Barcode scanner not likely to overcharge customer

December 13, 2009

Florida barcode scanners were found to be almost 99 percent accurate after tests on thousands of items.    The scanners themselves don't determine price of course, and what the attached article really means is that the humans putting in the data are about 99% accurate.  Still, that's not too bad.  Interesting to note too that for the mispriced items, most were in the consumers favor, confirming the old adage that the more you spend, the more yousave.  Click here for the full story