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Sam’s Club adds new ‘exit scanners’ to eliminate receipt checks – but shoppers call the change a ‘huge waste of money’ [Video]

SHOPPERS have blasted Sam’s Club’s new exit scanners as a “waste of money”.

The new gadget forces shoppers to go through an “exit arch” to leave the store.

The new exit scanners at Sam’s Club with a staff member there to let shoppers leaveCredit: Facebook/Sam’s Club Fans
The chain believes this is the future of shopping, hoping to reduce the amount of time shoppers have to spend inside the storeCredit: Getty

This will eliminate receipt checks, but shoppers will still have to queue up to get their shopping cleared after being scanned by the exit arch.

Carts will supposedly be checked for any discrepancies the AI technology didn’t pick up.

Sam’s Club say it is a faster way to get out of the store, but angry shoppers believe it will just add more time to their grocery trips.

Shoppers were quick to express their irritation towards the announcement on social media.

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