They should do like Aldi’s and charge a quarter. That would end theft!
But it won’t stop pushout theft.
These systems can also be incorporated with remote locking or even interfaced with those sensors by the door that detect unpaid items. They can stop the cart before it leaves the store. This puts an end to the thieves who load up a cart and just push it out the door.
But when they don’t work right, as shown in the videos referenced here, they are going to cost a store its customers. I know I would be pissed if that happened to me.
Larry Lucido wrote: “They should do like Aldi’s and charge a quarter. That would end theft!”
Common in Germany. If you want a cart you have to insert money into a vending machine. If you return the cart to the machine, you get a refund. You see very few carts abandoned in the parking lots.
You often see something similar in airports for luggage carriers.