• CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    We have them at self checkouts here in Norway. Can’t get out of the store without them. I do not like it

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      1 year ago

      In the Netherlands the terminals ask if you want a full receipt or a short one with just the barcode to exit.

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        1 year ago

        What exactly does the bar code encode? I suppose it must be the unique identifier of the receipt. Can you look it up on the web? Or is it only useful to the employees of the store?

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          1 year ago

          You have to scan it to exit the selfcheckout and the store. If you use the manned checkout, you do not need to scan anything to exit

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          1 year ago

          Assuming that the Norwegian system is in anyway similar to the Finnish system I use, they just print the system id and the n:th of you on a piece of receipt while the system just checks that no similar register/customer id’s have passed.

          We tested this with friends where multiple friends bought stuff from the same register, but exited using only a single one and they were usable afterwards, but only once per.