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with pen and paper books can be kept
by haskellandchill 5y ago
with pen and paper books can be kept
- miohtama 5y agoBut you cannot pay with a pen at a cash registry
- Scoundreller 5y agoIt’s a co-op store. They know who you are.
- cpach 5y agoIt’s a co-op by name only. These days, Coop’s just a regular supermarket.
- Scoundreller 5y agoThis should be illegal.
- cjg_ 5y agoCoop the store chain is owned by a cooperative association (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kooperativa_F%C3%B6rbundet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kooperativa_F%C3%B6rbundet) so would say it is legit still.
- detaro 5y agoJust because the organization is a co-op (of co-ops in the case of the overall parent org) doesn't mean it knows all members of the public that go shopping there.
- Scoundreller 5y agoIt doesn't mean they socially know everyone that shows up, but every member would have paid some amount to buy (a) share(s), at least that's how coops work where I am. Plus accumulated dividends. That's a relative barrier to fraud if they decided to issue credit to members. You could still fraud hit them in this circumstance, but they have some kind of info printed on your card with your name on it and how long you've been a member, and somewhere in the background, a phone# and address. If one wanted to commit retail crime, easier to just take stuff and walk out without paying.
- detaro 5y agoThey are not limited to members of a participating co-op. Everyone can go shopping there.
- ghaff 5y agoWhy on earth should a member-owned structure be limited to some little store where everyone knows everyone? In the US some fairly large organizations, including juice makers Ocean Spray and outdoor chain REI, are co-ops.
- haskellandchill 5y agoYou can't, I can at certain registries in my town.