Royal Mail - lose your credit card receipt - lose your property and your rights?

OlliesDad

Captain_Sensible wrote: »

To conclude...
This was not a debate over WHY I lost a receipt... (most of you however were simply determined to critique my receipt management policy) - the loss of my receipt revealed what appears to be an inadequate record-keeping system in place at the Post Office/Royal Mail/both.
This is a valid area of concern.
The manager of my local P.O. actually shares my concern in this respect.

I really do hope (and pray) that one of the self-opinionated here actually experiences the same issue - ideally with a high-value item... No human is immune to accidentally losing things. Perhaps you folks need to pass on your worldly advice to our insurance companies - I am sure they would like to know your secret to an accident-free lifestyle.

I think we all in agreement that we will all lose things in life (putting aside that you destroyed it rather than lost it), but with losing things comes a responsibility - If I drop £20 in the street and lose it I know I will have lost it for good - I would not be contacting the Bank of England demanding that they provide a replacement.

Manxman_in_exile

Do receipts really need to be shredded?


They only reveal the last four numbers of the card, don't they?


I ask because (please don't laugh) I have two bin liners of receipts waiting for me to get round to shredding them.


Is it really necessary or Could I bung them in my recycling bin?