>
> There are expensive items that light at my grocery store; flash memory
> sticks for example.


And they will be in bulky packaging, or behind the counter.

RFID is coming, and I for one will be glad.  I've seen the demos where a
cart full (and I mean FULL) of stuff is pushed through a gate, and
everything's totalled in less than a second.
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