Shaw's: scanner prices sometimes differing from shelf price

[an-art-worker.livejournal.com]

Happened to shop at Shaw's this afternoon and happened to be paying attention - 2 out of the 12 items I bought scanned at a different (higher) price than what was on the shelf. Customer service resolved it (though I bought 2 of one of the wrongly scanned items and I thought I should have had them both for free - but apparently Shaw's policy is the first for free - the other/rest at the correct price. Seems like a kind of "the house always wins" type rule - considering that other shoppers probably bought the same stuff and didn't track the difference).

Anyway - no big deal but the same ol' caveat emptor, pay attention, use your turn signals, don't wash lights and darks...

Oh - and don't "remove items from the bagging area" even if you didn't... or the robo cashier will yell at you.

Comments

[an-art-worker.livejournal.com]

While I was at Shaw's yesterday the guy next to me got caught in the endless loop - "item removed from the bagging area.." so he put a bag back, got the same dunning msg, removed the bag, got the same msg... etc. It would be funny if it wasn't such an example of stupid design (GUI and sensor). Has happened to me too often before so I usually choose a meat cashier.

Was at IKEA last week and used their robo-cashier and it just worked.

[rethcir.livejournal.com]

I was at some big-box place, I think home depot, and noticed that they had the exact same system as Shaws.

[syntheticnature.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Home Depot. I've had such annoying experiences with their human cashiers that I found it to be a relief.