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[bluetail fly]

I have never used and will never use self check-out.  It is a system implemented with one objective -- increase profit margin by having customers and machines do the work of checkers so fewer checkers will be needed.

[catter70]

@shoesnbags , thanks, I'll look and see.

[Gorgf]

@peachesncream  I was just going to say the same thing about produce. I dislike looking up the item,weighing it and then if regular or organic. It is rare I don't have something to be weighed.

If I have only a few items and the lines are busy ,especially in the summer  where I reside, I will use it. 

[little missy]

ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!

[tansy]

Rarely but the self-checkout stations at Costco work well and we used one at Costco this morning.  Oftentimes the employee scans the items in the cart for us.  On the whole I refuse to use them though for reasons others have stated on this thread.

I do pick up interesting items that are not on my list but that's often a good thing 😊

[Lipstickdiva]

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@yyladybugyy wrote:

Walmart offers the scan and go only when you buy the plus feature.  It should be open for everyone.  I could scan and bag as I shop and when I am done I pay with my phone and leave.  I wouldn't have to empty cart and bag since it would already be in a bag and packed as I like.   Cold items all in one bag and so on.  I contacted Walmart to complain about paying for this featue.  Our Walmart makes us bag our items if we go to a cashier with our bags.

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@yyladybugyy , my local WM doesn't offer this but our Meijer store does.  I don't really understand it and have never taken the time to really figure it out.  

[chessylady]

I rarely use self-checkout. I would rather people have jobs even if I pay a little more in the long run. I have not been trained to do the job, don't know how to handle produce and generally inept as a checker.

[Snooky60]

I don't use them.  I am not an employee of any store, so I'm not getting paid to check out. The stores could give someone a job doing this.  Also, something always goes wrong, so why should I hold up a line or be embarrassed by calling an attendant!  No way!

[geezerette]

Walmart is the only store in my town that has self checkouts.  I use them most of the time now.  Because I'm normally so exhausted by the time I get done shopping that I want to get out of there as fast as possible, and the self checkouts normally have the shortest lines.  

[GoneButNotForgotten]

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@Desertdi     I did not know people worry about what other people are thinking about what is in a cart?  Who has time for that when shopping.  I think you are over worrying.... what in the heck are you buying that someone would be judging you for having in your cart?  I mean, TP paper is really rather embarressing, but I see people with it in their carts all the time.... no one is judging you for what is in your cart.

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Well, some of us are just more sensitive about that kind of thing. Some take it more in stride; you're lucky you do. Still, buying...feminine things...I like to be a little more private about it. I know nobody cares but I do.