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    We live in different parts of the world, so technology-wise standards are not the same. Here in Germany for example, a lot of people prefer to pay in cash over cards or mobile payment solutions.

    Yesterday, I was in France and bought some t-shirts at UNIQLO. They only had one cashier but 8 self-service counters. I really hate to scan tags from goods myself, so I stood in line for the cashier.

    Then, they showed me how their self-service works: You throw all clothes in a plastic basket and it immediately shows up the total, you pay by card, done. No scanning of bar codes!

    I could not identify where the RFID tag was, but at home, I saw, its glued between two sheets of paper what from the outside looks like a normal price tag.

    For me this was an absolute first time experience. Is this common elsewhere in the world already?

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    • It's also at Decathlon in France, pretty common in France, German like to pay in cash to avoid taxes?i_was
    • I assume the cash thing is to keep control of how much money you spend.SimonFFM
    • Well it'll all end in tears when RFID chips manufactured in Tawian are unobtainable due to shipping melt down high inflation + China invading Taiwan.shapesalad
    • Those Uniqlo bins are neat - we've had self-serve here in the UK for years, but the novelty of their approacj impressed me when I encountered them last year.Nairn
    • Decathlon is doing this since 2019,
      it's called RFID SCO.
      @shapesalad the RFID manufacturing process doesn't requires an IC factory      sted
    • *tag printing not manufacturing.sted
    • "I really hate to scan tags from goods myself"
      ??? is it a tiring process, a chore for you?      i_was
    • Anyway I don't give a flying fuck about this technology where you toss a bunch of items in a bin and they get scanned.i_was
    • You find the shit, you carry that shit, you scan that shit, you pay for that shit. Fuck that shit.babydick
    • There should be a bag in that bin so you don't put it in just to take it out again. Too much fucking work.babydick
    • UNIQLO is where Japanese old people and dorks shop over in Japan. Also their clothes are all made in shitty China. By enslaved Uyghars.shapesalad
    • Get something French since you where in France!!! https://www.hast.fr/… Made in EU, organic cotton.shapesalad
    • were*shapesalad
    • I've always felt Uniqlo fit is for midgetsi_was
    • I'm beginning to hate this site.
      I'm probably part of the problem.      Nairn
    • The Blender foundation has 6,000 members, many of which are corporations, ALL of which are monthly donators starting at $5 a monthmonospaced
    • ^ lol, continues to post a full blown dork in a white tee.inteliboy
    • @monospaced Wrong thread?i_was
    • They tracked you all the way home too with those rfid tags pinging via your phone. they now know where you live.microkorg
    • I assume these were passive rfid tags, not active ones.SimonFFM
    • lol@mono :D:Dsted
    • yes they are passive, has a 1m max distance from the energy source to work. but you still need a key to read it, not just the hardware.sted
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