Tesco Self Service Tills

whenever · 16-07-2011 10:01PM

lucozader wrote: »

i love the self service, in my local tesco there is usually a big queue

the self service is usually unused, so i can avoid the queue

only thing i hate is when an auld one or auld lad tries to use it and messes up a few dozen times and the checkout girl had to repeatedly go over and fix the machine

it's also great for getting rid of change

what a great device

I asked the manager of my local Tesco for a discount when I used the self service till, as I was saving them money. He said he did not have the discretion so I've stopped using them. [I also tried to get a discount at B&Q but again no success] . If any one has been successful in getting a discount please let us know.

sdanseo · 16-07-2011 10:04PM

Often I'll be queuing for those self scan machines and watching old ladies, etc trying feebly to understand them. Sometimes I think I'm the only person in the place bar the staff who know how to negotiate the things.

I find the Dunnes and Superquinn ones, although the exact same machines, are much less buggy. And they have Irish accents. Nice.

alex73 · 16-07-2011 10:08PM

Chris P. Bacon wrote: »

I hate using them things,taking peoples jobs is what they are!

I love them!!!! No queues

Mr.Crinklewood · 16-07-2011 10:09PM

mconigol wrote: »

Tesco are selling children now??

Seems so.

ShooterSF · 16-07-2011 10:09PM

Dunno about the rest but the one in Navan has the sticker that says "Please place your basket or trolley here" WTF?! :eek:

How do they expect me to pick up a trolley and put it up there?

16-07-2011 10:19PM

alex73 wrote: »

I love them!!!! No queues

I like using them except when some tool holds up the line by not knowing how to use the machine. I mean, come on like, it's not that hard. I went in not too long ago and someone tried to use one, couldn't work it out, went to the second one and got stuck on that one too. The rep had to cancel the transaction on the machine he was using (she didn't spot the other one being offline too) and serve myself and the person in front of me.

2 stroke · 16-07-2011 10:21PM

2 stroke wrote: »

If you want to remove items from tesco, pay for them, then compare your till receipt against shelf prices. Any item you are overcharged on, they give you for free.

mikemac wrote: »

Not anymore, that policy has changed

What? They don't have one price on the shelf and another price at the tills anymore?

mjcom4d · 16-07-2011 10:42PM

Do you need id for drink with them

honru · 16-07-2011 10:48PM

The British accents on this annoy me for some reason, probably because it reminds me that I'm in Tesco.

16-07-2011 10:52PM

mjcom4d wrote: »

Do you need id for drink with them

If you try to buy drink on one, it gives an Approval Needed message. A rep then has to come over and enter a PIN to authorise the purchase.

OPENROAD · 16-07-2011 10:54PM

johngalway wrote: »

I was in M&S in Galway recently, the amount of items there that come directly from the UK is awful, there's no supporting the Irish economy in that place. Tesco isn't a lot better.

The thing I like about self service check outs is you don't get delayed by a couple of wagons chattering away holding up the line.

Well they are a UK Company

Soby · 16-07-2011 10:56PM

Only thing that annoys me bout them is when it doesnt take your slightly bent note!! :P

Mr.Crinklewood · 16-07-2011 11:19PM

f®eak s©enery wrote: »

The British accents on this annoy me for some reason, probably because it reminds me that I'm in Tesco.

Well, it probably hears you speaking English.

Tesco Massacre · 16-07-2011 11:24PM

Don't talk to me about that hell hole.

CroatoanCat · 16-07-2011 11:26PM

I have an irrational fear of those yokes. They're akin to talking weighing scales, in my warped mind - I'm always afeard an automated voice will pronounce loudly: "Are you sure you want to purchase such copious quantities of wine, beer and chocolate? Are you really sure, hmmmmmm?" Techie taunting.

Lady Chatterton · 16-07-2011 11:27PM

kfallon wrote: »

Was using them this morning and was wondering what was stopping me not scanning thru half my items and just popping them in my bag. Now being the upstanding honest pillar of the community that I am, I scanned all my items and paid for them accordingly.

But is it really that easy to steal items using these tills or does scanning them thru also entail removing a security alert from the item which won't set off any alarms.Anyone on AH try this before?

KF, the security cameras will record your every move :rolleyes:

You need to start using their on-line service like I do

:D

AnneElizabeth · 16-07-2011 11:29PM

Chris P. Bacon wrote: »

I hate using them things,taking peoples jobs is what they are!

Why pay someone to do a job that a machine can do? We need more robots and less people wasted doing jobs like this.

Mr.Crinklewood · 16-07-2011 11:30PM

AnneElizabeth wrote: »

Why pay someone to do a job that a machine can do? We need more robots and less people wasted doing jobs like this.

In addition they cannot sing, which is always a good thing.

efb · 16-07-2011 11:32PM

And the machines dont do the ¬¬ those teenage wans do. Or try to chat to you like the middle aged wans

JessicaRabbit · 16-07-2011 11:37PM

You have just sewn the seed of thought in my mind :-) Will never be able to look at these scanners the same way again...!

Lapin · 16-07-2011 11:48PM

Would it be possible to print off a barcode sticker for an apple at the fruit & veg scales and place it over the barcode on something pricey like a pack of Gilette razors ?

Would a self scanning machine cop on to such shenanagins ?

efb · 16-07-2011 11:51PM

Lapin wrote: »

Would it be possible to print off a barcode sticker for an apple at the fruit & veg scales and place it over the barcode on something pricey like a pack of Gilette razors ?

Would a self scanning machine cop on to such shenanagins ?

your more like to get away with that at a disinterested cashier's checkout...

But you'd look a bit suspicious applying the barcode...

OPENROAD · 16-07-2011 11:53PM

Lapin wrote: »

Would it be possible to print off a barcode sticker for an apple at the fruit & veg scales and place it over the barcode on something pricey like a pack of Gilette razors ?

Would a self scanning machine cop on to such shenanagins ?

Don't they have to take them out of the security casing first?

Soby · 17-07-2011 12:41AM

Tesco Massacre wrote: »

Don't talk to me about that hell hole.

Someone is a current or former employee :P

OPENROAD · 17-07-2011 12:43AM

Couple of really nice good looking girls working in my local Tesco

, find myself shopping daily now rather then going in just twice a week

7sr2z3fely84g5 · 17-07-2011 12:46AM

The machines used to be unmanned when first introduced,then changed quickly after schoolkids where using them to buy beer!.

17-07-2011 12:48AM

OPENROAD wrote: »

Couple of really nice good looking girls working in my local Tesco , find myself shopping daily now rather then going in just twice a week

I started shopping in my local Tesco more often after a certain girl in there began talking to me a lot. She asked me if I lived with my girlfriend, which made me (incorrectly) assume she was interested in me. Oh well...

OPENROAD · 17-07-2011 12:53AM

Karsini wrote: »

I started shopping in my local Tesco more often after a certain girl in there began talking to me a lot. She asked me if I lived with my girlfriend, which made me (incorrectly) assume she was interested in me. Oh well...

oh dear

did you ask her out ?

17-07-2011 12:55AM

OPENROAD wrote: »

oh dear did you ask her out ?

Yep, bit of an awkward story but it didn't go my way in the end. She's sound enough though, we still chat away when I go in there.

OPENROAD · 17-07-2011 12:58AM

Karsini wrote: »

Yep, bit of an awkward story but it didn't go my way in the end. She's sound enough though, we still chat away when I go in there.

Fair play for asking her out, I will tread carefully in my local Tesco

Tesco Self Service Tills

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