Let me get this straight..I shop there, I pay money for the items, and now I have to pay more to bag my own groceries. And now, because they might not have enough cashiers, I’ll have to wait (long) to have my items bagged. Insane. Changes are a comin’.

I did a search and Walmart is not planning to charge for self-checkout.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/comp...rt/ar-BB1jXTa6

Is Walmart charging for self-checkout?
No, Walmart is not charging a fee for self-checkout.

However, during times of limited self-checkout access, some Walmart locations are reserving self-checkout for their Spark delivery service drivers and for those with a Walmart+ subscription, Bohl said.

They are apparently (in some stores) going to have a few self check out lanes for Walmart+ and delivery. Remainder will be free.
With all of the misinformation on the internet it’s wise to check.

Kroger!
 

Yet another reason to use Kroger delivery!!! We use Kroger at least once a week! No hassle, delivered on time every time. Wonderful service and good prices.

Why is it such a big deal to have items bagged?
Looking at some Villagers at the checkouts, bagging their own goods would probably double their daily exercise routine.
How lazy can you get?

Self checkouts should be a 5% discount, we're doing their job...

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Cool. Brings back another "childhood" memory. Part of my Winn Dixie job in high school was filling in as a "checker". It was amazing how quickly I got to where I rarely had to look at the price stamped (remember "jack stamps"?) on an item. Vintage Garvey Price Marker Model S185 5 Band Supreme w/Instructions (b16) | eBay

This subject also reminds me that one of my daughters was on the phone with me recently while the grocery person was loading her online order into the back "hatch". They apparently never even interacted. Mind boggling to me. Reminds me of my lack of understanding of how tipping has evolved in this country. I think I might have twice received a quarter after helping someone out with their groceries during those years. There's never been a faster bag boy than I in my prime. . . :-)

Do some legitimate fact checking. Walmart and /Target are not charging customers for self checkout!

NOT TRUE. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/comp...rt/ar-BB1jXTa6

Stop using self-check out! They will get the idea very fast! Don't wimp out!

That’s easy to say unless there aren’t any registers open with a cashier. Or the one register that does have a cashier has a very long line. When that happens to me, I don’t return to that store. A particular CVS and Sprouts are both on that list.

All one’s I’ve used had that option.

Bingo!

Let me know when you find a Walmart that charges for self-checkout......come on folks. Ask yourself why would Walmart charge for self-checkout when it benefits them. The line at Colony is long because people prefer self-checkout, but it still goes much quicker than a cashier.

Not true, they have a new program called e-meal that they are charging for not self checkout

I love self-checkout. Started using it at Kroger when we lived up north. It was supposed to be ten items or fewer. I don't cheat. I can bag the items the way I want. Walmart $98 membership does include Scan and Go like Sam's so you don't have to stand in a check out line. However, Sam's is at no cost; Walmart's requires a $98 annual membership.

I always enjoy hearing the sociological similarities and differences btw. our Countries!
I must admit, I miss those days!

This self-serve stuff began in an effort to "train us" to work for businesses, without pay, while paying them, full price.

From self-serve car washes to filling your own coffee/soda to uploading/downloading your own banking/investing options.

We handled the entire Closing on our home, including the wire transfer of big buck funds to our builder with no help from anyone. However, The Villages house, we used an agent.

It was ACTUALLY a lot easier to do EVERYTHING ourselves rather than sitting across the table from "slow" and inefficient real estate personnel. Ug.

Fake news, debunked. The only thing that comes -close- to this, is the scan-and-go feature in Walmart, which has always been a perk of the Walmart+ subscription service.

Sam's isn't no-cost. It's a perk of being a paid member of Sam's. You have to pay for membership. You can also get a day-pass to shop there without being a member, but you pay 10% surcharge on your purchase. So even then - you pay.

There are self checkout that allows cash, you just have to read which allows cash

In my hometown, Walmart just did remodel and now there are 30 self checkouts and three regular checkouts. No one is charged extra and they are open all the time. My only complaint is whoever set up the self checkouts was left handed because you have to scan left to right as the bags are on the right hand side.

It may "seem" like that to some of us, but a wildly successful business like WM sure doesn't have a track record of mistakes or misjudgments. I would make a considerable bet that ALL of the variables were put into a matrix and MBA"s covered every possible result: drop in weekly/monthly sales, social media "screaming", people vowing to never step foot in a WM again, and some keep the vow, for 3 months, 6 months, and the initial drop in sales is quickly recovered (like the number of people who vowed to never buy Anheuser Busch again) PLUS a bonus of a billion, maybe more, when those same people give in and buy a card that allows them the quick in and out for about $8 a month. Don't think that all of our outrage, and "vows" was not "baked into the cake" from the beginning of this revenue enhancing plan ! Who would ever have thought it was a "brilliant idea" when they sat around in the board room of Costco, B.J.'s, Sam's club and said, "Let's CHARGE people for the privilege of coming into our store instead of having to beg customers; we can simply tell them it's a "club". Often we look only through out own bank of experiences and circumstances, but most corporations see the "big picture". Guess we'll see soon !

It may "seem" like that to some of us, but a wildly successful business like WM sure doesn't have a track record of mistakes or misjudgments. I would make a considerable bet that ALL of the variables were put into a matrix and MBA"s covered every possible result: drop in weekly/monthly sales, social media "screaming", people vowing to never step foot in a WM again, and some keep the vow, for 3 months, 6 months, and the initial drop in sales is quickly recovered (like the number of people who vowed to never buy Anheuser Busch again) PLUS a bonus of a billion, maybe more, when those same people give in and buy a card that allows them the quick in and out for about $8 a month. Don't think that all of our outrage, and "vows" was not "baked into the cake" from the beginning of this revenue enhancing plan ! Who would ever have thought it was a "brilliant idea" when they sat around in the board room of Costco, B.J.'s, Sam's club and said, "Let's CHARGE people for the privilege of coming into our store instead of having to beg customers; we can simply tell them it's a "club". Often we look only through out own bank of experiences and circumstances, but most corporations see the "big picture". Guess we'll see soon !

Love love love Ace Hardware. Seems no matter what city or state you are in, the employees are THE BEST. Apparently (?) it can't be only excellent employee training, they must have a nation wide policy, even though individually owned, that they do not hire lazy, disinterested, sarcastic, "sour puss" faced, or otherwise sub parr employees ! Is that even possible ? Is it even "allowed" ? LOL !

What I heard was this is for only the area in the country that is having problems with thief. As you know FL will prosecute you if you steal from anywhere unlike places like California that you can still up to $900 and nothing happens so this is what happens when you allow your state to run amok.

Who in their right mind would pay to check out their own products. Don’t believe this thread

Yea ,they call it skip-scan

Thank you. Again someone reads half an article, jumps to conclusions and then throws it out to everyone to cause a stir

FALSE! Do some fact checking. This is untrue.

I agree! I feel like I'm actually doing Walmart a favor since I'm not a paid employee and they opt to have 2 checkers working about every time I shop. I am not going to pay for PLUS and get less! Trust me, I don't mind using self check-out however I really don't like someone about 3" away from me because I look like a criminal.... more like a normal person that they feel comfortable to confront! I'll go elsewhere, was never a fan of Walmart but accepted it when I moved here. The 'crime' doesn't only come from SCO, people are walking out of the store with their carts FULL of merchandise not purchased.....

It's funny, when these stores went to self scan, what did they think was going to happen ? These CEO's must be from Harvard.

Love kroger delivery!

I went to Lowes in Wildwood yesterday afternoon and they did not have any cashier lanes open. Only self checkout.

Spam
 

Spam, and not the kind you can add pineapple to and buy at Walmart

Hard to believe - 5 pages about a nonexistent issue.
 

So it turns out to be fake news, no surprise. The truth of the matter is that it is academic because the future of shopping is already active in Britain where there are no cashiers, no self-checkout, no lineups and certainly no theft. Check out (no pun intended) https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=16008589011 the Amazon Go store which is new kind of corner store.

You can buy almost everything sold in the stores you mentioned from Amazon and get it within a day or two, and usually for a lower price. I rarely visit those stores anymore. Note that the Lowes in Wildwood is a smaller store than the one in Lady Lake and they often do not have what you need in stock. I went there once and couldn't even buy a hacksaw.

FAKE NEWS...not true at all. But, please...believe it if you want. I'll get a closer parking spot and get in/out faster!!!

FrayedEnd Snopes says: Partially true.

Walmart may, at peak times, only allow Walmart + subscribers and their delivery people to use self checkout. So if it is jam packed in there you may need to use a register. But it won't be to use self checkout anytime. As the thread title says, only for guaranteed checkout.

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I believe that Walmart is charging more at the self checkouts because those stealing merchandise PREFER the self-checkout because it is easier to scam.

They're not charging more at the self checkouts. I do most of my grocery shopping at Walmart. I prefer the self checkout, because I'm faster and more efficient than the cashiers they have (I worked in retail 40 years, so I'm actually trained to be good at it). Once in awhile an incorrect price shows up, so I press the help button, an employee shows up within a minute, verifies that it's the wrong price on their little ipod, and adjusts the price. It's not a common thing, but it does happen sometimes. If it happens on the self-checkout, it's also happening on the cashier's register. It's a system error, not an intentional scam.