Would you like a receipt Sir

There has been an incident in the past where a supermarket sold contaminated diesel which knacked a few people's engines. The supermarket which sold it mugged off the people who didn't have a receipt :/
 
Jean-F said:
Probably old fashioned, but then I’m old, I keep all Credit/Debit card receipts, then when a statement come in, I check the receipt against the amount on the statement, then shred the receipts.
There’s never been a discrepancy, but psychologically, I feel that I’m covering my ass.
Don’t all smirk, I ‘fessed up that I was old.
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I used to do that with credit card receipts and then I got slack with keeping up with it :/
 
Nasher said:
There has been an incident in the past where a supermarket sold contaminated diesel which knacked a few people's engines. The supermarket which sold it mugged off the people who didn't have a receipt :/
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In that case any proof of purchase should suffice. I kind of get their point there as anyone with a knackered engine would come out and start blaming them to get a new engine.
 
I was in New York this week and to get a receipt from Shake Shack I needed to enter my email address and have it delivered electronically.

Normally I wouldn't bother but I needed it for my expenses.
 
It's not her fault the local government pay ****** money for important social care jobs :(

Edit - I don't mean it's a bad wage, but she's 36 and we live in the South East which is expensive.
 
Adam said:
I was in New York this week and to get a receipt from Shake Shack I needed to enter my email address and have it delivered electronically.

Normally I wouldn't bother but I needed it for my expenses.
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Stand by for emailed invites to Shake Shack, Covent Garden, Tottenham Court Rd, and Canary Wharf.
 
Jean-F said:
I went in an Indian restaurant recently with my wife, and when we were ready to go, I asked for the bill.
It was £38. and change, I put my card down, and a £5 note as a tip.
The guy brought the machine to the table, and I did the usual, he thanked me and walked away.
I said, “How about my Debit Card slip?”
He said, “You don’t get one with these card readers.”
I said, “Well, can you print me one out then please, I don’t want to get billed £138. odd, and have nothing to dispute it with.”
He did it, but he wasn’t happy, but I wasn’t unduly concerned about his happiness.
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good on you, it should not be an option for them to make, it should be for us to turn down
yeah this is a dangerous path we're heading down
i always want my receipt.
i know it's not really going to be much use of small purchases but i'd rather have the option
what if you buy a pint of milk and it's off, how you going to take it back and get replaced with no receipt?
i think this culture will only benefit the shops. people will have no receipt and not bother trying to prove they bought it at that shop, and lose out
 
CircleFaust said:
good on you, it should not be an option for them to make, it should be for us to turn down
yeah this is a dangerous path we're heading down
i always want my receipt.
i know it's not really going to be much use of small purchases but i'd rather have the option
what if you buy a pint of milk and it's off, how you going to take it back and get replaced with no receipt?
i think this culture will only benefit the shops. people will have no receipt and not bother trying to prove they bought it at that shop, and lose out
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I think we'll just see receipt migrated over to the payment side.

So on your banking app the transaction also lists the items
 
Does this discussion extend to the supermarket diy checkouts that are asking do you want a receipt ?... which has the best voice ?

I am voting for Sainsburys they haved re-done their checkout s/w in the last couple of months and especially the way the till
nonchalantly, says bye-bye is great compared to the school mistress you get elsewhere (waitrose/tesco) ?
(I suppose a variant of Siri or Mr Hawkins would not be PC)
 
I've never been asked for an email address to send me a receipt before but if I do, I'd have to check my email there and then at the counter to make sure that it's arrived. All very well them saying they will email it only to find out later that no email in my inbox and I'm stuck not being able to return a shirt or whatever.
 
Tauren said:
Just paper. Most receipts are thermally printed. Which doesn’t use ink :p

On topic. I never ask for a receipt unless it’s some clothing I may possibly return at a later date for a different size.
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just curious, say you spent a fiver on lunch and when you went to eat it it was spoiled.
would you just leave it and buy something else, or take it back to the shop ...
 
CircleFaust said:
just curious, say you spent a fiver on lunch and when you went to eat it it was spoiled.
would you just leave it and buy something else, or take it back to the shop ...
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Depends on the person. Years of working in retail teached me that there is nothing as queer as folk.

VincentHanna said:
If you can remember the time you bought it (roughly) they can track back on the till.
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Again years of retail work, 95% of the people bringing a return won't even remember the rough time or date they purchased it. Which would mean having to scroll through 100s of transactions on the EPOS.
 
CircleFaust said:
just curious, say you spent a fiver on lunch and when you went to eat it it was spoiled.
would you just leave it and buy something else, or take it back to the shop ...
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Depends how far out the door I am.

If I was down the road with said lunch, then I’d just bin it and buy something else. I only take receipts for things like electronics or clothing.
 
LeeUK said:
Again years of retail work, 95% of the people bringing a return won't even remember the rough time or date they purchased it. Which would mean having to scroll through 100s of transactions on the EPOS.
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In general yeah, I agree

Specifically to the example about being given some stodgy food - people would remember buying lunch though since they tend to only get an hour.
 
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