Urgh, hacked off

Mirandoch

Looks like I lost £10 and there's nothing I can do about it. I'm so dozy, I don't even remember going into Waitrose on the 29th May, but eventually I found the receipt which said I did. Out of a bill that was £15-something, £10 was cashback.

Thing is, I don't remember asking for cashback or receiving any cash, and I sure can't find the £10 now. But how do I prove that to Waitrose? I can't, so I'm gonna have to write it off. Personally I wish supermarkets didn't offer cashback anyway. I usually say no when they ask, but maybe this time I didn't and the cashier 'forgot' to give me the money - I have absolutely no way of knowing what happened, because my memory is so bad.

Anyway, keep a sharper eye out at checkouts and check the bill. I'm sure a lot of people do this as a matter of course, but I didn't. I will from now on.

dlusman

If you cannot remember even going into Waitrose , but you clearly did - how do you know you didnt ask for and receive £10 cashback while you where there ?

Stevie_Palimo

I'd sue them here as this is a liberty take and simply not on.

clarryd

I would take my receipt back into Waitrose and ask them to check if there was a £10 over on the till number on your receipt.

You never know maybe you didn't get handed it and on that the till would be over by £10, there is no harm in trying.

The other thing that could be happening is the person on the till may be adding the odd £10 onto a few people's shopping and pocketing it, I am not saying that has happened but I would go in and mention that you have £10 cash back on your receipt but can't remember getting it. You won't be the only person to forget a few things so no harm done either way.

Mirandoch

dlusman wrote: »

If you cannot remember even going into Waitrose , but you clearly did - how do you know you didnt ask for and receive £10 cashback while you where there ?

I remembered it when I found my receipt >_>.

I went in a few days later on the 1st June and spent another £10. (My local store is literally a 2-minute walk from where I live and you can get some good reductions.) I remember that visit fairly well, but could not recollect the visit before it for some reason.

I literally never ask for cashback. And if I'm offered it, I always say no. But maybe this one time in an absent-minded haze I said yes =/ I do find it suspicious that I can't find a tenner in the usual places I keep cash though. And I am confident I haven't broken into a £10 note since then.

clarry_d wrote:

I would take my receipt back into Waitrose and ask them to check if there was a £10 over on the till number on your receipt.

You never know maybe you didn't get handed it and on that the till would be over by £10, there is no harm in trying.

The other thing that could be happening is the person on the till may be adding the odd £10 onto a few people's shopping and pocketing it, I am not saying that has happened but I would go in and mention that you have £10 cash back on your receipt but can't remember getting it. You won't be the only person to forget a few things so no harm done either way.

I do appreciate the suggestion, but can't help feeling a bit embarrassed over what happened. Think I'll chalk this down to my mistake, but make sure to scan every receipt I get before leaving the supermarket in future. Not just Waitrose, but everywhere.

wealdroam

Mirandoch wrote: »

Think I'll chalk this down to my mistake, but make sure to scan every receipt I get before leaving the supermarket in future. Not just Waitrose, but everywhere.

Perhaps you did scan your receipt on that fateful day, but just can't remember doing it.

Sooler

You paid £15 for £5 worth of goods. Was there nothing odd about that at the time?

Sooler

Mirandoch wrote: »

but could not recollect the visit before it for some reason.

Friday night? :beer:

pendragon_arther

My memory's bad too. I can't remember what I wanted to say to this thread.