Am I the only one who gets annoyed when asked this when paying by credit card ? Have I simply become a cranky old B , or am I justified in my thinking, how would I resolve any dispute when checking my credit card balance if I don't have anything to support my claim ?
Why do they ask this anyway , is it an environmental issue or have they become too lazy to replace the paper roll in the till ? Most of the time , I just reply with a polite, " yeah mate, I'll have it, it's the only way I can keep track of my spending. J
I Never take one.
I'm the opposite.
I get annoyed that they ask, I'm paypassing a coffee ffs i don't need a receipt..
If I don't have cash in my wallet why would I want to start a collection of useless receipts.
I do check the amount on the screen before paying.
I do check my statements and question stuff that looks weird but no problems so far..
Only receipt I keep really are bunning, their **** is cheap and likely to break before the warranty expires.
I'm on both sides of the coin, depending on what I am buying.
Some things should have a receipt - anything that might need returning, or anything expensive.
No receipt for small purchases that will never be returned - lunch, carton of beer etc
I keep on asking for a receipt if I don't trust them, or if its a cash sale and I want to see if it makes them pay tax on it.
Yeah, petty, I know...
Yep, they are required to provide a receipt so I get a bit ticked off. On the small purchases I just wish the control freaks would leave me to operate the device as per design, then Im able to quietly make my choices and again, as per design, keep hold of my card.
Buying beer at a bottle-O...
Checkout: "Would you like your receipt?"
Me: "Not unless you know a way I can (legally) claim it against my tax?"
...every time!
James I'm the same as you. Always say yes. Sometimes I even have to ask for it (have had shops get cranky at me for this as they assume you don't want it. That starts a real fun discussion...).
Have been skimmed once while in Bali. Arrived back in Melbourne and got a call from the bank. They asked me if I had come home via Canada. Turned out I'd lost a total of $6k in a week. The only way they found out about it was because the perps tried to withdraw more cash than the maximum allowed.
Took a couple of weeks to get it back (The bank was really good about it so I'm not complaining). Card was replaced within 48 hours so I could continue with my life.
These days I keep all the receipts for twelve months then trash them (proper secure disposal... I'm a little paranoid about stuff like this).
a/ Your credit card receipt will always match your credit card's statement (never heard of any glitches) a small piece of paper that magically goes blank after 6 months won't help
b/ if in doubt, raise a dispute and you *will* be refunded - normally cheaper for cc companies to refund than investigate (unless you're flagged in system etc)
Cool, glad I'm not the only then. I carry cash, so any purchases I make on the c card are way more than the cost of a beer or coffee. In some other countries, well at least one I know off, you are sent a text message when a transaction has taken place on your card. It will happen here eventually, then I won't bother with receipts for small purchases .Cheers, J
They are probably over printing out a receipt only to be told by the majority (at least it was when I was on the other side of the counter) to bin it. Doesn't hurt to ask, and it doesn't hurt to say yay or nay......
I find its only Woollies, Coles, BWS, Liquorland that ask. I reckon they do it so if you don't want the receipt they pocket it for the 4c a litre fuel discount 
I always ask for receipts and check. Really easy for someone to rip ya off by punching in a couple of extra bucks on the machine and you would never know.
Takes 2 seconds but you would be surprised how often you are conned a couple bucks here and there.
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i need receipts all the time and always have to ask.
car for tax.
food etc for work travel expenses.
quite common to need receipts if you are working
tl;dr... Probably already said, but your commercial transaction is legally complete only when you recieve your receipt. No receipt = shoplifting.
Select to expand quoteMahanumah said..
Have been skimmed once while in Bali. Arrived back in Melbourne and got a call from the bank.
We had similar, our local ATM was knobbled by a skimmer - and our bank called to let us know that there had been two withdrawals of around a million lira each from our account, but not to worry as the bank knew what was going on, monitoring things and was working with Interpol or similar to catch the crims red handed.
[kinda spooky to know you are being used as live bait]
But all was good - and our next statement had these transactions highlighted by the bank.
wots a couple of million lira worth?
stephen
Select to expand quoteToph said..
They are probably over printing out a receipt only to be told by the majority (at least it was when I was on the other side of the counter) to bin it. Doesn't hurt to ask, and it doesn't hurt to say yay or nay......
If you add up all those lost seconds in efficiency it is costing Australia billions of dollars each year.
Select to expand quoteevlPanda said..Toph said..
They are probably over printing out a receipt only to be told by the majority (at least it was when I was on the other side of the counter) to bin it. Doesn't hurt to ask, and it doesn't hurt to say yay or nay......
If you add up all those lost seconds in efficiency it is costing Australia billions of dollars each year.
I hope that is sarcasm, otherwise you could get a job in a political party 
"Lost efficiency" indeed. Think of all the other things they could be doing instead of printing that receipt... like looking blankly at the wall or reading seabreeze...
