Sam's Club to eliminate all checkout lanes

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Includes self checkout and cashier checkout lanes.

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Sam’s Club plans to eliminate all checkout lanes and self-checkout in favor of Scan & Go

Sam’s Club is phasing out all traditional checkout and self-checkout stations nationwide, including in Corpus Christi. Shoppers to solely use Scan & Go.
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They have the scan and go lanes in the Sam's store I shop at. I have never used it because I don't live in my phone all day long. But I have seen other customers using their phones to scan items while they are shopping. Like all tech, I'll get used to it when I'm forced to, but dang...I hate this move.

But I see this becoming the way of the future for shopping in stores.

Shoppers in Corpus Christi shared mixed feelings. Grant Grisham, a Sam’s Club member, said he’s already used to Scan & Go but expressed concern for people who aren’t as comfortable with technology.

"That's probably the biggest concern, really," Grisham said. "Older people are not really up to date on modern technology."

Ivan Rodriguez, another shopper, said he prefers a hybrid system. “I think that it will be better to have a mix,” Rodriguez said.
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I only use self check out at grocery stores. I’m not much on small talk with old women and teenagers
 
Ok, ima set the new rules.

If you can carry everything you got in your fucking hands...use the self check.


If you have a cart full of shit...use the regular.


If I see either one of those in the opposite line, I am judging you HARD. Lulz
 
dikowt dowg said:
They have the scan and go lanes in the Sam's store I shop at. I have never used it because I don't live in my phone all day long. But I have seen other customers using their phones to scan items while they are shopping. Like all tech, I'll get used to it when I'm forced to, but dang...I hate this move.

But I see this becoming the way of the future for shopping in stores.
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It's weird, I loathe self checkout lanes at the grocery story and will wait in line for a manned lane unless I'm in a major hurry, but I use the Scan N Go at Sam's every time.
 
30 years ago they were talking about pushing your cart full of groceries without ever taking them out, thru a scanner and it did it all at once.

Of course that would be too easy.
 
williewilliejuan said:
We’ve had self-checkout for over a decade and there hasn’t been one time since where I’ve been at the store and not seen someone utterly baffled by the process. This isn’t going to end well.
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Like everything computer related, I have trouble with it when it's a new system. Everything is in the wrong place and seldom are programs intuitive. But I get there. Now I whiz right through self checkout, even looking up all the veggies i load up on.

So yeah...when my Sam's store switches over, I'll need a clerk in my back pocket for the entire shop...at least the first three or four times. When I walk in, they might as well assign someone to me.
 
What are they going to do if something doesn’t scan? Although…that happened to me recently at a gas station. Went to buy a six pack of beer. The girl scanned it, nothing. Scanned it again. Nothing. Scanned it three or four more times. Still nothing. Normally, in a situation like this, they’ll go look for the price and enter it manually. This girl? Nope. She grabbed the six pack and put it behind the register and said “I can’t sell you this”.

I left.
 
dikowt dowg said:
Includes self checkout and cashier checkout lanes.

www.kristv.com

Sam’s Club plans to eliminate all checkout lanes and self-checkout in favor of Scan & Go

Sam’s Club is phasing out all traditional checkout and self-checkout stations nationwide, including in Corpus Christi. Shoppers to solely use Scan & Go.
www.kristv.com www.kristv.com

They have the scan and go lanes in the Sam's store I shop at. I have never used it because I don't live in my phone all day long. But I have seen other customers using their phones to scan items while they are shopping. Like all tech, I'll get used to it when I'm forced to, but dang...I hate this move.

But I see this becoming the way of the future for shopping in stores.
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Simply go in and load up a cart with $1000 worth of merchandise, and when you can't buy it because your phone is in the car, you simply leave it there and walk out. Fuck 'em.
 
williewilliejuan said:
We’ve had self-checkout for over a decade and there hasn’t been one time since where I’ve been at the store and not seen someone utterly baffled by the process. This isn’t going to end well.
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Because there are too many exceptions. Someone does something unexpected or not validated, the weight sensor doesn’t pick up, ID for alcohol needs to be checked, you scanned an 11th item, etc. So an attendant must be called. It’s very clear it’s a labor saving device for the store only, because convenience doesn’t increase. And then because some decent percentage of people use it as an opportunity to steal, stores occasionally pull the self checkout back, and it’s long lines again.

The greatest advent in shopping recently was the Internet and Instacart-style selection. Nothing else has really been transformative.
 
So this is about how self checkout lanes will even be gone but most of the convo has been about self checkout lanes?
 
I scan as I shop when I go to BJs and I really do like it much better than scanning on my way out.

I don't know if I have ever seen cashiers there, to be honest.
 
Guy Incognito said:
I think one of the grocery stores by me does this, but I've never used it.

If they want me to be a cashier, they should pay me for it. Otherwise, I go to the cashier 9 times out of 10.
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I prefer how I bag my groceries...and I use as few bags as possible (usually 1)
 
Guy Incognito said:
I think one of the grocery stores by me does this, but I've never used it.

If they want me to be a cashier, they should pay me for it. Otherwise, I go to the cashier 9 times out of 10.
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I think the claim is that they do pay you for it… by keeping prices low. Amazon Fresh made the same claims, but I never liked the vibe of that place. When it turned out that it only worked by having an army of India-based spies watching your every move via remote cameras, that was enough. Creepy. Scanners in carts is okay, I guess.
 
Mofo said:
I think the claim is that they do pay you for it… by keeping prices low. Amazon Fresh made the same claims, but I never liked the vibe of that place. When it turned out that it only worked by having an army of India-based spies watching your every move via remote cameras, that was enough. Creepy. Scanners in carts is okay, I guess.
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if you do the upside down pineapple trick, does it alert other swingers in the store?

asking for a friend
 
Mofo said:
I think the claim is that they do pay you for it… by keeping prices low. Amazon Fresh made the same claims, but I never liked the vibe of that place. When it turned out that it only worked by having an army of India-based spies watching your every move via remote cameras, that was enough. Creepy. Scanners in carts is okay, I guess.
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Lulz. The one place that has the most automated stuff is usually the most expensive, and it's for shit like Lucky Charms, not even like the produce that *could potentially* be different, but probably isn't.
 
ill said:
if you do the upside down pineapple trick, does it alert other swingers in the store?

asking for a friend
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@craigk217 you do NOT have ask others for tips on meeting new people. Putting a folded brown bandana on your back pocket or whatever will probably continue to work just fine for you…
Guy Incognito said:
Lulz. The one place that has the most automated stuff is usually the most expensive, and it's for shit like Lucky Charms, not even like the produce that *could potentially* be different, but probably isn't.
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My wife and I tried it once, and walked out after about 10 minutes. We didn’t see any particular deals. That the automation was a lie discovered later, didn’t really enter the process.
 
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