14 points

Is someone gonna ask to see it before I leave the store? Then yes. Otherwise no

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  • Am I likely to have to return my purchase?
  • Am I using cash instead of credit/debit?
  • Do I want to review what I purchased to make sure everything was the correct price and/or (if it’s a bunch of items) that I got everything?
  • Am I being reimbursed/reimbursing someone?
  • Am I in a shopping mall where I’ll be bringing this merchandise into other stores with similar offerings?

if any of the above factors are true:

  • Do I have an account which will let me receive a digital receipt instead?
  • If not, then yes.

If none of the above factors are true: No. At that point to me it’s just a waste of receipt paper and my time.

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20 points

As they are mandatory printed where Iam, the only choice is do i throw it away, or do they throw it away

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I’m gonna run an experiment in 2025 and keep every single receipt so I can itemize my sales tax. My state has a stupid high sales tax and I don’t believe the sales tax tables from the IRS are accurate.

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9 points

Here in Germany, there’s a law to prevent tax fraud, which results in companies always creating a receipt for every purchase. Even if you don’t want a receipt, they print it and then directly throw it away. (I don’t know, if the law is dumb or the companies are).

And yeah, it’s resulted in me just always taking the receipt and then usually throwing it away at home.

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8 points

Taiwan had the same concern. What they did is make it so that receipts also work as lottery tickets, to encourage people to ask for them and hold on to them.

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4 points

Excuse me what? A lottery ticket‽

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1 point

Big brain.

Reminds me, I think economists love VAT so if this were a global thing for every transaction and we could agree internationally on minimum tax rates, I think society would be better funded (but I’m def not an economist)

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I default to yes if asked, so I don’t have to think. Later when I’m relaxed I can make the final decision

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2 points

Some contactless payment systems like Apple Pay can have a receipt automatically emailed if the POS system supports it.

Avoids paper waste from unwanted, avoids missing a receipt when it was wanted, and much easier to organise.

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Anybody say yes to bump the “yes” stats so companies don’t try anything funny based on likelihood of getting away with it?

Naw that’d be weird whistle

Edit: (for dine in) I’m totally gonna review to make sure only 20% tips were charged to my card and they weren’t fatfingered… any day now… (wonder how much I’m ahead/behind lifetime on proper tip entry)

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1 point

Sounds complicated. Just say yes and figure it out later.

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1 point

Yeah, it only matters if it happens often, and if it happens often then you’ll probably get used to it anyway, so that you don’t have to mentally go through a list anymore.

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2 points

Yeah, I always ask for a receipt at counter service/fast food eateries. Half the time, even though I only order like 2 items (3 at the very maximum if I’m feeling chippy), the order is inevitably missing something or incorrect so I like to have it as proof when I tell them I’m missing my drink order or something.

I don’t know how people fly by the seat of their pants and just let places like Taco Bell or Dunkin Donuts just give them random items without proof of what you ordered lol. Maybe I’m just unlucky!

Or yeah, if I think I might have to return an item, I don’t want a receipt.

Otherwise, 90% of the time, I don’t want one.

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those people aren’t flying by the seat of their pants. they just live in harmony with those around them. they don’t feel the need to cause trouble because some thing happens.

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How is it causing trouble to say “excuse me, I had a latte with my order. Thanks!!”??? I’m polite about it and I wait ample time to make sure they truly forgot and aren’t just behind. Hell, usually I’m actually approached by one of the employees when I’m just standing there waiting for a prolonged period of time, not the other way around.

But I only order 2 things. When I’m missing one of the only two items I paid for, I have a tendency to speak up. It doesn’t make me an asshole. Believe it or not, there are polite ways you can indicate that you are missing half your order.

I actually don’t correct them if they give me 2 incorrect items, so long as they are in the same category of what I wanted (a food and a drink item)…happens frequently. It’s when I’m missing a category of item that I ask for it.

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3 points

Can someone explain to me what’s the joke ? I don’t understand…

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19 points

Not sure there is a joke in there. For some reason the question kind of surprises you and you have to quickly decide on the spot whether to have the receipt or not. So you end up winging it, sometimes having it, sometimes not.

Nowadays, I mostly decline but on occasion still end up agreeing, so I can relate.

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I think they might be European like me. What question?

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In the US, you often get a choice (via the PoS terminal or via the person at the register) if you’d like your receipt. Whether it’s printed automatically without asking you is in and of itself arbitrary and not even consistent within a single type of business, and there are often several options (“No receipt”, “Print”, “Email”, “Print and Email”). Even if it’s printed mandatorily, cashiers will often ask if you want a receipt and toss it if you don’t. Finally, different PoS terminals have different interfaces for this sort of thing. So it’s generally not at the forefront of your mind, it’s not really standardized, and you need to quickly weigh a bunch of factors as to whether you want the receipt and often in what format, so the poster here is joking about how extremely arbitrary their answers are since it usually doesn’t make that big of a difference which you pick.

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I always ask for a printed receipt. You never know when something breaks and you need to return it or you order food and they get it wrong. It’s way easier to dispute stuff when you have a receipt. I’m actually surprised it’s not given out by default in the US. Back in my home country it’s required by law to issue a receipt.

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Always? Like if you buy a juice and bagel, you are grabbing a receipt even if the exchange happens in real time? Why? I always do for groceries and wine (good luck bringing in a rotten watermelon and just telling them you bought it there yesterday), but not much else.

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Yup. I guess it’s just second nature to me since I grew up in a place where you get a receipt for every transaction with a registered business. It goes both ways. It’s proof that you bought the item from that business/store, and it’s also proof that you paid for that item in case you get accused of stealing it. And yes, I come from a third world country.

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6 points

I like to think about it for a second or two and then say yes. And if i get one i act like i got the right answer in a quiz.

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I tend to switch it up between “No” and “Stare at them without a word until they throw it away on their own”, and then there’s the rare manoeuvre “Come back in after just leaving and say that I’m sorry but I realised I actually need one this time”.

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