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>I especially like it when they have a limit of 10 on some special, so I pick up 10 from my online order, and grab 10 from the store.

...or just use self-checkout and ignore the limit.




tbh, I never tried to find out if the system enforced those limits or not. I'd guess... it varies.


The Ralphs near me, in SoCal, does. I was tired at the end of a long day of managing 3 sick kids and a sick wife. In my absent mindedness, I had 17 items in the 15 item self check out. I had to get a clerk to come over and authorize it for me.


That's one thing. Then there's loss-leader sales limited to "2 per customer/family" or some such because they know someone would fill up their cart with it.

Of course, if you self-check out and pay cash, they're less likely to spot you with the reduced supervision of self-checkout.




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