Why do unmanned stores fail on staying alive in Western nations?

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War5oldier 10 hours ago

I mean, can having an store solely built on the trust of individuals paying for the goods by putting the money inside the honesty box really work in UK, AU, NZ, CA or US? Does this really explain why they tend to fail on staying open long term: *being broken into and everything inside is stolen* while they stay alive in South Korea or Japan long term without any issues.

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tom milo 9 hours ago

In NZ? Yeah. They're everywhere.

Not sure why you'd group NZ with the US in this kind of context, or really any of those other countries. We're not the same.

Emperor Prussia 8 hours ago

Cause they suck at their job

St✩rlight 8 hours ago

We have them too. They are called vending machines.

Crusader (Banned13x) 8 hours ago

Only in ethnically homogeneous societies, which all of those nations no longer are.

The so-called "diversity" we now enjoy in the West simply results in a breakdown of community, culture, and social cohesion, rendering honor-systems like the one you mentioned unfeasible. But that's the point of it, which is a whole other topic.

Bjørn 6 hours ago

We have those self-serving stores in Norway, I believe, but haven't been to one myself.

But it's very common for farmers here to have their own outlets, where we just go in and take what we need and leave money for it, either cash or using a mobile payment system called 'Vipps'.