Left Change in the Self Check Out.

[Remy]

On occasion I find change in the self check out. Recently it's been 3 cents, 7 cents. In the past, a little more. I don't feel comfortable taking it. Today there was 3 cents and I was due a penny back. I took my penny and left the rest. A few years ago, I remember around 70 dollars or so left in the self check out. I turned it in, with the hope that whoever had put that, likely, 100 dollar bill in would remember and come back.

I know some here don't like self check out but I do. Do you take the change or leave it? This isn't a moral type question. The pennies may be left by someone who doesn't care about them. I just have this feeling that I shouldn't take the change. It wasn't mine.

 

[Nathan]

I don't think I've seen a self checkout that took cash, only credit or debit.

 

[MickaC]

I’m with you on this one, Remy.
I don’t like taking what isn’t mine……like you……a penny here and there.
But…..
We don’t have the penny option anymore, because Canada has deleted them.
The saying goes…..a penny earned, a penny saved.
It doesn’t sound right saying…..a nickel earned, a nickel saved.

 

[katlupe]

I have never seen any change in them but maybe it is there and I didn't know it. Now my boyfriend will get cash from his debit card at the self check-out and has forgotten it. He did this twice that I think of. Both times went back to the store and someone had turned it in at the customer service.

 

[Moon Rat]

I’m usually one of those people that leaves the change, especially coins and the receipt. I have had people yell at me as I walk away to get my attention to come back and pick up my change.

 

[Medusa]

I've never seen any change left, but did leave about $8 (I think) in one, years ago. I agree though, I wouldn't feel good taking someone else's money.

 

[Remy]

I don't think I've seen a self checkout that took cash, only credit or debit.

For awhile Walmart wasn't taking cash at theirs. WINCO Foods has 6, only 3 take cash. The other grocery stores and Target all take cash.

 

[Remy]

I’m with you on this one, Remy.
I don’t like taking what isn’t mine……like you……a penny here and there.
But…..
We don’t have the penny option anymore, because Canada has deleted them.
The saying goes…..a penny earned, a penny saved.
It doesn’t sound right saying…..a nickel earned, a nickel saved.

Oh wow, I didn't know that about the penny. It's been talked about in the U.S., but I don't know if they will ever do it.

 

[BC Flash]

I always throw the found coins into the "donation" receptacle near the exit of the store. If it is a large amount ($5.00 or more) I would take the money to the customer service desk.

 

[Lewkat]

Our self check-outs here in Jersey do not take cash these days.

You must find a Checker if you want to pay cash.