Re: An idea to help avoid pricing errors in supermarkets
- From: MM <kylix_is@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:40:18 +0000
On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:16:37 +0000, Cynic <cynic_999@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:40:02 +0000, MM <kylix_is@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Anyone who has bought vegetables or fruit at a major supermarket will
have noticed the scales provided. I'm not talking about those stores
that invite customers to print off and apply barcode labels to their
veg, but where a scales is provided so that customers can tell how
much in weight they are buying.
If, like the scales in the veg & fruit, there was a barcode scanner in
every ordinary shopping aisle, then shoppers could always check the
price of items if there was any doubt, or if the price was missing, as
is often the case today.
Barcode scanners are dirt cheap, by the way.
How much does it cost to buy a barcode scanner that has a database of
and can display prices for all the products in a shop? How sturdy are
such scanners, and how long will they last when subjected to the
normal abuse and carelessness of the general public? How is the
database of such barcode scanners updated? How can it be ensured that
the database in the scanners is the same as the database used by the
tills?
My Cat5 cable (15m) cost about a tenner from Misco. In a bulk buy, far
cheaper. Running any of a myriad of cut-down Linuxes, the whole thing
would be very cost-effective. What is the cost to the store each time
a shopper stops a floor walker/shelf stacker and asks the price?
MM
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