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by IanPBann 3078 days ago
This is very similar to the Amazon Go store currently being trialed by Amazon employees in Seattle. You check in to the store upon entering using the Amazon Go app, pick your items, then simply walk out. The store tracks what items you have on you then charges your account on exiting.

The only 'feature' missing from real life compared to your imagined scenario is using facial recognition to automatically determine who is in the store.