3rd of people steal from self-service check-outs
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"Nearly a third of British shoppers have admitted stealing from supermarkets after taking advantage of unmanned self-service checkouts.
The customers, many of whom would not have dreamt of shoplifting under the noses of staff, use a range of tricks to dupe the automatic machines into giving them money off their shopping.
The canny criminal tactics include selecting cheaper fruit and vegetables while weighing their purchases and selecting “small” when asked to enter the size of items.
Others use the most rudimentary method of placing items in plastic shopping bags without scanning them properly, while others simply walk off with their full load without paying
The results, gleaned from a survey of nearly 5,000 customers on money saving website watchmywallet.co.uk, showed 30 per cent have now stolen from self-service tills.
A further 13 per cent admitted they did not steal only because they were afraid of getting caught.
Another 58 per cent said they had not cheated the automated system, saying they considered it stealing and would never do it.
A spokesman for watchmywallet.co.uk said: “Checkouts are calibrated to detect when an unpaid for item makes it into the bagging area, giving rise to the now famous phrase "unexpected item in the bagging area."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddri...
I'm shocked just how many people thieve given the chance. Even if the costs of stealing are less than the costs of employing checkout people I hope supermarkets remove these machines as it seems they help to normalise theft in the minds of rather a lot of the population.
The customers, many of whom would not have dreamt of shoplifting under the noses of staff, use a range of tricks to dupe the automatic machines into giving them money off their shopping.
The canny criminal tactics include selecting cheaper fruit and vegetables while weighing their purchases and selecting “small” when asked to enter the size of items.
Others use the most rudimentary method of placing items in plastic shopping bags without scanning them properly, while others simply walk off with their full load without paying
The results, gleaned from a survey of nearly 5,000 customers on money saving website watchmywallet.co.uk, showed 30 per cent have now stolen from self-service tills.
A further 13 per cent admitted they did not steal only because they were afraid of getting caught.
Another 58 per cent said they had not cheated the automated system, saying they considered it stealing and would never do it.
A spokesman for watchmywallet.co.uk said: “Checkouts are calibrated to detect when an unpaid for item makes it into the bagging area, giving rise to the now famous phrase "unexpected item in the bagging area."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddri...
I'm shocked just how many people thieve given the chance. Even if the costs of stealing are less than the costs of employing checkout people I hope supermarkets remove these machines as it seems they help to normalise theft in the minds of rather a lot of the population.
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