Mark Bestley wrote:

And when finally paid up, she carefully took every item individually off
the bagging area and placed it in her rucksack. Which took another
several minutes.

Well if you have a rucksack you have to do that or else call the helper
for everyother item as it does not register as the sensor does not
really hold a rucksack.

At all of Sainsburys, Asda and Morrisons I've regularly placed my own
backpack in the bagging area. Once the supervisor flicks a switch it's
perfectly okay to load up the bag directly without having to verify every
single item. Maybe some other supermarkets use less flexible equipment?

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In message , at 16:46:37 on Mon, 17
Sep 2012, Tim Roll-Pickering remarked:

At all of Sainsburys, Asda and Morrisons I've regularly placed my own
backpack in the bagging area. Once the supervisor flicks a switch it's
perfectly okay to load up the bag directly without having to verify every
single item. Maybe some other supermarkets use less flexible equipment?

The first question Tesco ask you is "Have you brought your own bag", at
which point you can put it on the bagging area and it re-calibrates the
weighing scales.
--
Roland Perry

On 17/09/2012 18:05, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 16:46:37 on Mon, 17
Sep 2012, Tim Roll-Pickering remarked:

At all of Sainsburys, Asda and Morrisons I've regularly placed my own
backpack in the bagging area. Once the supervisor flicks a switch it's
perfectly okay to load up the bag directly without having to verify every
single item. Maybe some other supermarkets use less flexible equipment?

The first question Tesco ask you is "Have you brought your own bag", at
which point you can put it on the bagging area and it re-calibrates the
weighing scales.

The machines at my local Sainsbury's don't seem to get on with rucksacks
whenever I've tried that. They can cope with normal cloth shopping bags
of the sort I seem to acquire at conferences.

--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK

On 17/09/2012 19:10, Arthur Figgis wrote:
On 17/09/2012 18:05, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 16:46:37 on Mon, 17
Sep 2012, Tim Roll-Pickering remarked:

At all of Sainsburys, Asda and Morrisons I've regularly placed my own
backpack in the bagging area. Once the supervisor flicks a switch it's
perfectly okay to load up the bag directly without having to verify
every
single item. Maybe some other supermarkets use less flexible equipment?

The first question Tesco ask you is "Have you brought your own bag", at
which point you can put it on the bagging area and it re-calibrates the
weighing scales.

The machines at my local Sainsbury's don't seem to get on with rucksacks
whenever I've tried that. They can cope with normal cloth shopping bags
of the sort I seem to acquire at conferences.

Perhaps because a rucksack might not properly distribute the weight when
placed on the sensor, whereas it's easier with a cloth shopping bag?

In message , at 21:58:02 on Mon, 17
Sep 2012, " remarked:
The first question Tesco ask you is "Have you brought your own bag", at
which point you can put it on the bagging area and it re-calibrates the
weighing scales.

The machines at my local Sainsbury's don't seem to get on with rucksacks
whenever I've tried that. They can cope with normal cloth shopping bags
of the sort I seem to acquire at conferences.

Perhaps because a rucksack might not properly distribute the weight
when placed on the sensor, whereas it's easier with a cloth shopping
bag?

It's possible it's an anti-theft measure, to make sure you don't put
your own bag on the scales with some [un-paid for] items *already* in
it. I might try that next time I'm in Tesco (go in with my own bag but
also a brick or some other item I could not have bought in the store).
--
Roland Perry

In message , at 08:30:30 on Tue, 18 Sep
2012, Roland Perry remarked:
The first question Tesco ask you is "Have you brought your own bag",

It's on the same initial screen as "Press to start scanning" (or
whatever the exact words are).

at which point you can put it on the bagging area and it
re-calibrates the weighing scales.

The machines at my local Sainsbury's don't seem to get on with rucksacks
whenever I've tried that. They can cope with normal cloth shopping bags
of the sort I seem to acquire at conferences.

Perhaps because a rucksack might not properly distribute the weight
when placed on the sensor, whereas it's easier with a cloth shopping
bag?

It's possible it's an anti-theft measure, to make sure you don't put
your own bag on the scales with some [un-paid for] items *already* in
it. I might try that next time I'm in Tesco (go in with my own bag but
also a brick or some other item I could not have bought in the store).

So I took two (empty) hessian "green" bags, and this was too heavy for
the scales, and an assistant was summoned.

I was also overcharged when an "any two for £3" offer wasn't triggered.
After much puffing and blowing (and two visits to the display shelves by
the customer service rep) I eventually got a refund of 2x the
difference. Once upon a time I think they gave you that, plus the
product for free.
--
Roland Perry

In article ,
lid (Arthur Figgis) wrote:

On 17/09/2012 18:05, Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 16:46:37 on Mon, 17
Sep 2012, Tim Roll-Pickering remarked:

At all of Sainsburys, Asda and Morrisons I've regularly placed my own
backpack in the bagging area. Once the supervisor flicks a switch it's
perfectly okay to load up the bag directly without having to verify
every single item. Maybe some other supermarkets use less flexible
equipment?

The first question Tesco ask you is "Have you brought your own bag", at
which point you can put it on the bagging area and it re-calibrates the
weighing scales.

The machines at my local Sainsbury's don't seem to get on with
rucksacks whenever I've tried that. They can cope with normal cloth
shopping bags of the sort I seem to acquire at conferences.

YMMV. I have perennial problems with them.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

Roland Perry wrote:

At all of Sainsburys, Asda and Morrisons I've regularly placed my own
backpack in the bagging area. Once the supervisor flicks a switch it's
perfectly okay to load up the bag directly without having to verify every
single item. Maybe some other supermarkets use less flexible equipment?

The first question Tesco ask you is "Have you brought your own bag", at
which point you can put it on the bagging area and it re-calibrates the
weighing scales.

I must admit to not having noticed that - I thought the question came up
just before payment and was linked to green incentives. But my local Tesco
often has the sound turned off and I just use the machines on autopilot.

--
My blog: http://adf.ly/4hi4c

In article ,
Tim Roll-Pickering wrote:
Roland Perry wrote:

At all of Sainsburys, Asda and Morrisons I've regularly placed my own
backpack in the bagging area. Once the supervisor flicks a switch it's
perfectly okay to load up the bag directly without having to verify every
single item. Maybe some other supermarkets use less flexible equipment?

The first question Tesco ask you is "Have you brought your own bag", at
which point you can put it on the bagging area and it re-calibrates the
weighing scales.

I must admit to not having noticed that - I thought the question came up
just before payment and was linked to green incentives. But my local Tesco
often has the sound turned off and I just use the machines on autopilot.

You mean those things can be silenced ? Pass me my sonic screwdiver ...

Nick (never uses them except in ikea which are mercifully voiceless !)
--
"The Internet, a sort of ersatz counterfeit of real life"
-- Janet Street-Porter, BBC2, 19th March 1996

On 17/09/2012 19:58, Tim Roll-Pickering wrote:
Roland Perry wrote:

At all of Sainsburys, Asda and Morrisons I've regularly placed my own
backpack in the bagging area. Once the supervisor flicks a switch it's
perfectly okay to load up the bag directly without having to verify every
single item. Maybe some other supermarkets use less flexible equipment?

The first question Tesco ask you is "Have you brought your own bag", at
which point you can put it on the bagging area and it re-calibrates the
weighing scales.

I must admit to not having noticed that - I thought the question came up
just before payment and was linked to green incentives. But my local Tesco
often has the sound turned off and I just use the machines on autopilot.


Isn't there an option where you can tell the computer that you brought
your own bag, though?