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In reply to the discussion: Walmart Gives Up Replacing Store Cashiers With Machines [View all]XRubicon
(2,213 posts)39. At Home Depot today buying a $50 refrigerator water filter
I opted for the self check out, the scanner could not scan the barcode because it was too small, I tried to get the attendants attention as she walked away for a break or something. I kept trying to scan it, then finally I got someone to help and they scanned it at the attendants station using a hand held wand... she said the barcode is too small, happens all the time.
These systems are not there yet, I think they will be eventually but not now.
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I'm not so sure about this. One local Wal-Mart recently increased the number of scan & go lanes.
Arkansas Granny
May 2018
#3
This is what I found on using your phone to pay. You still have to scan your items at a register
Arkansas Granny
May 2018
#21
For me, the Walmart self-help is very user friendly compared to other stores i have used
wishstar
May 2018
#5
If you want customers to use something it needs to be easier, faster or cheaper.
PoliticAverse
May 2018
#6
I hate them. I always go to a cashier unless there is a huge line and I'm in
smirkymonkey
May 2018
#10
No wonder. They only keep two fucking registers open at a time. Their policy-Minimum 3 deep per line
TheBlackAdder
May 2018
#15
I try to avoid Walmart at all costs, but when I go to Target, I never use their self-checkouts.
Tommy_Carcetti
May 2018
#17