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   From: gossg@gossg.org   
      
   wdstarr@panix.com (William December Starr) wrote:   
      
   >In article ,   
   >Greg Goss  said:   
   >   
   >> "J. Clarke"  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> FWIW, Aldi, which makes a great show of frugality (they rent you   
   >>> shopping carts for 25 cents for example to make sure you return   
   >>> them to the proper place thus saving them the cost of a cart   
   >>> collector) will take debit cards but not credit cards in the US,   
   >>> which suggests that debit fees are less than credit fees.   
   >>   
   >> Almost all supermarkets require a deposit to unlock their carts.   
   >   
   >Are you talking about the United States?  Because if you are, I have   
   >to at this point say "???????"   
      
   I'm in Canada.  I've seen the barricade version in DC, but haven't   
   done much shopping in the States.  Our Safeway was the first I noticed   
   to go to coin-unlock carts and that's US-owned (or was until a few   
   weeks ago), so I thought that the idea came from the States.   
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