Comment on Imagine if all this discount programs were linked not to the card, but to the bag. Bringing the same rugged bag with a chip could've become a new normal.

• lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Then just stop having single use bags. No need to be annoying AF by forcing them into one alternative that sounds janky anyway.

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  • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    What makes it sound janky?

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    • lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Having to get a scanner to read a chip in a huge bag would be cumbersome as hell.

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      • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        As it doesn’t exist yet, we can imagine anything. Like thesr chips being in handles for example.

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• LanternEverywhere@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Why? Sounds terrible. So many down sides.

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  • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Arguably, it’s better than selling metal straws. Lots of single-use plastic is used for shoping bags alone. And these loyal customer cards… Why not to make them one thing?

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  • Noodle07@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Welcome to Europe, we are actually doing great

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    • LanternEverywhere@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You have reward card chips in your shopping bags?

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      • Noodle07@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Non reusable plastic bags are banned, we use sturdy re-useable ones

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  • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    There is so much less plastic bag litter here in NJ since we banned single use plastic bags. Its not hard to keep a couple reusable bags in your car.

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    • LanternEverywhere@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That had nothing to do with this topic. The topic here is having a rewards chip built into a bag, which is what i was saying is a bad idea.

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      • NOT_RICK@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        My idea was to make customers use a sturdy bag instead of one-use plastic ones.

        Didn’t sound like that was the part you were objecting to given this is the comment you replied to.

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  • algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    What are some down sides?

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