I’m not aruvqan, but I’ll offer one possible explanation. Some stores, or some managers, will hold cashiers personally responsible for any discrepancies (any that aren’t in the store’s favor, anyway) in the till at the end of the day. 'Cause, you know, no one ever makes an honest mistake, and the POS system is always perfect.
We had one called Labelle’s or something like that.
Buffalo had Century House (where my mom was a manager), Brand Names (infamous for never having the item you wanted in stock, and catalogs with a format that remained unchanged since the 1960s), Service Merchandise, and Dahlkemper’s. I can’t remember if we had Consumer’s Merchandising or not, but their ads appeared quite a bit on local television, as did many other Canadian retail chains.
The Best Products chain was active in the southeast and had some interesting architectural styles for some of its buildings: very interesting videos at
http://archidose.blogspot.com/2009/01/site-best-stores.html
Nebraska Furniture Mart in Omaha is another current store that works this way. The place is amazing - a huge complex of store/showrooms and warehouses. You pick out what you want, pay for it, take your receipt and head to the drive-through lanes at the warehouse either that very day or any day in the next 30. You give them your code number at the speaker, and in very short order they trot out with your furniture, TV, what-have-you, load it up or tie it to your vehicle for you, and you drive off. Or they deliver. They have their own food court with a Burger King. The place has to be seen to be believed.