@GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org
Post #2028451
2026-05-05 10:15 UTC
Replies (12)
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@len@nyan.network 2026-05-05 13:09
@GustavinoBevilacqua they used to and then they gave up because it was more bother than useful. Some still do, but most don't.
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@tmcfarlane@toot.community 2026-05-05 13:29
@GustavinoBevilacqua most of the bigger ones in the UK have done this for decades. You can buy small metal tokens to substitute for the coin (it's just a little mechanical lock and isn't super picky about what you load into the little "coin" carrier.
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@grumpyoldtechie@hostux.social 2026-05-05 13:35
@GustavinoBevilacqua Here in South Africa we have "car guards" that watch cars in parking lots hoping you will give them a tip for the "service" they provide. You can simply take a trolley and do your shopping. When you come out of the shop one will rush up, assist you with the trolley and packing your purchases in your car. Again they do this hoping for a tip. I normally tip generously because I'm grateful I can afford the shopping and don't have to do what they do.
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@commonst@social.vivaldi.net 2026-05-05 13:43
@GustavinoBevilacqua in Canada we have a mix of coin locks, and automatic wheel locks if you try to take the cart past a certain point in the parking lock. Smaller stores tend to use the coin lock.
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@cs@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-05-05 13:43
@GustavinoBevilacqua I answered "no," because while there is one (Aldi), most stores do not.
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@carbsrule_en@polyglot.city 2026-05-05 13:49
@GustavinoBevilacqua when I was a kid I occasionally got some pocket money by collecting trolleys that were left about with 20c pieces in them. These days I only know of Aldi having coin deposits. And I have no idea what the value is.
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@JillsJoy@NerdJoy.social 2026-05-05 13:58
@GustavinoBevilacqua Only Aldi requires it in our US town, which i think is probably tied to their European ownership. The other US-owned grocery stores do not.
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@GramrgednAngel@beige.party 2026-05-05 14:11
@GustavinoBevilacqua Only Aldi, as far as I know, requires a coin. The others I've shopped in (five or six different ones) do not.
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@sarae@ecoevo.social 2026-05-05 14:27
@GustavinoBevilacqua there was discussion about it a few years ago and local merchants didn't want to add these -- they didn't think they got enough carts stolen to make it worth the cost of installation
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@woollypigs@sudomakecake.com 2026-05-05 14:33
@GustavinoBevilacqua yes and no, and it's not just one chain of supermarket, it's sometimes different per store and some stores have trollies with the equipment but they are not in use etc. This is mainly taken from shopping at Lidl across Europe but other stores have been visited during our travels.
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@t3rminus@calamity.world 2026-05-05 15:53
@GustavinoBevilacqua huh. Funny that Wikipedia says “less common in Canada”. Here in BC, practically all grocery store chains I know of use a coin-lock and possibly electronic wheel locks on their carts (although some of those I don’t think are real, and just scare tactics…) I’ve been 3D printing plastic tokens to keep in the car to use the coin locks.
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@andre123@snowfan.it 2026-05-08 11:20
@GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org I keep in my car a little collection of those little "plastic coins" that sometimes supermarkets offer to unlock the shopping carts...