My wife inherited some shares from her late father, all in well-known companies, and hasn't cashed any in, and every single one that pays a dividend does so by cheque. Only once had an issue (recently as it happens) when delays in the post meant a cheque didn't arrive, the problem being to get a replacement cheque issued, not that the original could be used by a criminal.
I must admit I am surprised by this. I have shares mainly in banks (because I was a member of building societies which converted to banks). I regard the dividend as a bonus so pay it in to a savings account (which changes fairly regularly so I don't want the faff of having to notify the payee of changes) so I want it paid by cheque. I am bombarded with bank mandate forms for everyone of them.
Note taken, I'll shut up!P.S. We seem to have drifted somewhat off topic from the subject of 'Supermarket Self Service Tills', unless, perhaps, the share dividend is from the likes of Tesco plc or J. Sainsbury plc.
I agree and am not usually caught out, but on this occasion I had put on a coat that had just been laundered since getting caught in heavy rain, and had forgotten to put my usual large strong Tesco bag back in the pocket. Also bought more than intended, including a 4-pint of milk!
I'm glad its not just me. I've got 2 Morrisons and 1 Iceland bag packed for today's shopping. All look in good nick.
Indeed, such situations can arise - it wasn't intended as a direct attack on you, but rather a generalised statement about how many people I still see buying new bags at the checkout...
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From your first post (quoted above) I thought that you were referring to those who were never prepared rather than the one offs. The people that annoy me are those who buy a couple of packs of sandwiches and a drink, buy a bag to put them in, eat the items in the car park, put the detritus in the carrier and dump it (not always in a bin).
Thanks for that but I'm afraid not. There are the so called single use bags. I suppose I ought to mark them each time I use them to see how much use I get out of them.+1
I think most of them are 'bags for life' and will be replaced free of charge if damaged. I've yet to try going into a supermarket with a knackered competitor's bag for life and asking for a freebie
Yes, that's what I meant. Sorry if I've confused anyone.
Yes that's infuriating too.
Definitely wasn't quicker the first time I tried using scan and go.
I've seen that near me, a brand new, (relatively) expensive, heavy duty carrier bag, with a few empty wrappings in it, dumped in a roadside litter bin after (presumably) a single use. It does seem ridiculously wasteful, although at least it's better than chucking the wrappings down at the roadside or on country paths. And if the bag is clean and undamaged, I'm not above emptying it and recovering it for my use.
I bought a Morrisons paper carrier bag - carried it out of the store to nearby car and it got soaked in a passing squall. When I got home and opened boot of car to get the carrier out, I realised the bottom of the carrier bag was about to collapse, taking my bottle of wine with it. Transferred contents of carrier bag to a small box I had in car and put carrier bag into paper recycling! Will never buy another one.
I'm a shopper by bus, and the walk from the bus stop to home is about a quarter of a mile uphill, hence I need sturdy bags.
Saw them in Morrisons today, no indication of price on them either the tractor or paper versions at the self service.
resonates with me. I bought a couple of frozen items today and the bottom of the (much used) single use plastic bag was wet. If you use the bus you cannot afford to have the bottom of the bag disintegrate, (in my case, depending on the supermarket I may have a 30 minute walk home).
I remember them well, there was one not too far from where I used to live. Tree Saver Bags - pretty useless, unless you drove and this particular Safeway had a pretty small car park! I think I used to put, say, meat in one bag then put it inside a plastic bag (Sainsburys did really strong ones at the time).
Random checks are done with scan and go but that won’t happen every time. The more accurate you are the less likely you are to be checked.
I don't see how as the only way staff have of knowing how accurate you are is after they've already checked your trolley. The checker didn't scan my clubcard so a successful check wouldn't have been logged that way.
Just as likely to flash 'cash only' on the machines round here, but then we never got a coffee shop until well after the turn of the century.
All my local Morrisons self service tills take cash, as do most of the Tesco and Sainsburys. Asda - about 50:50 but I sometimes have to queue but card - straight in so there must be more cash users. Can't remember Co-op, only go in there once a year but it was cash last time I went in because I don't use card for small amounts. M&S - its been years (pre-pandemic) but last time I went in, I used cash. I went in one shop today that I would be surprised if they took cards, old fashioned shop, the assistant (probably co-owner) was welcoming and said 'please' and 'thank you' and sounded like she meant it.
You scan your Clubcard to release a scanner at the start of your shop in Tesco so it’s linked to you that way. The system will have identified you as a first time user hence a fairly thorough check. When I started using it several years ago I got checks on my first 3 or so shops with no errors found, now usually left to my own devices apart from the odd random spot check.
I can’t go into too much detail but I can assure you that a significant number of customers using scan and go to checkout are found to have errors in their trolley.
The checker doesn’t need to scan your Clubcard to k ow who you are. You’ll have scanned your Clubcard at the start of the transaction, the member of staff doing the random check will scan a QR code when they start the random check which identifies your specific transaction.
