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At a supermarket, you tap your credit card on the desired items. No need for shopping cart. At the checkout, wipe again. The items slide down a chute into bags next to you.
Argos - UK retailer.
http://en.wikipedia...ki/Argos_(retailer)
"Customers browse through the Argos catalogue, select items to purchase, pay for the items, and then collect the items from the in-store collection desk or have the item delivered to their home." [Jinbish, Nov 20 2008]
Shopping Concept
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[xaviergisz, Feb 14 2011]
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you haven't really explained how all this will happen, so it appears to be *magic shopping*...
and how will you pick up all the bags unless your car is at the end of the chute? |
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The UK retailer, "Argos", has a system where you enter the shop, browse through the catalogue, enter the merchandise number into a kiosk, pay be credit card, and pick up the items as they are borught to a collection point, via conveyor belt. |
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I like the cart. As my groceries build up, the cart becomes a mini representation of my kitchen at home. |
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There used to be a store, "Best", that had a showroom (and a catalog) you could browse. You'd select the catalog numbers, go to a checkout to pay for them, then pick them up similar to the Argos concept. "Best" wasn't, so they aren't. |
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I'm not sure I'd trust warehouse folks to pick the milk with the longest expiration date, then deliver it with my bread and eggs, undamaged, down a chute. As for anything else (canned vegetables, flour, apples, etc) why have shelves at all? Let me buy online and pick up at the storefront. |
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Sounds like Tesco.com with the added inconvenience of actually having to go to the store. |
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//What if the interface was verbal?// It would never work Ge-Ge-Ger-Granville, fork handles and all that. |
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Let me guess, for more product info, you *double* - click your credit card on the shelf space? |
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[wagster] I suppose some people prefer physical shopping (they can touch, smell, etc.), but hate pushing the trolley and waiting at the checkout.
No, [phoenix], they probably won't give you the longest-lasting eggs. I didn't think of that. |
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Indeed. Make sure you've gotten all of this idea off before you flush. |
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well why would there even need to be the items there? could be just a picture of it. |
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but also its nice to view the food your purchasing so that you can consult your list or think of other ideas to go with certain food items |
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Not only do I like it, but actually I built an
application
for this, for the automatic Turgeman
supermarkets.
We were going to build an automated storehouse.
The project was stopped with the crash of '01 |
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I was once in a shop in Deleware where you tick
off
the items you see on the shelves on a card, and
then
receive them to your car outside. We bought my
daughter's baby-backpack with wheels there. |
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