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   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article , Robert Bannister   
    wrote:   
   > On 19/08/13 2:17 PM, Your Name wrote:   
   > > In article , Robert Bannister   
   > >  wrote:   
   > >> On 19/08/13 2:27 AM, The Horny Goat wrote:   
   > >>> On Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:57:08 -0600, Greg Goss  wrote:   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>> Supermarkets in really rich communities still don't need deposits.   
   > >>>> Medium-rich supermarkets want a quarter to unlock the cart.  Poor to   
   > >>>> middle-class supermarkets want (in my country) a dollar coin.   
   > >>>> Supermarkets in really poor areas have the carts barricaded to the   
   > >>>> area next to the entrance, and you have to bring your vehicle to the   
   > >>>> cart.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Hmmm my suburb is not considered poor but our carts are typically   
   > >>> $1.00. For the record, when you return your cart you get your coin   
   > >>> back so it's not really a rental but a deposit.   
   > >>>   
   > >>>> The WalMart about six miles from me is in a poorer neighborhood than   
   > >>>> where I live.  It has electronic wheel locks that provide a similar   
   > >>>> effect to that barricade.  But I was surprised that the wheels lock up   
   > >>>> if you take the cart into the rest of the mall instead of to your car.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Wouldn't it be cheaper and equally effective for Walmart if instead of   
   > >>> using a radio device to lock the wheels they simply used a timer that   
   > >>> locked after  2-3 hours?   
   > >>   
   > >> Someone can walk an awful long way in 2-3 hours. They'd have to extend   
   > >> the radius of their usual search.   
   > >   
   > > The kids will be well bored of riding the trolley down steep hills and   
   > > dumped it in a river / lake long before 2-3 hours is up.  :-\   
   >   
   > True, but it's not usually children who steal them. It's grown-ups who   
   > wheel them home, sometimes quite a long way, with no attempt at stealth   
   > as if it were a perfectly normal thing to do. Just as the three or four   
   > rusting trolleys in their front garden are normal.   
      
   Well, they can't take them back because the fools at the supermarket set   
   the wheels to lock after 2-3 hours.   ;-)   
      
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