shopping rule theorymedia.kbin.runimage spujb ( @spujb@lemmy.cafe ) 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish • 6 months ago message-square110fedilinkarrow-up1549
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minus-square RandomVideos ( @RandomVideos@programming.dev ) linkfedilink21•6 months agoIn Europe, you have the incentive of getting a coin back
minus-square Something Burger 🍔 ( @SomethingBurger@jlai.lu ) linkfedilink3•6 months agoDepends on the store. My local IKEA at least does not require a coin.
minus-square derpgon ( @derpgon@programming.dev ) linkfedilink2•6 months agoNo free Litmus test for us, sad.
minus-square Aurora_TheFirstLight ( @Aurora_TheFirstLight@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilink3•6 months agoYou can still get the test!! Hear me out if you have two keys you can press the buttons to disengage the locking mechanism as if it were a coin This way the cart is now coin free, I do this all the time you just need the right key and a bit of practice
minus-square doggle ( @doggle@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilink1•6 months agoAldi used to do that in the US. Maybe they still do. I never carry coins on me, so for this reason (and the always extremely long lines at checkout) I never shopped there.
minus-square Lemmchen ( @Lemmchen@feddit.de ) linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-26 months agoThere are plastic coins you can use instead.
minus-square hexortor ( @hexortor@lemmy.zip ) linkfedilink1•6 months agoWait this isn’t standard practice in the rest of the world???¿???
minus-square Fox ( @Fox@pawb.social ) linkfedilink1•6 months agoIt is at Aldi (and maybe Lidl?) but uncommon in general in the US
In Europe, you have the incentive of getting a coin back
Depends on the store. My local IKEA at least does not require a coin.
No free Litmus test for us, sad.
You can still get the test!! Hear me out if you have two keys you can press the buttons to disengage the locking mechanism as if it were a coin
This way the cart is now coin free, I do this all the time you just need the right key and a bit of practice
Aldi used to do that in the US. Maybe they still do. I never carry coins on me, so for this reason (and the always extremely long lines at checkout) I never shopped there.
There are plastic coins you can use instead.
Wait this isn’t standard practice in the rest of the world???¿???
It is at Aldi (and maybe Lidl?) but uncommon in general in the US