Check Those Receipts

Mnoee

Do you just remember what every single item you purchased cost, or am I missing something here? For a till error that randomly adds £17 or items being scanned multiple times (surely you'd notice that! Am I the only one who watches the customer display at checkout?) it's easy enough to spot on a receipt, but buying 90 odd items in a big shop... I'd never remember all those prices! I'm very much team add as you go - despite what my maths teacher said almost everyone does have a calculator on them at all times these days so being bad at maths is no excuse. 

Takmon

Lip_Stick said:

Takmon said:

Tippytoes said:

Thanks for all your comments.  I passed all my maths exams back in the day when they counted for something.  I went shopping with my other half, who paid as I packed.  Other half actually commented that the Lidl total was cheap!  I paid in Tesco and identified the overcharge before leaving the store.  Once bitten, twice shy.  Guess the maths geniuses on here have never been caught out but I hope I have helped someone.

All I'm suggesting is simple rounding and addition. Even if you had rounded everything up the nearest pound and added it together in your head as you went along you would have easily spotted a £17 overcharge because it would have been more than your expected amount when it should be less due to the rounding up of every item.

It's much easier to spot the mistake before you pay rather than checking receipts after and then having to go back.

Yes, because everyone can be arsed to do that, or don't get distracted, on every shop they do. 

Well it's easier and quicker to do that and spot the problem while paying rather than spend time checking a receipt and having to go back to resolve it.

All I'm saying is do some simple rounding and add the number on as you pick up an item and look at the price tag. This is basic math and if you struggle with that then doing it several times will make it much easier with a little practice.
Lot's of people seem to avoid math because they find it difficult but they just need to do it more without relying on calculators.

Tippytoes

Lidl's electronic system is the issue.  The product barcode and price on the shelf does not always correlate with what has been put onto the system.  In other words, an item which should, for example, cost 30p is scanning at £2.90.  Multi buy the same items and there's the overcharge.  It make take a little longer but I'd rather check my receipts away from congested checkouts, particularly as we are in the midst of a pandemic.

Mnoee

You've still not said how this is possible without memorising what every price on the shelf is. 

Uptown_Boy

Mnoee said:

You've still not said how this is possible without memorising what every price on the shelf is. 

Add up as you go along ... keep a running total (rounded) and add to it for each item you put in your trolley/basket. You don't need to memorise the price of every item - you just need to remember the running total.  

Mnoee

Uptown_Boy said:

Mnoee said:

You've still not said how this is possible without memorising what every price on the shelf is. 

Add up as you go along ... keep a running total (rounded) and add to it for each item you put in your trolley/basket. You don't need to memorise the price of every item - you just need to remember the running total.  

If only I hadn't said exactly this three posts ago. 

Uptown_Boy

So what exactly were you asking (and of whom) when you said:

Mnoee said:

You've still not said how this is possible without memorising what every price on the shelf is. 

Apologies if I've misunderstood what you meant, but your post wasn't clear.

Mnoee

Uptown_Boy said:

So what exactly were you asking (and of whom) when you said:

Mnoee said:

You've still not said how this is possible without memorising what every price on the shelf is. 

Apologies if I've misunderstood what you meant, but your post wasn't clear.

The post above me which was the OP reiterating that checking receipts was important because lidl overcharges whilst totally ignoring my first reply which mentioned that it's impossible to check receipts without knowing all of the prices in the first place? 

MalMonroe

Lip_Stick said:

Takmon said:

Tippytoes said:

Thanks for all your comments.  I passed all my maths exams back in the day when they counted for something.  I went shopping with my other half, who paid as I packed.  Other half actually commented that the Lidl total was cheap!  I paid in Tesco and identified the overcharge before leaving the store.  Once bitten, twice shy.  Guess the maths geniuses on here have never been caught out but I hope I have helped someone.

All I'm suggesting is simple rounding and addition. Even if you had rounded everything up the nearest pound and added it together in your head as you went along you would have easily spotted a £17 overcharge because it would have been more than your expected amount when it should be less due to the rounding up of every item.

It's much easier to spot the mistake before you pay rather than checking receipts after and then having to go back.

Yes, because everyone can be arsed to do that, or don't get distracted, on every shop they do. 

There's always someone who never makes a mistake, though. We should all be so lucky! 

SevenOfNine

I want a receipt for things I purchase.  No, I don't want it emailed & in places that don't issue it automatically or ask if I want it (Costa & Subway are 2 such 'offenders'), then I ask for it.

I tend to glance down my grocery receipts to check if a pricey item stands out on my way out of the shop.

Even before these covid days of increased use of the credit or debit card I've always 'checked off' receipts against purchases my card providers monthly statement.

Old school!