The idea of having customers take on a partial employee role during a transaction has wide appeal and is highly advantageous for service providers (Curran and Meuter 2005). Increasingly, supermarkets are viewing self-checkout as an alternative to hiring and training staff, and thus as a source of potential savings(Walker et al. 2002; Dabholkar et al. 2003; Orel and Kara 2014), increased productivity (Curran et al. 2003; Weijters et al. 2007; Wang 2012), and a way to reach new customer segments (Bitner et al. 2002; Elliott et al. 2012). The use of SST also limits problems usually associated with heterogeneity and perishability by providing a more consistent service atmosphere, since the human element of service delivery is eliminated or minimized (Hsieh et al. 2004; Beatson et al. 2007; Elliott et al. 2013). Furthermore, it allows service providers to reclaim valuable floor space for additional sales (Collier and Kimes 2013) and to redeploy their employees to areas where special customer service is needed (Lee and Allaway 2002; Lee et al.2013). However, it is less clear why customers would prefer to consume self services(Walker and Johnson 2006; Oghazi et al. 2012). Since provider–client interaction is an essential feature of service delivery, implementing technology based self-service can be challenging (Wang et al. 2012; Hilton et al. 2013).Customers are invited to play an active role in service co-creation through self service, but this may only be achieved if consumers are willing to participate (Rodie and Kleine 2000; Anitsal and Schumann 2007). Customers must be convinced of the value of SST before foregoing a full service alternative, and they are not naturally inclined to change channel options unless motivated to do so (Collier and Kimes2013). In fact, some studies suggest that while some consumers actively seek SST,others intentionally avoid them (Elliott et al. 2012), and many customers still consider self-services unattractive (Oghazi et al. 2012). Hence, the willingness to co-produce is influenced by the benefits a customer may expect to receive. Without perceived benefits, customers will refuse to use the SST or postpone using it until no other alternative is available (Liljander et al. 2006). Given the fixed cost of establishing these technologies, this could ultimately lead to a lack of return on investment, a significant drain on resources, and frustration on the part of providers(Collier and Kimes 2013; Lee et al. 2013; Renko and Druzijanic 2014), thus turningSST into a ‘‘double-edged sword’’ (Lee and Allaway 2002). This is particularly true with technology that is intended for use by the customer (Curran and Meuter 2005), and therefore knowing how consumers evaluate the quality delivered by technology-based services is a critical issue to be considered (Riel et al. 2011; Lee et al. 2013; Kallweit et al. 2014).