chessie Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Someone will know this -Went up to the wicked big city last week and bounced into Leclerc to get a few small items. Saw that they now had, in this particular store, the self-serve checkout machines. I tried to use one, but was waved away by the assistants who implied that my bank's Bleu cart or my Visa card were not acceptable. Looking at the info by the self-serve machines it seems that it is only the Leclerc bank card that can be used. Have I got that right ? Or have I made a mistake ?Don't really like the things; give me the screaming ab dabs, and in the UK I 'lost' £5 because I was waiting for the note change to appear from the same slot as the loose change; it didn't - it's dispensed from another part of the machine - and by the time I realised I had been short-changed the person standing behind me in the queue the machine had probably had a £5 'discount' on their shopping !!! AArrrrrrggghhhh...Chessie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzer Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Have had one installed at the Surgeres Leclerc for about a month. Use carte bleu or cash without problem. Of the machines of a similar type I have seen this has proved the easiest. It also asks if you want to use the balance of your "La Carte" if you so wish. Certainly quicker than using the cashiers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 I hate them, I would have them banned and don't even get me started about having them at DIY places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob T Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 [quote user="idun"]I hate them, I would have them banned and don't even get me started about having them at DIY places.[/quote]That is fine then - you don't have to use them, but why have them banned so that others cannot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 I had started using such things in Waitrose just before I left the UK - after a couple of difficulties (but of course the staff were ever helpful - which may be the difference), I found it quite useful. I could pack my shopping trolley as I went along, and not have to unload /load at checkout. But I must confess, it is an "acquired skill" dealing with them, fine once accustomed. Major problem I suspect will be when they go wrong - but 'twas ever thus with technology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 When in UK I use them regularly in Waitrose too, after using the doofer to register my shopping. Unless it's a Thursday, when I chat to the women who serve on the special doofers counter - they're always good for a laugh!However, I'm not so keen on those in M&S or B&Q - they aren't as well-behaved as the waitrose machines! [:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cluzo Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 I use them at Super U for stuff like bread and get rid of a jarful of loose change . ( sorry about italics -my puter is playing up ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 I use the doofer in Waitrose almost daily without problem, its a scan as you go system, but I'm not so keen on the system in M&S and particularly not in Tesco as it seems to insist you put the scanned item onto the counter rather than straight in your own basket. With both of those you scan all goods at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeanS Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Used the ones in Auchan in Chatearoux several times - they have instructions in English. Much better than the one's in Morrisons which kept calling for the supervisor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chessie Posted February 22, 2011 Author Share Posted February 22, 2011 Thanks everyone for all your advice.To those who have the 'swipers' on the trolleys - oh beejaybers - something else to go wrong !!But at least next time when I'm allowed out to the big city I'll make sure I've got the cart bleu with me. Or even better, I'll take the plastic tubs we've been filling with small change and feed the change into the 'swop change' machine - rich, rich, riches beyond compare !!! WheeeeeThanks againChessie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissie Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 At our Leclerc you have to register to use the Scan-Achat (swipers on trolleys), and the registration means you have to have a Leclerc loyalty card. I think it's a great system, as most days you just sail past the long queues at the checkout.Chrissie (81) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted March 6, 2011 Share Posted March 6, 2011 In Stroud, Golucestershire we had the very first Waitrose with the self scan and it was great. wWe even have the old type of bags they gave you, the woven plastic string things. They are great in the garden. Then we changed over to the newer strong nylon close woven bags and came over with about 4 sets of them. We use them every time we go into any s/market now and have been coplemented on the quality a few times!As for the auto scan. The only one I have seen around Carcassonne is at Geant and it's such an our-soule of a place we rarely use it!I once heard Alan Coran (I think, he was an ex editor of the telegraph) on the News Quiz on Radio 4 say that he had realised why there was a supermarket called Sainsburys. It was there to keep the rif-raf out of Waitrose! I howled with laughter and how so very true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkkent Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 [quote user="Jonzjob"]I once heard Alan Coran (I think, he was an ex editor of the telegraph) on the News Quiz on Radio 4 say that he had realised why there was a supermarket called Sainsburys. It was there to keep the rif-raf out of Waitrose! I howled with laughter and how so very true![/quote] Alan Coren was editor of Punch .... and you're a week late with the joke. [6]http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/2427559/ShowPost.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted March 7, 2011 Share Posted March 7, 2011 Oh dear! Shock my socks! I didn't look at all of the threads of the Complete France forum, but even if I did I may well have missed it as it was contained in a thrad?Quote -- "This thrad is about ferries ... another hijack???"Hiding to nothing for me it seems [:-))][:-))][:-))][Www]Question? Wots a 'thrad'?[:P]Edit : - so sorry I got the magazine wrong. I only ever read the R.A.F. News[B] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkkent Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I could tell you what a "thrad" is but I signed the Official Secrets Act 50 years ago and I don't want to go to the Tower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre ZFP Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 You could maybe find out what a thrad is on WikileaksPersonally I can't see what the fuss is with these so-called leaks.......[8-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted March 8, 2011 Share Posted March 8, 2011 I don't blame you! I have NEVER liked Blackpool either! Pig awful place. I spent 3 months there when I was about 12 or 13. Jan, Feb and March[:-))][:-))] In a hole called The Glenshee Hotel, a transit 'hotel' for the services? Well that's what they called it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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