[Smogger]

Been there done that, a total rip off. At least when you bag the groceries yourself at Food 4 Less and Pack 'N Save, the grocer passes some of the savings back to you in the form of savings.

They had those machines at Ralph's here in San Dimas. You mean Ralph's (Kroeger) is going to bend me over with outragously high prices, make me show a membership card so they can track all my purchases, and then make me scan and bag my own groceries, while the defective machine repeatedly instructs me to "put the scanned item in the bag", even though it won't fit, as the kicker.

They put a Albertson's in down the street and Ralph's U-Scan was yanked shortly thereafter. Our local K-Mart installed one with similar disasterous results. It's gone to.

People like to have someone to bitch to.

[philetus]

The next generation of the scanners will be better.
The one's in the Glendale Home Depot don't lack people wanting to scan their own. People are lining up to use them now.