Comment on Woolworths payment change as popular system [Scan&Go] gets axed: 'Devastated'
mp3@lemmy.ca 6 days agoWe had a similar system at the supermarket I went, however it was some barcode reader you had to pick up at the entrance, but the system itself was nice as you could pack as you went, and when you were done you could just scan the QR code at the self-checkout terminal where it would upload all the stuff you scanned, then all you had to do was pay.
No need to fiddle with the temperamental self-checkout system, I’m sad it’s gone :(
Zagorath@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Oh that’s a shame. Where was this, and when did they stop?
I quite like the idea of that option. Phone would be best, but I think the poor uptake scan & go had was probably because of the discovery problem. Most people don’t use the Woolies app, and those who do use it probably don’t notice the little “scan & go” option. But a wall of scanners right at the entrance is harder to miss. I’d have thought it should have much bigger uptake.
mp3@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
A supermarket chain named Metro in Quebec (Canada) did a test-run for more than a year then scrapped the project.
They decided to add more self-checkout machines instead…