Treatment Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Well, they say that one learns something new every day. I'm due for a dinner party Saturday night, I shall use this as an anecdote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyM Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 I don't understand this. If you nick the trolley you have your pound coin back as well. I imagine its hard to get the pound coin back out of the trolley. I'm not sure I've never stolen a trolley! They make the chain just a little bit too short to fit it the other side of the metal thingy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Well, they say that one learns something new every day. I'm due for a dinner party Saturday night, I shall use this as an anecdote. I've done a bit of googling and found out that some stores have an electronic perimeter around the store and pushing a trolley outside of the perimeter will cause the brakes to lock. Others have electronic alarms (you might run to help somebody who is being raped and find yourself in the middle of a trolley jacking). ~100000 stole a year (about one every 5 minutes) in the UK. At £100 a pop, that's £10 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 I imagine its hard to get the pound coin back out of the trolley. I'm not sure I've never stolen a trolley! They make the chain just a little bit too short to fit it the other side of the metal thingy. You were obviously contemplating it and went against the idea when you realised you couldn't get the £1 back out as easily as you thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyM Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 You were obviously contemplating it and went against the idea when you realised you couldn't get the £1 back out as easily as you thought. Lol no, I've no use for a trolley, it would be a very bad idea to try and ride one down my street. Plus I couldn't fit one in my car, and it'd be a long walk home... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Lol no, I've no use for a trolley, it would be a very bad idea to try and ride one down my street. Plus I couldn't fit one in my car, and it'd be a long walk home... You don't need to fit it ! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medusa Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 So you take it back to the trolley rack instead of losing £1. Or, as one of my friends used to put it, 'it's my trolley now, I paid a pound for it'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pidgeon Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 They cost a bloody fortune. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emma royd Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 I imagine its hard to get the pound coin back out of the trolley. I'm not sure I've never stolen a trolley! They make the chain just a little bit too short to fit it the other side of the metal thingy. I imagine that if you have walked off with a trolley extracting the coin isn't going to be a major problem. I've seen the trolley lads pull them out with a pair of pliers. But just getting back to the OP. The only reason why a supermarket would insist on a pound rather than a token would be the value of the coin. But as the coin disappears along with the trolley such a reason seams bizzare. I don't know why they do it. Perhaps the token manufactures have to make the tokes slightly different from £1 coins so folks can't stick them in slot machines and the coin mechanism on the trolleys can't cope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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