Posted on 05/22/2004 6:36:10 PM PDT by SLB
I just made a quick trip to one of the local Kroger stores, chicken was on sale this week and we wanted to get a couple of bags of boneless/skinless. When I got to the checkout isle, I use the self checkout whenever possible, I wrote my check for $25.00 over the purchase price.
The clerk ran the check through the machine and then looked at me and said something like; "I am sorry, but there has already been a check for $25.00 over written on this account within the past week and you are limited to $25.00 a week which is the maximum allowed." (Mrs SLB had written a check at another store earlier in the week) She then showed me the register slip with my bank account number and the limits on my account. I am limited to spending $300.00 a week at Kroger.
I asked her why and she said it was a new Kroger wide policy. I did not berate her, she is on the bottom of the food chain, but asked for a cusotmer comment form which she gladly gave me. I will fill it out and send it to Kroger.
We do not do anywhere near all of our shopping at Kroger as we have the commissary at Ft Knox (average savings is in the 30% range), we also have Save-a-Lot, Aldi's, and of course the infamous Wally World. We usually only go to Kroger for sale items, but this tracking of my purchases and limiting me is going to send me even further from them. My only planned trips there now are for gasoline as they give a $0.03 a gallon discount with their card, but I am certain they track that, too bad the name, address and phone number on the card are all made up.
Checks? Come on, checks went out with powdered wigs. Use a debit card.
Here in the south we have Harveys, it didn't happen to me, but i saw this happen to someone in front of me. I could not believe it, for the same reasons she had to put some items back(guess she didnt have cash on her ) I still dont understand how or why this is happened? If the money is in the bank why cant you use it. Is this for prevention of theft? Someone else using the card? I have had the bank call me to check if i have purchased alot in one day or for a large item purchase and i appreciate that with all the card theft these days.
Retailers make waves for RFID
The overwhelming message from the world's biggest retailers and RFID--fans to their suppliers is--don't wait to be told to use RFID, start your projects now. The only problem seems to be that suppliers are less than clued-up when it comes to the supply chain chips.
Speaking Wednesday at a conference organized by not-for-profit RFID standards organization EPCglobal, both Wal-Mart and Tesco were encouraging their suppliers to adopt the tracking technology now.
Colin Cobain, UK IT director for Tesco, advised suppliers to get involved and take a considered view of the new technology. "Some manufacturers are going down the route of slap-and-ship--I urge you not to do that... If you start of slapping-and-shipping, you'll get a bad name in your organization." He added that the question about RFID was not "whether or not it will make a huge difference in the world: the question is, will you be ready?"
Simon Langford, manager of RFID strategy for Wal-Mart and Asda, said "start engaging in RFID today... don't sit back and wait for it to happen." Wal-Mart, remember, were so enthusiastic about the technology that they issued a mandate telling their top suppliers to get the tags in their supply chain by January 1, 2005, or else.
Langford revealed that retailers weren't the only ones falling over themselves to get on the RFID bandwagon. Since the Wal-Mart diktat was issued, 37 smaller suppliers not affected by the mandate had contacted the chain store and asked to join in with the technology.
While Tesco is planning its own rollout and testing the technology on DVDs and other homes entertainment products in two UK stores, it isn't discounting the possibility of issuing a similar declaration.
Tesco's Cobain said that in the event of it requesting 100 per cent manufacturer adoption of RFID, the company would give its suppliers at least six months to get on board.
One Tesco supplier, however, wasn't entirely convinced that the time would be sufficient, saying: "There are many hundreds of suppliers that aren't aware [of RFID] and could be caught be napping," and added that six months was a long enough lead time only if suppliers started their own research and pilots now.
The issue of cost was also playing on suppliers' minds, with one not-as-yet RFID-enabled supplier posing the question of whether the retailers paid for the technology they want suppliers to have.
Both Tesco and Wal-Mart replied in the negative but both are keen to stress that adopting RFID isn't money for nothing. Cobain added that it was in retailers' interest to make the proposition win-win for them and their suppliers.
And while the thought of spending around 10p ($.07) a tag and £1,000 ($1,772) for an RFID reader might loom large, the benefits are there to be had, the retailers insist.
One such benefit is that RFID means better supply chain visibility and that means less out of stock items - which Wal-Mart estimate as comprising about 8.3 percent of items worldwide.
xzins wrote:
And I don't like the voice at the auto check out.
Did you ever touch one of the bags after you put something in it?
"Do not remove items from the bag" says FemAutoVoice.
LOL I wouldn't have the chutzpah to make a thirty cent purchase on a debit card.
My local store actually has one of these. It is an under 15 items cash only line. It is very popular. Now if only they would move some of the commonly purchased items close to the front of the store I would be one happy shopper.
Yes, I know why they put them in the back but sometimes I am in a hurry and plain don't feel like traipsing half a mile for a quart of milk.
"Even if I didn't have my reasons for not banking online, it would still be my perogative to write a check if I chose to do so. :)"
Just as its Kroeger's perogative to limit their customers to just 25 cash over shopping limit each week.
I buy cokes with my check card. If the guy behind me doesn't like it, tough.
What do you buy for 10, 15 or 20 cents? I thought I was bad because I usually wind up with a ton of sub $2 charges on my bank statement.
The standard "membership package" sold to almost every grocery store in the nation has this as a feature.
Ask them about it. That way you won't have to carry around those cards, keyring tags, and sinus ticklers.
whats a sub $2 charge????? i buy cookies,a bagel for breakfast etc.....the 10 cents charge comes from buying a cup,so i can use it for water all day long....cheaper than buying bottled water a $1.00 a pop...
i love scoping out deals..i have tons of chutzpah when it comes to saving money...for instance,i buy a 32 ounce coke cup for 10 cents and use it for water all day long,instead of buying bottled water a 1.00 a pop...ifigure i save 2.90 a day ,five days a week 50 weeks a year.. now,thats saving serious money.....
I have always been a beef purist. I never used to put anything on a steak. Blood is the only juice I ever needed...but recently I have started using KC Masterpiece rub on my steaks. That stuff is great.
press the Spanish button, just for kicks.
if/when you can't figure it out, the clerk will come over and treat you like you ride the short bus. when they're done, you can say politely in a quite American accent, "thanks a bunch!"
Zapps are the best chips out there. I don't believe they take checks though.
"Blood is the only juice I ever needed...but recently I have started using KC Masterpiece rub on my steaks"
The Salvation Army says: Blood & Fire, I say: Blood & Salt! On your recommendation I'll try the KC Masterpiece.
Try the beef marinade once, and you will not be disappointed. The Barbecue sauce is also first rate.
Try Food Lion.
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