said by Mele20 :

"Stop at the yellow line"? Huh? A wagon stops at a colored line? I don't understand.

said by Heshup :



Carts are about as nasty as they come. Think of the all people that had there hands on that bar. When is the last time any one has seen them clean the carts? It would scare the hell out of people if they seen what grew in a petri dish and we put our hands right on that bar. LOL Yes the wheels piss me off in a bad way. It all comes down to one thing SAVE A BUCK!

said by Mr Neutron :

Most of the stores that use this system have a yellow line painted around the parking lot, with signs (like the one pictured above) that warn shoppers not to push carts beyond that line.

said by patcat88 :

That yellow line looks like the above pic by the end of the day because of dead shopping carts.

said by patcat88 :

Fun game for the kids, take a working shopping cart, run as fast as you can with it, let it go right before the yellow line, cart will go over line, then somersault once or a couple times.

said by Mr Neutron :

When you say "local," is this a town/city thing?

Honestly, I'm having a hard time understanding what all the fuss is about. Most of the stores I go to have the carts that stop at the yellow line. Provided the carts never leave the lot, is it really so hard to deal with them in parking lot?

I'd hate to think this is the kind of thing that town need to pass laws over.

said by Mr Neutron I must confess that I was temporarily confused by the above photo of a field full of Czech hedgehog beach obstacles. For just a split-second, I thought that Wal-Mart might be experimenting with exciting new Atlantic Wall-themed stores. Frankly, I wouldn't put it past them.

said by lew_b :

I believe that it is a 'town thing'. If you go down the road to a supermarket that is out of the Town of Poughkeepsie their shopping carts do not have these devices.

said by Mr Neutron :

Thanks for the reply.

As near as I can figure out, the deposit-style carts (?) don't seem to be sweeping the nation. The name that comes up the most in connection with them is Aldi, and it seems that their use of such carts is simply a continuation of their European business practices. I can't seem to find any other major chain that has either adopted them or is thinking of adopting them. Of course, that doesn't mean they're not out there.

Have you experimented with using washers, etc. in place of quarters? Apparently, there are people selling "shopping cart tokens" that allow you to get the use of such shopping carts, but without having to use actual money to do so.

said by Mele20 :

That's pretty good. I'm from Arkansas and was born in Tennessee. In Arkansas they call them carts.

said by patcat88 :

That yellow line looks like the above pic by the end of the day because of dead shopping carts. Fun game for the kids, take a working shopping cart, run as fast as you can with it, let it go right before the yellow line, cart will go over line, then somersault once or a couple times.

said by Mr Neutron :

Are they referred to as "wagons" in HI?

said by Mele20 :

Everyone says "wagon" here and I still, after all these years here, sometimes forget and call them carts and will still get a strange look.

said by fatness :

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said by Mele20 :

Yes, I mentioned that earlier in this thread and that was the reason for Duchess44 replying about them being called buggies in Tennessee. When I moved to Hawaii, I was looked at strangely when I would say "cart". Everyone says "wagon" here and I still, after all these years here, sometimes forget and call them carts and will still get a strange look.