There are retailers in other countries and payment terminals that have implemented the self-checkout to be very close to "just walk out".
- no item weight confirmation
- no steps in-between trying to sell me things
- no annoying voice overs
- decent UX (navigation) for the 99% case
Here is how I pay in those stores:
- scan my item(s) placing them directly in my bag: taking ~1s per item
- navigate through 3 screens by hammering the [Next] button that is in the same spot on all these screens: takes less than 1s
- pay contactless with my creditcard: takes less than 1s
I wasn't able to get my country changed after I somewhat accidently opened a merchant account years ago. I have never used that merchant account. It also didn't tell me that I won't be able to change my country if I open one.
I've now been living in the UK for six months and three months ago I had a 3hr phone call with a very lovely support lady that tried to help but we didn't manage to change it. She told me that maybe I could just open a new account but then I said that my whole life is on this account and that is not an option. If I have to start over I'd rather make sure this won't happen again.
I recently booked on airbnb in SF for a few days. The actual nightly price I paid was 40% higher than the list price (service fee, airbnb fee, sf occupancy taxes) which was towards the top of my price range filter. I still booked, so I guess it worked in favor of airbnb his time. But left a stale taste for future endeavors.
As someone who just finished moving a custom search result site implementation from GSA (discontinued) to GSS this is highly outrageous. No access to the XML/JSON API is a showstopper.
I don't own a car but have a license and occasionally drive one. I'm not used to driving on highways with more than two lanes and when I spent a few months in the US I had panic attacks the first few weeks when riding at speed limit and there was no escape path. I had to leave the highway twice to recollect.
I don't know about you but I can tell how important flossing is by the amount of blood that comes out of my mouth the longer I take a break from flossing
- no item weight confirmation - no steps in-between trying to sell me things - no annoying voice overs - decent UX (navigation) for the 99% case
Here is how I pay in those stores: - scan my item(s) placing them directly in my bag: taking ~1s per item - navigate through 3 screens by hammering the [Next] button that is in the same spot on all these screens: takes less than 1s - pay contactless with my creditcard: takes less than 1s
The US screwed up each of those 3 steps.