The Czechs came up with another trick at self-service checkouts. They buy at a huge discount, the stores don’t know their way around

Some people like to take the so-called justice into their own hands. And even in often unexpected cases. It is a well-known fact that in the last two years, retail chains have increased their prices to an unprecedented degree. These are the highest of any country far and wide, and the shops are not there to lower them. On the contrary, they like to argue that the Czech market is specific and they simply need high margins here.

They excuse themselves

This is, of course, a meaningless statement, but no one can deny retail chains the right to create their own pricing policy, unless they are proven to be participating in various cartel agreements, etc. However, some customers use these high prices to justify their actions when they do not pay as much for their purchases as they should.

“I just won’t get ripped off anymore. I’ve got a few tricks up my sleeve for self-service checkouts. I usually reduce the purchase price by about 50%, which I think is a fair price to pay,” says Michal from Ostrava, who likes to shop like this in Tesco and Kaufland, where he gets away with it completely.

His methods are truly unorthodox, and we will not describe all the methods he uses, so as not to lead others to this activity, which is definitely not acceptable. On the contrary, it is a violation of the law, which may be punishable.

Self-service cash registers will be closed

However, there are tricks that are already widely known and betrayed. For example, sticking labels on goods is widely used. In short, you take a tag from something that has been discounted or is very cheap and stick it on another product that weighs similarly. You then scan it like this at the register and there is a significant price saving in the world.

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At the same time, the latest studies are truly alarming for retail chains. While people used to walk around the shelves and put the goods in their pockets, today a full 75% of shoplifting takes place at self-service checkouts. After all, it’s not too surprising that abroad they are already backing away from them and starting to disrupt them, since they haven’t figured out a way to prevent something like that.

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