Do you scour your receipts?
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Do you scour your receipts?
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Do you take a good look at the receipt for every purchase you make, just to make sure you were charged correctly? Or do your receipts just head straight for the trash? If you scour your receipts, how
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Do you scour your receipts?
posted at 6/18/2009 4:56 PM EDT
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Do you take a good look at the receipt for every purchase you make, just to make sure you were charged correctly? Or do your receipts just head straight for the trash? If you scour your receipts, how often do you find instances where you were charged incorrectly? |
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Re: Do you scour your receipts?
posted at 6/19/2009 1:13 PM EDT
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I not so much check my receipts, but watch the prices as each item is rung up. When an incorrect price comes up, it's easier to address the problem before any money has changed hands. Honestly most stores I frequent are pretty good with pricing, except for CVS and Joann Fabrics. CVS has a problem with sale prices not being in the computer. Joann Fabrics has a lot of confusing signage and clearance items usually ring up full price. Now restaurant receipts... those I check. I'm always finding drinks and desserts I never ordered on those. |
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Re: Do you scour your receipts?
posted at 7/22/2009 7:32 AM EDT
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First: 7/10/2008 Last: 12/17/2009 |
Yes, I always look at a receipt after checkout to make sure each item cost what I expected it to. I often buy things on sale and from the scratch-and-dent rack. For my part, being overcharged on an item is rare, and getting a refund for the difference isn't too much of a hassle. Making stores price everything seems superfluous when people can easily check their own receipts and spot mistakes. |
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Re: Do you scour your receipts?
posted at 7/22/2009 8:47 AM EDT
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In Response to Re: Do you scour your receipts?: I notice it a lot at Stop and Shop. Posted by mll917 I notice it not at the regular check out, with a cashier at the helm, but in the self-checkout. The self-checkout invariable does not record sale prices, but, fortunately, the Super Stop & Shop I frequent in a neighboring town has plenty of customer service people available to help.
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Re: Do you scour your receipts?
posted at 7/22/2009 9:47 AM EDT
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All I can say is, let the buyer beware, I've had it happen a few times at CVS, once or twice at Stop and Shop, and a few times at Home Depot. Wal-Mart is actually pretty good in my opinion, sometimes the check-out clerk will scan things twice so you have to watch them carefully. I don't think they do it on purpose, people are people, not perfect. CVS has by far the most complaints, which leads me to believe that they do it on purpose. And if one mega-retailer does it, who's to say more don't. Same thing with restaurants, watch your bill, pay close attention for extras like sauce, rolls, extra plate. Also, mistakes happen too, servers are human, when you are in a hurry stuff happens. It's your money, pay atttention, no one else is going to look out for you! |
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Re: Do you scour your receipts?
posted at 7/22/2009 9:55 AM EDT
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Target is HORRIBLE with their pricing! I have errors almost everytime I shop there. The state could make a nice chunk of change by investigating them. They don't rotate their stock very well and you can find multiple prices of the same items on the shelf and a different price on the sign. And if you don't notice until you get home, too bad because they are ridiculously difficult to deal with over the phone and make you come back for a credit; even though they have all the info in their computer. Their mistakes combined with their constant price increases have made me start to shop elsewhere. |
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Re: Do you scour your receipts?
posted at 7/22/2009 10:41 AM EDT
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I have found so many errors upon scanning my Shaws (and previously Star Market) receipts once I'm home, that now I try to look at them before I leave the store, so I can stand on line at Customer Service to get my refunds immediately instead of having to come back again. Just recently, I didn't look at my Stop & Shop receipt until I got home -- I had only bought a few items, but I was charged for two gallons of milk when I only bought one (how does that happen? Perhaps it was because the cashier was talking as she was scanning items). I've been carrying that receipt around in my purse for almost a month until it is convenient for me to get back to that particular store location again so I can get my $2.49 refunded. At CVS, you must ALWAYS have the weekly sale flier with you, to prove to the cashier that the items being rung up at full price are, in fact, on sale. |
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Re: Do you scour your receipts?
posted at 7/22/2009 1:16 PM EDT
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Of course I do. The first battle many times is finding the price of an item. Many times the items are not labeled and there is no shelf tag to be found. Fun. If it is a sale item, I make sure I have a copy of the flyer with me (this has come in very handy on more than one occasion!). Next, I watch as each item is scanned. If it doesn't show the expected price, I stop them right there. Holding up the line gives the clerk a sense of urgency to resolve the issue quickly and quietly plus it gives you the option of just walking away (why wait in 2 lines needlessly? It is their fault, not yours!) Last, I double check the receipt just to make sure I have what I came for, nothing more, and at the price I expected. |
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Re: Do you scour your receipts?
posted at 8/11/2009 7:48 AM EDT
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Having found so many mistakes, I always stop for a few minutes to check my receipts before I leave the grocery store - or any store for that matter. It is so much easier to correct it there and then instead of having to go back. Sales prices are not rung up correctly, items are rung up twice, skew (sp?) numbers are entered incorrectly. I try to follow the screen, when they are entered, but sometimes it is just not possible. Further more, I always seek out - if possible - a mature cashier, even if I have to wait in line. They are a lot more reliable than the gum chewing, yakking high school kid cross talking to another kid at the next register - even a few ones over, that is more interested in "what is happening tonight" than customer service. How do these store get away with hiring such incompetent people? In my service business, I would not have lasted very long. As a note. I just shopped at BB&B yesterday. I had a 20% coupon. Instead of deducting it - the cashier ADDED the 20%. How it happened, you tell me. It took me 20 minutes of my time to correct it. And no apologies. What kind of stogies are they hiring? |
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Re: Do you scour your receipts?
posted at 8/15/2009 12:00 PM EDT
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I refuse to go to Stop and Shop anymore because everytime I did, there were mistakes. I specifically noticed it everytime on the 12packs of soda. They'd say they were 4/$10 which is a great deal, but ring up at 3/$10, stuff like that. |
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