Do you ask for a receipt?

H1954 your last sentence. Does that mean the shop keeps your email address/receipt in case of a problem? I had to give my email address for this and was expecting an email from them which I never did receive.

I know the feeling Witzend. I always take my receipts and put them in my bag just so I know what I am doing.

A few weeks back I done my shopping and just as I got near the doors I realized I did not pay for my T.V. guide which had been under a free newspaper. No harm done as the paper stop kiosk is just near the doors and has a till. I paid for the magazine and took my receipt. All safely done and had paid for everything so headed off to exit. The security man stopped me at exit and asked if I had paid for my shopping.
I had my receipts so everything okay but I was mortified to be a shoplifting suspect, and I told them I will never set foot in that store again as sometimes I go in there maybe twice a week. All they said was "that's up to you madam"
I always take my receipt wherever I shop.

Very small cash purchases....no. Larger cash purchases.......definitely, purposes of guarantee for a start and how else would the business owner know if the cash had gone through their till??? CC and DC always.........always reconcile the statements when they arrive. Quite a few businesses now offer online receipts, just give them your email address and the receipt can be stored electronically, therefore saving paper!

I always take my receipt at self-checkouts now - ever since not doing so and being stopped at the exit because I set off the alarm - a security tag hadn’t been taken off a piece of meat.

I had to stand and wait while they went through a bin looking for the receipt I hadn’t bothered to take.
Never again!
I don’t do it for outgoings-checking purposes, though I will check a receipt at the time if the bill seems higher than I was expecting.

Since being a shoplifting suspect I’m much more conscious everywhere of having any receipt handy now.

Always take a receipt. Especially with the charging for store bags, i always worry that some one may think i have walked out without paying, and i have been known to return to a shop for something i had forgotten. Plus of course if you return an item you need it.

I've always felt that notes were the most germ laden items, let alone now! We haven't touched cash since March, I tend to get a receipt DH doesn't unless it's a large amount. Contactless is required more and more and eventually cash will be a thing of the past.

I always get a receipt. I rarely have to ask for it, not that I have been shopping for months apart from Aldi.
Most places expect contactless payments these days, so it is good to have a record.
A bakery shop manager was sacked for helping her elderly customers out by paying for their purchases with her own card and accepting their coins in payment.

I have worked in accounts for almost 30 years and my business accounts are balanced to the penny but I never balance my household accounts .

I know exactly what we haven’t got without seeing it written down . Obviously we take a lot more care with larger items or things that may back taking back.

Sorry - in the first paragraph above,that should read "doing the government out of their share"

A new law was passed in Germany recently, making the issue of a receipt for all purchases compulsory, however small. This was to prevent undocumented sales which didn't include VAT, doing the gibt out of their share.

However, it has caused an uproar among the environmentalists, as it has increased the use of paper, and the receipts are not recyclable as they are mostly on thermal paper. Not to mention the number of people who throw their receipts away, either on the ground or by leaving them in the trolley. If they had refused them at the till (which, of course, you can do), the cashier could have put them in her bin.

Many supermarket chains offer a "paperless" option in their app, but I think the till still has to spew out the printed receipt. I don't know anyone who does this, though.

It is definitely worth checking the receipt. I try and remember to do it whilst still in the store. Not long ago, I had a very high amount and when I looked over the till slip, I noticed that she had charged me for 12 of one item rather than only the one! I got it rectified immediately with no trouble.

Our local charity shop won't accept cash, even for the most trivial amount, anymore. Contactless only now.

Each to his own indeed!

I use both poppyred I have contactless but I still like cash for smaller amounts
Would you buy a couple of packets of crisps or a sandwich with contactless ? I wouldn’t but each to his own eh

Lucca, I'm like you. I keep meaning to keep a kind of balance sheet re outgoings but life's too short. I just can't face it.

Oopsadaisy3

Always get a receipt, enter all outgoings in a book ( I have books from 1980) and reconcile with CC statements and the bank balance, every week.

Obviously I worked in Accounts, back in the day.

Ditto!

I always take the receipt and once I'm back in my car, I quickly scan it to make sure it's roughly what I'd calculated it would be. I bought DGD's school uniform last weekend and when I checked the receipt found that I'd been charged incorrectly for several items meaning that I'd been overcharged by more than £5. I also always take the receipt when withdrawing cash from an ATM.

Maggie I often sit and look back at all the cheques I wrote out for really small amounts ( nowadays) but it was usually for a full tank of petrol or a weeks shopping for four of us.
Plus what we thought was an enormous mortgage at the time and cheques for Christmas gifts and Birthdays.
Some of the amounts are for special dresses , school uniforms etc.i can still remember the actual clothing.
Nostalgic!

Old habits die hard, Oopsadaisy3. I used to have to reconcile the various accounts at work back in the day and I still do it with my own. Everything (and I mean every little thing!) is on a spreadsheet though. I use contactless for just about everything now so yes, I take the receipts.

I always take a receipt so I can keep a precise record of my spending, even if it’s a small amount.
Sometimes a shop assistant thinks we’ve finished the transaction and as I wait, then is surprised that I want a receipt. I find it strange that they’re no longer automatically offered.

Sorry BlueBelle assumed that everyone uses contactless these days!

Always get a receipt, enter all outgoings in a book ( I have books from 1980) and reconcile with CC statements and the bank balance, every week.

Obviously I worked in Accounts, back in the day.

Not at all poppyred I use the same or similar amount every week I ve never gone overdrawn I ve never bought things on credit (apart from a mortgage long gone) I have a credit card but only keep it for a large purchase and then pay it off

I still use cash whenever I can and draw a certain amount out each week I do my supermarket shopping with the Pinger thing which adds it up as you go along so I know exactly what I will pay at the machine
I don’t spend beyond my means my bills are on on DD what would I need to balance I m not sure ?

Me neither Lucca. I never take a receipt for individual purchases if I use Apple Pay, because I have the details on my phone.

However, I always take the receipt in a supermarket in case there's something wrong (it happens!), and if I'm buying something that may need taking back (clothing, e.g.) or a large purchase where the receipt acts as the guarantee, like electrical items for example.

I do get rather annoyed that many self-service tills now default to no receipt, unless you opt to have one - and you have to be quick, because if you look away (packing shopping for instance), then that option expires.

Only for large amounts or clothing that might need to go back. I really have a pet hate for this kind of thing as my first husband insisted on logging every item of the grocery bill, not sure what for. He had books and books of them, perhaps he looks at them now and thinks: " A loaf of bread used to be 10p in 1975"!

Feeling very inadequate here.....I never have and I dare say never will balance my outgoings?