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mattmaroon
5 months ago
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Control shopping cart wheels with your phone (2021...
Aldi does it for a quarter and it works pretty well to get people to return them.
ijuz
5 months ago
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Because these physical quarters are way more valuable than $0.25. Where are you getting a new one from if you always pay by card?
pavel_lishin
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Where are you getting a new one from if you always pay by card?
By hanging around in an Aldi parking lot and offering to return the shopping carts for people.
frou_dh
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I'm a smartass that has a little metal paddle which can poke the coin slot and release the cart, but doesn't get retained by the slot.
jjk166
5 months ago
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You know you can just go to the bank and get rolls of quarters.
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