Comments on: Do One Thing: Forego The Receipt. http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2009/10/21/do-one-thing-forego-the-receipt/ Sustainability, Environment, Progressive Politics, Peak Oil, Going Green. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:23:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: nan http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2009/10/21/do-one-thing-forego-the-receipt/#comment-21955 nan Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:45:30 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2584#comment-21955 Agreed, there are times we need receipts, but I just got back from a road trip and saw that we don't need them from the gas station. I have a notebook of scrap paper in the car, so I write down the amounts to do my banking when I get home. I'm not paranoid about being overcharged for gas. Agreed, there are times we need receipts, but I just got back from a road trip and saw that we don’t need them from the gas station. I have a notebook of scrap paper in the car, so I write down the amounts to do my banking when I get home. I’m not paranoid about being overcharged for gas.

]]> By: david http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2009/10/21/do-one-thing-forego-the-receipt/#comment-21951 david Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:44:49 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2584#comment-21951 Very true on some accounts, Dan. But for example, in my 20 years of driving, I have never once been overcharged for gasoline. :) If I buy something expensive, I get the receipt. Otherwise, I skip it. Very true on some accounts, Dan. But for example, in my 20 years of driving, I have never once been overcharged for gasoline. :) If I buy something expensive, I get the receipt. Otherwise, I skip it.

]]> By: Dan http://www.thegoodhuman.com/2009/10/21/do-one-thing-forego-the-receipt/#comment-21949 Dan Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:17:52 +0000 http://www.thegoodhuman.com/?p=2584#comment-21949 I find that not taking a receipt has it's drawbacks: 1) You will never know if you have been overcharged on one or more items on a grocery bill. I usually get overcharged on at least one item everytime I get groceries and don't realize it until I'm in the car looking at the receipt. Without it, I'd be shortchanged quite a bit. 2) Many business people can use gas receipts to apply to their income tax as a "write off". This applies to many other purchases as well. 3) Many receipts have survey codes to enter into the stores website in order to be eligible for a prize. Sure it sounds like a gimmick, but I've won $100 by doing one of these "store satisfaction" surveys online. 4) Warranties and rebates almost always require receipts. Is it worth keeping all receipts? Probably not. But for the most part, keeping them (and then scanning them when you get home so you aren't keeping so much junk) is a good idea for most people. I find that not taking a receipt has it’s drawbacks:

1) You will never know if you have been overcharged on one or more items on a grocery bill. I usually get overcharged on at least one item everytime I get groceries and don’t realize it until I’m in the car looking at the receipt. Without it, I’d be shortchanged quite a bit.

2) Many business people can use gas receipts to apply to their income tax as a “write off”. This applies to many other purchases as well.

3) Many receipts have survey codes to enter into the stores website in order to be eligible for a prize. Sure it sounds like a gimmick, but I’ve won $100 by doing one of these “store satisfaction” surveys online.

4) Warranties and rebates almost always require receipts.

Is it worth keeping all receipts? Probably not. But for the most part, keeping them (and then scanning them when you get home so you aren’t keeping so much junk) is a good idea for most people.

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