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[–] [email protected] 49 points 4 months ago (22 children)

Flawed. Here, you must insert a coin (or if you have it, a token with the shape of the coin) that will only be returned after you put the cart in the correct place.

So you actually lose something if you don't return the cart.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That’s common in England, but a lot of larger shops don’t bother with that system.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago

Mhm. That said, only a few places around where I live have "coin operated" carts. I guess the places that do have them got tired of the selfish, inconsiderate sobs who didn't return the carts.

To me it feels so utterly strange to just dump a cart in the middle of a parking lot and, seemingly, think nothing of it.

[–] [email protected] 75 points 4 months ago (6 children)

That doesn't mean the concept is flawed; it just means those businesses were smart enough to put in countermeasures against bad people.

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