Marks and Spencers new Point-of-Sale card readers

[teamsaint]

For people like my son (who has Aspergers) , the automated checkouts are brilliant, it means that he is able to buy things without stress , same is true for someone I know with CP who is often tired of people asking him to constantly repeat what he says

Thanks for that info,Mr GG. I wasn't aware of that benefit.

[Serial_Apologist]

... sorry - kess-ke-say this "Point of sale card reader"?? I know no such animal. Praps someone might help with an explanation??

He might be referring to the card dipper at most supermarket checkouts these days. I once had the embarrassment of insufficient cash to pay for groceries I had bought. Fortunately I had my debit card on me and was able to dip this at the checkout; I had to punch in my pin number, and the amount came out of that account as an automatic debit.

[teamsaint]

He might be referring to the card dipper at most supermarket checkouts these days. I once had the embarrassment of insufficient cash to pay for groceries I had bought. Fortunately I had my debit card on me and was able to dip this at the checkout; I had to punch in my pin number, and the amount came out of that account as an automatic debit.

Best to get it put on account, and ask them to settle up at the end of the month.
works in the old films !

[Anna]

This has baffled me - are we just talking about the usual chip and pin machine you slot your card into or do M&S have a different system? (I haven't been in a M&S clothing store for years but I do shop occasionally at a M&S Simply Food - not often as their prices are ridiculous)

[MrGongGong]

He might be referring to the card dipper at most supermarket checkouts these days. I once had the embarrassment of insufficient cash to pay for groceries I had bought. Fortunately I had my debit card on me and was able to dip this at the checkout; I had to punch in my pin number, and the amount came out of that account as an automatic debit.

"dipper" ??

what's that ?
here's a dipper made of card
but i'm not sure that I could buy much with it

[mangerton]

Best to get it put on account, and ask them to settle up at the end of the month.
works in the old films !

Goodness! Them was the days! My mother had accounts in the fifties. And she used to get her groceries delivered, long before Mr Tesco was thought of.

[vinteuil]

Goodness! Them was the days! My mother had accounts in the fifties. And she used to get her groceries delivered, long before Mr Tesco was thought of.

... good lord yes! My ma had a weekly order with the International Stores* (remember them?) - she filled in a form listing her requirements, and then a van came out with the order. This was in the 1950s - just as convenient as today's much vaunted website ordering...

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...Tea_Co._Stores

[teamsaint]

... good lord yes! My ma had a weekly order with the International Stores* (remember them?) - she filled in a form listing her requirements, and then a van came out with the order. This was in the 1950s - just as convenient as today's much vaunted website ordering...

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...Tea_Co._Stores

Glad somebody else remembers International stores.....thought I was the only one. There was one in Salisbury till the early 70's.
There were grocers in West Wilts doing weekly van deliveries of orders, no charge, in the mid 70's.
Early closing Weds .

[amateur51]

Anyone else remember Scotch (sic) drapers?

[VodkaDilc]

... good lord yes! My ma had a weekly order with the International Stores* (remember them?) - she filled in a form listing her requirements, and then a van came out with the order. This was in the 1950s - just as convenient as today's much vaunted website ordering...

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...Tea_Co._Stores

I remember the Home and Colonial van coming in the 1950s. I think it was more of a mobile shop than a delivery service.

[amateur51]

I remember the Home and Colonial van coming in the 1950s. I think it was more of a mobile shop than a delivery service.

At the Home & Colonial in Wrexham I was sometimes permitted to select some broken biscuits - that wonderful smell.

In his book The Meaning of Liff the late great Douglas Adams defined 'Lindisfarne' as 'the smell of an empty biscuit tin'

[Serial_Apologist]

At the Home & Colonial in Wrexham I was sometimes permitted to select some broken biscuits - that wonderful smell.

In his book The Meaning of Liff the late great Douglas Adams defined 'Lindisfarne' as 'the smell of an empty biscuit tin'

Crumbs!

Scotty always takes the biscuit.

[amateur51]

Crumbs!

Scotty always takes the biscuit.

I think he prefers the wafer

[Serial_Apologist]

I think he prefers the wafer

[Don Petter]

This has baffled me - are we just talking about the usual chip and pin machine you slot your card into or do M&S have a different system? (I haven't been in a M&S clothing store for years but I do shop occasionally at a M&S Simply Food - not often as their prices are ridiculous)

Well, by chance I bought some clothes in M & S today, the first time in a year or two. I don't therefore remember that previous display, but I was struck by how clear the current one is (in Eastbourne, at least) - Black print on a white background and very easy to read.

So I'm not sure if this was R-M's 'before' or 'after'.

I was slightly taken aback to hear, from the back of the queue, the assistant say 'I've put your receipt into one of your shoes'.
What a service, I thought! (Into a glove would have been safe enough for me.)