Consumption tax increase Clerk is chased to respond to inquiries by returning points 12:53 on October 1
In line with the increase in the consumption tax rate, a system that allows points to be returned when shopping with cashless payments begins on the 1st, and at supermarkets in Tokyo, shop assistants are busy responding to inquiries from shoppers.
At the supermarket in Adachi-ku, Tokyo, before the store opened at 9:00 am, the clerk checked the cashier's work, including whether the tax rate was correctly printed on the receipt and the accounting procedure for cashless payment.
In the point return system, if you pay by credit card, electronic money or cashless payment with QR code, you can get a maximum discount of 5% of the purchase amount, which is a real discount.
At the supermarket after the store opened, the store clerk asked the shoppers when they were accounting, saying, “Do you have a credit card or electronic money?” And encouraged the use of the system.
Shoppers asked questions such as “Can I use this card I have?”, And people who were not familiar with the system were conspicuous and the store clerk was busy responding.
A female customer in her 70s said, “I didn't know that my card was eligible until I explained it to the store clerk. The tax increase of 2% is a big burden, so it is a big 5% return.” It was.
Super TANAKA President Shoichi Tanaka said, “Since there is a product that is actually cheaper than before the tax increase with a 5% reduction, I want to make it known carefully and appeal to young customers who use convenience stores.” It was.