Shopping scanners?
coozer - 9/12/13 at 02:00 AM
Heres one for ya..
Wor lass and me were in the Tesco's the other night and there was a bird with a scanner bleeping away at everything she picked up..
Anyway found it was a Motorola MC17.. looked at google and cant get over the price!
http://www.thebarcodewarehouse.co.uk/barcode-scanners-and-readers/wireless-barcode-scanners/motorola-mc17/?gclid=CLagweWEorsCFZLKtAodV3kATg
On google theres a few apps come up but cant find anything that scans the price and adds up as you go along.
Anyone point me to an app for my Windows phone that will scan the prices and add them up as we go along?
Or, anyone got a MC17 that going cheap?
That would be real handy for £5 0ff £40 vouchers we get all the time!
prawnabie - 9/12/13 at 07:24 AM
It would be useless unless linked to tescos network, my mom does a lot of work with these and they are always going down mid shop- they have to fetch
another scanner, link it to the clubcard again and then transfer the purchases over. sounds a right pita to me.
Slimy38 - 9/12/13 at 08:18 AM
Are you sure they're not the 'quick shop' scanners that the supermarket provide to customers? Our local Sainsbury's (we don't
do Tesco... ) has a rack of these scanners, basically you do the shopping as normal scanning in each item, then when you get to the checkout you hand
over the scanner, then they just visually scan your shopping and ask for payment. The idea is that you've already done the scanning as you shop
and you spend about a minute at the checkout.
You don't actually buy the scanner yourself, but you have to sign up via your loyalty card in some way.
I don't know what each supermarket call their version, but I have seen them quite often.
MikeR - 9/12/13 at 10:05 AM
as originally trialed by safeway 13 years ago. I'm not convinced by it.
MikeRJ - 9/12/13 at 10:40 AM
As others have said, you don't buy the scanner, you pick it up from the rack at the front of the store. You swipe your clubcard and a scanner is
released for you to use. The scanner is linked to the store database via WiFi so it knows about prices, special offers etc.
A scanner by itself would be completely useless to you unless linked into the stores database system, and the same would go for any kind of phone
application to emulate this. Something tells me Tesco wouldn't be overly keen to open up the Wifi links to their price database to members of
the public...
BTW, what does "wor" mean? Seen it a few times and made no sense to me!
[Edited on 9/12/13 by MikeRJ]
robinj66 - 9/12/13 at 10:58 AM
quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
BTW, what does "wor" mean? Seen it a few times and made no sense to me!
[Edited on 9/12/13 by MikeRJ]
NE dialect for "our"
[Edited on 9/12/13 by robinj66]
tul214 - 9/12/13 at 11:14 AM
quote:
Originally posted by robinj66
quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
BTW, what does "wor" mean? Seen it a few times and made no sense to me!
[Edited on 9/12/13 by MikeRJ]
NE dialect for "our"
[Edited on 9/12/13 by robinj66]
LOL...
Wor Lass
TimEllershaw - 9/12/13 at 11:26 AM
quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ
As others have said, you don't buy the scanner, you pick it up from the rack at the front of the store. You swipe your clubcard and a scanner is
released for you to use. The scanner is linked to the store database via WiFi so it knows about prices, special offers etc.
A scanner by itself would be completely useless to you unless linked into the stores database system, and the same would go for any kind of phone
application to emulate this. Something tells me Tesco wouldn't be overly keen to open up the Wifi links to their price database to members of
the public...
[Edited on 9/12/13 by MikeRJ]
Agreed - the scanner has to link to the store's price database. The bar codes are just product ID and don't hold prices.
Tesco do have a phone app. Targeted at home/online shopping rather than use in the shop. You can scan things (as you use them) and it adds them to
your online shopping list ready for your next order. The app equivalent of the post it note on the fridge that says buy more beer/wine/vodka/etc.
No reason why you couldn't use it as you are going round the shop (assuming shop prices are the same as on-line prices, and you have Internet
access on your phone)
tim.
TimEllershaw - 9/12/13 at 11:30 AM
quote:
Originally posted by MikeR
as originally trialed by safeway 13 years ago. I'm not convinced by it.
We used to use it in Safeway, I always liked it. A bit of a tradeoff between taking longer to go around the shop, but no queuing at the checkout.
( plus you get to "shoot" annoying shoppers with your laser "gun" 
)
balidey - 9/12/13 at 02:42 PM
Don't you have a calculator app on your phone?
And would you really put stuff back if you reach your shopping limit? I know I don't.
serieslandy - 9/12/13 at 03:45 PM
It's useful if you have a voucher for £5 off £40 for example and you normally only spend £30
02GF74 - 9/12/13 at 07:32 PM
are you nuts? they have people in the shop paid to scan your stuff - why do you want to do it yourself?
coozer - 9/12/13 at 08:05 PM
Thanks chaps, that all makes sense now, just didn't know about it and haven't seen it in the store before.
Ill check it out next we are in there.
As for wor, it means my lass, our lass, our Johnny etc, its a saying for family and close friends up here
coyoteboy - 9/12/13 at 08:24 PM
Most smart phones can scan bar codes and even look up product names etc online these days.
Don't know what the point is in this usage unless it is the quick shop option some places offer. Nofaster than using the self-scan aisles?
loggyboy - 9/12/13 at 08:33 PM
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Originally posted by coyoteboy
Most smart phones can scan bar codes and even look up product names etc online these days.
Don't know what the point is in this usage unless it is the quick shop option some places offer. Nofaster than using the self-scan aisles?
Because you scan as you go, you dont need to rescan at checkout, so saves time.
ashg - 9/12/13 at 09:13 PM
now he knows its £500 and they are giving them out at the front it will be exiting in a shopping bag
gremlin1234 - 9/12/13 at 09:20 PM
Because you scan as you go, you dont need to rescan at checkout, so saves time.
and you can put your shopping nicely in your shopping bags to saves double / treble handling it.
until they want to check something!!!
GeoffT - 9/12/13 at 09:40 PM
I've used these a few of times at my local tesco, for some reason the system doesn't like the look of me and always demands a manual check
which can be a bit nerve wracking - bugger, did I remember to scan every item????
Also, if the odd bottle of booze has dropped into your trolley this means you have to wait for an assistant to verify it, which can be a further long
wait at busy times. Strangely they never seem to ask if I'm over 18 these days, most annoying...
coyoteboy - 10/12/13 at 12:49 AM
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Because you scan as you go, you dont need to rescan at checkout, so saves time.
Still don't get it. I only scan once too. And I can pack better because I don't have to so it as I go and try to figure out what best goes
in which bags when I'm not sure what I'm buying yet.