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  • Bacman
    Bacman Posts: 537 Forumite
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    Always take a receipt; only way to keep a tally so you know every transaction on your bank statement is correct; and evidence if it doesn't.
  • Bacman said:
    Always take a receipt; only way to keep a tally so you know every transaction on your bank statement is correct; and evidence if it doesn't.
    As far as I can recall, I have never ever had an incorrect transaction from Aldi or Lidl  on my bank statement. My reason for raising the thread was to highlight the fact that on several occasions I have has incorrect transactions on my receipts from both stores and I have absolutely no doubt that I am not the only customer that this is happening to.
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  • I use the self-scan checkouts in Lidl and that always provides a receipt: never asks, just prints.  I guess at least a fifth of people don't take their receipts.
    It is Sainsbury's self-scans which always ask whether a receipt is required - and I always select "yes".
  • YorksLass
    YorksLass Posts: 2,271 Forumite
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    A most definite "yes", whatever it's for.  What annoys me is when I have to ask for one.  It isn't a legal requirement for retailers to provide you with one, but equally it isn't a legal requirement for you to provide one when returning goods.  What is required is proof of purchase (eg credit card statement) but it sure makes life easier if you do have a receipt.
    Be kind to others and to yourself too.
  • Mnoee
    Mnoee Posts: 965 Forumite
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    I wish there was the option for email receipts for the supermarkets with loyalty cards - they already have my details and I'd much prefer a difficult to lose, easy to search, digital copy than a piece of paper on the odd occasion that I actually shop in store. 
  • alicef
    alicef Posts: 543 Forumite
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    Also it could be part of the CS delivery requirement by the retailer. 

    In my later years, having worked for a heritage site, there was a compendium of info one HAD to delivery to the customer and 'woe betide' if you didn't and the 'mystery shopper' was the recipient.  If one didn't get the '100%' then a lot in drawn breath and hand ringing by management ensued.  
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  • SandyShores
    SandyShores Posts: 1,970 Forumite
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    I always have a receipt so I can scan it in Shoppix and/or Huyu.
    "Think of many things, do one"
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  • prowla
    prowla Posts: 14,021 Forumite
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    I often say "I'd like the receipt, please" and sometimes the assistant is on autopilot and asks if I'd like the receipt.
  • As treasurer of our household and anally retentive, I need a receipt to enter on to my spreadsheet!
  • abandonded
    abandonded Posts: 308 Forumite
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    Things have changed! The assistant no longer asks if I want a receipt, he doesn’t even offer one. Yesterday, I had to ask for a receipt for my purchases and yes, I got the eye roll. And there is a new procedure at our local store. Instead of pressing the button for an automatic announcement that another till is opening, the male assistants have taken to shouting the messages. 
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