Abstract: The checkout system described herein is to show a system how to eliminate the lines at the regiters, to eliminate the removal of items from shopping cart in order to “ring” them at the checkout counters. As clients lowering their goods into shopping carts, an auto scanner mounted at the top of the cart shall trigger a beam to scan the items which are lower into the cart. Once client completes his shopping he than read the total amount of sale which can be verified at the top of the shopping cart. The cart with all the intended purchased items is wheeled to a checkout areas, in which the total amount is paid either by cash or credit cards.