I hate the NEW SDM cash register's :(

[tjthemanto]

I was buying some LIFE peanut 600 gm bags today . These are the big bags with the jumbo size peanuts in them . I was also buying a couple of other products with them .

The tag was $ 5 WUB 2 bags .

The cashier scanned the 2 bags ..each bag came up as $ 2.79 ..I told her each bag should be $ 2.50 since its $ 5 WUB 2 ...she said we will see , at the end when the whole transaction was done including other items & the enter button was pressed that's when the price self adjusted to $ 2.50 ..LOL

In the previous system the bags would have shown up as $ 2.50 each the moment the 2 bags were scanned ..so it was easy to get a SCOP or point out the wrong price .. now you can't since you have to wait till the whole transaction is done & its lot harder to point out or notice the wrong scanned price especially when you are buying lot of products as the promo price like WUB 2 , WUB 3 etc doesn't come up immediately

I felt so for telling her the bags should come up as $ 2.50

[sweetmomma]

Don't feel bad it is just a normal reaction to see and get what we deserve for the right price.

[2010ontest]

yep... imagine the confusion when you use 2 FPCs on product having special price wub2 at SDM and this cash register...

They need to put 2 differents price sometime. This happen to me last time with the ice cream and the 5$ coupon. Because they don't apply the wub2 rebate equaly to both item !?!

[kazm-l]

I've had the same problem...and always stop them mid process to make sure...AND i always say how confusing it is for customers!
My sdm also has a scanner to check the prices BUT the sale/special prices never show up on it..its always the full price - even the manager thinks its strange(and obviously confusing!)

[xox2010]

I thought Zellers cash registers were bad, but at least their self scanners show the sale price. That's going to be very confusing!

[canpip1]

With the old system, it never show up as $250, instead it shows $2.79 and the next one shows $2.21.

[Mia001]

my IGA has the same....very confusing

[Starbaby55]

Yes there's a new SDM built by me. I went in and was so confused by the cash I will not shop there. After they press a button you literally have to stand there and do math in your head to see if things came up at the right sale price. What a pain. If not, you have to line up again to get the difference or SCOP. Grr. I will not shop at SDM once all the registers switch over.

[Vov76]

Tonight I went to two stores in Mississauga and they both have new registers. Square 1 and 2470 Hurontario. Cashiers are even more confused than customers.

[Midnightly]

safeway tills are the same way.. rather annoying

[Sally888]

you think they would of realized how crappy the zellers pos system is and steered clear.

[217]

The same applies at Toys 'R Us. If you think about it, most of the time they are making sure that you actually buy both items. The items are often not priced individually at $2.50/each, therefore the cash register doesn't always know until the cashier presses the total button. Annoying but it is a way to make sure the promotion is used to its advantage.

[chillys-willy]

My DH thinks SDM will go under after watching how badly the system was working yesterday. They don't know how to use it. They haven't been trained. At my store yesterday, you could only pay with cash or credit card because the system was rejecting debit or GCs. Crazy! Thank goodness I only needed a few things. ( Really just the Lean Cuisine for the LAST stouffer's payout )

[kasha100]

is that the new system, 6 months ago our sdm was like that hated it never knew the total till they pressed the button!
then they changed it and sale prices goes up right away
hope they are not going back to it!

[FallenPixels]

Tonight I went to two stores in Mississauga and they both have new registers. Square 1 and 2470 Hurontario. Cashiers are even more confused than customers.

That was my experience in Union too, the cashier was so frustrated and they put them in the day before a 20x event!