My Amazon boycott is over

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(10-02-2018, 01:17 PM)Benton Wrote: My wife does that at Sam's, the scan and go. I think it works there because you have fewer people buying higher volumes, and 1 or 2 people checking as you go out. But I don't think that would work at regular Walmarts or smaller stores as you've got more people buying fewer things and going out at the same time.


Ultimately, someone has to keep some sort of check on the system, otherwise it goes off the rails. If you scrap all the laws and regulations, employers will pay employees as little as possible. That's not socialist propaganda, that's historically what's happened every where in every form of government. We've been heading that direction more and more for the last half century in the US. 

Not to come off as a totally horrible person, but another big reason why it works there? You're required to pay a membership fee. That keeps out the really poor.

Generally if you're homeless, on SNAP, or just generally really poor, you're not looking to pay a membership fee in order to steal 100 roll packs of toilet paper and 8lb jars of hummus.