I keep getting asked to quickly scan Tesco clubcard at self-checkouts. Is this danderous?

knightstyle

I bought some groceries at Tesco and in the queue I realised I had left my phone in the car, all my cards are on it so I asked the person in front to scan their club card as my stuff was being scanned, they did and I got the reductions.

No risk yo anyone.

Curiosity2017

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No ones asking you to put a name badge on!

prowla

My clubcard is on my Tesco credit card, so I'd be wary of doing that in case it took payment too.

Pollycat

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I always choose to use self-service.

I can scan and pack in my own time instead of having items flung at me as they are wizzed through the scanner.

And I can check the price as my items are scanned.

eddddy

sheramber said

I don’t use self service. I don’t work for them or do I get a discount for doing their job.

You'll already be getting a discount because of the self-service checkouts.

The big supermarkets are very competitive on price - they all want to be the cheapest, in order to attract more customers.

Cutting staff costs by installing self-service checkouts is one way that they can make their products cheaper.

So if you're used a staffed checkout, you're being subsidised by all the people who use the self-service checkouts.

(Perhaps a fairer approach would be if people using staffed checkouts paid an extra 50p or £1 service charge, to cover the staff costs of somebody scanning their shopping for them!)

prowla

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Where do you get a discount for using a self-service checkout?

strawb_shortcake

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Yes definitely aware not away

flaneurs_lobster

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82137498#Comment_82137498

What's a "5 finger discount"?

strawb_shortcake

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Shoplifting