I'm glad I am not the only one to notice Sears products went to crap. I can remember going to Sears with my Mom And Dad in the 50's and 60's Momsewing machine worked fine for 40 years. Fast forward got a Sears sewing machine for the wife in the 80's piece of junk same goes for their appliances and electric tools. Disney is not immune from this happening if they continue down the current path --may not be tomorrow or next year IMO it will happen
Thank you for your service. I was RA, and am a Vietnam Vet, I had my reasons, a different time and different attitudes. One thing though, you wanted something you worked for it. Like the old Smith Barney commercial "We make money the old fashion way. We earn it."
That's because Kenmore wasn't actually produced by Sears. It was literally just a brand label they slapped on appliances from GE, Maytag, Whirlpool, etc. At one point, it was coveted, so those companies competed to earn a spot amongst the Kenmore lineup. As the Sears brand declined, so too did interest in surrendering the best of a product line to Kenmore.
Our local Wegmans trialed a similar program around the same time but had to drop it because theft shot way up. Some of it unintentional - people absentmindedly forgot to scan things if they were getting multiple items. Some was apparently quite creative theft - people would find a similar, less expensive item to scan so that when the cashier quickly looked over their receipt on the way out it would look like all the items were there. From what I understand the theft issue was quite significant - I can’t imagine a place as busy as Disney wouldn’t notice an even bigger issue. I think they’ll go with some sort of “fun” self checkout eventually instead. Disney characters pop up on a screen and says hello at the checkout kiosk or something. (I actually really like that idea, I’m a fan of self checkout in general. It just seems to move faster.)
Before the pandemic, Disney Corp was profiting $8-10B a year.
The future is no checkout, period. Amazon has tried this is a few small stores. Brightline does this is some markets. You scan in, pick up your items, and leave. The items are charged and a receipt is emailed to you.
What happens when a few don't have a credit card and only pay cash?
I’ve seen reviews of Amazon stores where people claim to get wrongly charged and then are extremely p***** off about it though. The idea of a store being able to charge me without me double checking the charges first really makes me nervous - I think customer complaints would be too high with that model.
Then you can’t shop at such a location? The same thing that happened to old timers who only had horses and hadn’t purchased a car. Eventually technology moves on and you have to adjust or be left behind.
Modern times and to save on labor costs needing many cashiers.
I can’t remember the last time I checked out at our local Costco, Walmart and Target in a conventional line. And our local grocery store converted half the lines to a self checkout.
There's a place to put cash in and receive a pre-paid card. Just like cash-free places like Knotts.
And of course, cashiers never make mistakes nor or bar codes ever programmed with the wrong prices. Just like those errors, you check the receipt (which is emailed to you instantly).
