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[–] Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Cash (banknotes and coins) can be used at self-checkout in Germany, so it can be used at self-checkouts anywhere, assuming the shop hasn't blocked that.

Its super easy, even. You throw the coins in a kind of a bucket and the machine counts them very quickly. Then you get the change in a tray with a round bottom so it's super easy scooping it all with one move.

If cash becomes a big thing again, it will be usable at self-checkouts outside Germany as well. Shops don't want to pay extra salary expenses just to avoid having a reasonably cheap device at their self-checkout counter.

[–] Kualdir@feddit.nl 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've never seen cash accepted at self checkout in Belgium or the Netherlands and that still doesn't take away at how inconvenient cash is overall.

[–] Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

Yup, I've only ever seen that in Germany. In Finland we also need to queue if we want to pay by cash. I don't know why they want to pay for all those extra cashiers.