Even if the coin doesn't get the original user to bring the cart in, it
encourages people to bring ** a ** cart in from the parking lot when
they come into the store (they get the reward for returning the cart
without having to pay for it), and there are some people who will
collect carts to collect multiple "rewards". But yes, the real purpose
is to keep carts from simply being left in the parking lot. An end that
I support (ever had your car's paint job damaged by an abandoned cart?)
even if this means of acheiving it seems silly.


BillW50 wrote:
> In news:h209b1$vmc$1@news.eternal-september.org,
> P.V. typed on Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:39:15 +0300:
>> "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> kirjoitti viestissä
>> news:h1u97p$qmo$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>> In news:Hs-dnfgOLJO4O9_XnZ2dnUVZ_oCdnZ2d@earthlink.com,
>>> Ralph Mowery typed on Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:19:38 -0500:
>>>> Yes, Barry we have an Aldi a few miles form my house here in North
>>>> Carolina. I do not think I have ever been in there. I am thinking
>>>> they do or used to do some strange things such as having to have a
>>>> quarter to put into a slot to get a buggy for the grocerys and you
>>>> get it back when you bring it back. Atleast one store of somekind
>>>> does from a report from the men at work.
>>> Yes in the three states I have seen Aldi's, that is how it works (in
>>> the Midwest). So if you want to steal an Aldi's cart, it will cost
>>> you 25¢.
>> The purpose of requiring a coin for cart isn't actually to decrease
>> temptation to steal carts but to encourage customers to bring carts
>> back to their place, instead of just abandoning them at parking lot
>> after use. The coin wouldn't be worth the cart, but it's more likely
>> worth the bother to bring the cart back.
>>
>> P.V.
>
> Oh thanks! You wouldn't think that would work. But I guess it does, as I
> don't see any empty shopping carts in the parking lot. PIA if you forget
> to bring a quarter with ya. lol
>