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1247 points mangoman | 5 comments | 05 Dec 16 14:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.755s | source
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excalibur ◴[05 Dec 16 15:44 UTC] No.13106100[source]▶
What happens when you don't have enough money available to Amazon to cover all the things you grabbed? Do they give you a window to return items before banning you from the store and/or notifying police?
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1. wehadfun ◴[05 Dec 16 16:22 UTC] No.13106492[source]▶
Wonddered the same thing. Also what if you dont want your purchases to end up in the cloud. Can you still pay with cash?
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2. maxerickson ◴[05 Dec 16 16:32 UTC] No.13106577[source]▶
And does paying with cash matter in a store using advanced image recognition? Or do they also use the image recognition to build a profile of the purchaser?
3. notatoad ◴[05 Dec 16 16:44 UTC] No.13106698[source]▶
if you don't want your purchases to end up in the cloud, probably don't shop at amazon.
4. ccostes ◴[05 Dec 16 16:46 UTC] No.13106716[source]▶
Considering there are no cashiers or checkout counters, cash seems like a no-go.
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5. CaptSpify ◴[05 Dec 16 17:33 UTC] No.13107253[source]▶
I'd be interested to see if they have manual-fallback in case "the system is down"