agoWow, that takes customer tracking to a whole new level.
- NullPrefix 7y agoTracking items you bought?
- mkl 7y agoYes, and your phone and all its identifying data, and exactly when you went to each part of the store.
- Shaanie 7y agoDoubt it's any different than membership cards.
- mkl 7y agoThose don't track you around the store, or profile you for personalised advertising, or connect your purchases to online behaviour, or even necessarily identify you (I never filled in the contact details for mine, just use the number to get the discounts).
- krageon 7y agoThey definitely do profile you for personalised advertising. They identify you because you have to give the card when you pay, and unless you always pay with cash your name comes by.
- shaklee3 7y agoThey had that briefly at my local Costco, then killed it shortly after. Never found out why...
- yegle 7y agoI find it very annoying to use the self checkout in Costco especially if you are buying bulky items. They force you to place scanned items on a scale which isn't always feasible.
- tbyehl 7y agoFunny, my impression of Costco is that they have literally the worst self-checkouts anywhere. I've never made it through without needing assistance and it takes forever to get assistance because, as best as I can tell, no other customer is more successful at it than me and there's never more than one person working there. Meanwhile, the staffed checkouts always seem to have another person assisting the cashier to get those overflowing carts through quickly.
- chihuahua 7y agoMaybe the experience is better than usual at the Costco store across the street from Costco headquarters is Issaquah, Washington, where I usually go.