• tetris11@feddit.uk
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    1 hour ago

    The one the left looks pretty convincing. If you print that out a few thousand times, that’s money in the bank right there

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      Some supermarkets have the carts conected to each other in a way that only lets you use one by putting a coin (or similar, like these tokens) into its slot, and you recover it once you connect the cart with the other ones again

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    2 hours ago

    A housekey works in the shopping carts in our area. Just put it in backwards.

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      18 minutes ago

      SAME, sometimes we swap carts and houses. I live with a Moroccan family now. I’m sort of the father figure.

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    3 hours ago

    Here’s a better idea: draw the outline of half a 2-euro coin, add a “lollipop stick”, cut that shape out of 2mm aluminum from the hardware store, and you’ll never need a shopping cart token ever again: stick the half-coin into the cart’s lock, unlock, twist sideways and retrieve your little tool.

    If you’re a nice person, unlock 10, 15 or the whole stack of carts for the next shoppers who need a cart and don’t have a coin.

    It will work if you print it out of PLA, but it won’t be as durable and you can break it inside the lock.

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      3 hours ago

      Where I live you can just go get a free token from inside the store. They are metal and you can keep them.

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      Some of the newer style locks have a tray that you have to sit the coin in and slide the tray in. A bit like the OG PS2 disc tray. So unfortunately this tool isn’t universal.

      But for the traditional slot on the front style, yeah, that’d be cool.