What edge cases trip up point-of-sale systems in home improvement and hardware stores, think of item bought in boxes and sold in units?

In home improvement and hardware stores watch for: item bought in boxes and sold in units; price per metre with partial lengths; contractor credit limit exceeded; tool returned damaged. A system that cannot handle these will frustrate the business; the catalog's failsafe items address some generic cases.

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