When you buy your shopping, do you check your reciept?

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@xboxboy (5576)
October 27, 2007 4:08pm CST
when you have spent all your money do you check your receipt to see if you have been robbed or not? My mom asked this question!!!!
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@mikecrush (163)
• Malaysia
27 Oct 07
i usually don't but my girlfriend does.sometimes we are short changed and sometimes over charged. she is very good at this and corrects the waiter/cashier immediately. but once , the cashier paid me extra change.she made me go back and return it. It was only 50cents, ...but then i thought.. if i didn't, she will be losing some money from her salary from compounded losses . sob
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• Malaysia
28 Oct 07
What you are doing now is very unique and wonderful. Keep doing good and good things will come to you automatically. It will soon come when you least expected it . Not everyone will do it , but it's very rewarding when you see the smile on the faces of the people you have helped :)
@xboxboy (5576)
27 Oct 07
i thimnk i may be wrong!!
@drannhh (15219)
• United States
28 Oct 07
Your mum is the best! YES! I like to check the display an the register as items are being rung up because it is easier to have them fix a mistake if you catch it on the fly, but if that is not possible, then I take a quick look before leaving the store. Once home I check it over a little more carefully and make note of some of the prices in my PDA so that the next time we shop I'll have an idea of what things are supposed to cost. Funny thing, but whenever we find a mistake it is almost always in the store's favor. It is a matter of principle with me. I don't like to be robbed blind, even if it is only a few pennies here and there. I feel that if people get too relaxed about that sort of thing, then the stores will make more and more "mistakes."
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@xboxboy (5576)
29 Oct 07
not much gets by my mum! she is to sharp by half!
@talisman (1300)
• United States
27 Oct 07
Not normally, no. I always have a pretty good idea of how much something is going to cost and if the difference is a lot, then I'll check. Also, I usually watch things being rung up, especially if I have a feeling that it's not going to ring up right. Both of these things have paid off, too. Two times that I can clearly remember, is when I was shopping for my nephew's birthday and the clothes we picked out were supposed to have an additional 40% off, that wasn't applied (after mentioning this, we received the discount). The other time was when we were out at a restaurant. We were given a lunch menu and charged the dinner price (different portion sizes). They gave us the soda's for free, since the manager wasn't around to adjust the price.
@xboxboy (5576)
27 Oct 07
yes sir!!1
• United States
27 Oct 07
Hey X, Well if I have an idea of how much I have spent and estimate the taxes on it I might if its way over what I expected. Otherwise I will just assume that its correct. Most times I will do the self checkout, so I can watch the prices ring up and see that things are right. Why, does your mom do this regularly? Oh and I guess I dont usually spend "all" the money I have...lol Im too freaking thrifty for that! Bay Lay Gray xx
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@xboxboy (5576)
27 Oct 07
i love all sh1t!!!!
@hailie17 (448)
27 Oct 07
I never do but that this question has made me think. Sometimes when i do my food shopping it seems a little expensive as i try to keep a running total in my head as i go around the store. It generally ends up being within five pounds of my total but there have been occasions when it is signifcantly more, yet i don't think to check the receipt! I think i'll start doing this now.
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@xboxboy (5576)
27 Oct 07
good for you!!
@lilybug (21107)
• United States
27 Oct 07
I always check mine when I go shopping. I remember what the price is of everything I am getting and I check wither while they are ringing up my things or before I leave the store. I would say there is a mess up 25% of the time.
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@xboxboy (5576)
27 Oct 07
i agree!
@exodamus (1625)
• India
28 Oct 07
it is a good question. Normally I dont but hereafter I think it is a good habit to see it. thanks anyway
@xboxboy (5576)
29 Oct 07
thanks for your answer, i agree with your thoughts.
• India
28 Oct 07
two year back i used to never check my receiptbut once after i shopped at a show room i paid twice for the same dress which i didn't notice but i realised it only after i came home.but the the shopkeepers were good enough to give me back the money when i brought it to their notice.but then on i learnt a lesson to check my bill before paying.
@xboxboy (5576)
29 Oct 07
good lesson in life! thanks.
@TerryZ (22076)
• United States
28 Oct 07
Sometimes I do check my receipt and sometimes I dont.LOL Its whatever mood Im in.LOL But I think if you buy alot you should always check the receipt.
@xboxboy (5576)
29 Oct 07
my mum is like a bear with a sore head if she does not check every item!
@reezluv (377)
• Malaysia
28 Oct 07
yes..check your receipt before leaving the counter.lol..it's also important to check your monthly spends.Receipt also important to prove that you had bought that kind of thing..
@xboxboy (5576)
29 Oct 07
good point about the monthly spend.
@vokey9472 (1486)
• United States
28 Oct 07
I try to watch the prices as the items are rung up. You have to. Sometimes, you will get something on sale and when it rings up, it will ring up as full price. If you aren't watching, the cashier will not correct the mistake and then you have to go to customer service. I also check the receipt when I get done to make sure that I got the sale prices, my coupons were deducted and things like that. I have made the cashier void the entire sale and start over when I have noticed that there are a lot of MISC. items. I hate when cashiers do that rather than key in the correct codes manually. I make them do it over. See, sometimes when they key it as MISC the just enter what they THINK the price is and then when you make them actually key the codes in, you get a better price. YOu have to watch these people, sometimes they overcharge you without knowing it, but more often than not, I have found that they try to overcharge me knowingly.
@xboxboy (5576)
29 Oct 07
i will tell my mum about the misc, i do not think she is aware of that one. thanks!
@ellie26 (4139)
• Malaysia
28 Oct 07
No. But I checked together with the cashier as she key in the prices. In that way, you will see each item you bought and do not have to double check your receipt.
@xboxboy (5576)
29 Oct 07
nice moves ellie26, i like your style!
@irene_27 (542)
• Philippines
28 Oct 07
When buying groceries I try to watch as the saleslady swipes every item to make sure there'll be no overcharging. I pay special attention too on items with discount prices, oftentimes these are overlooked. The only times i would bother to scrutinize the receipt is when we go on fine dining. I do it when the bill went higher than my expected budget.
@xboxboy (5576)
29 Oct 07
good point about the fine dining. don't want to end up in the kitchen washing the dishes!
@lihang (4)
• China
28 Oct 07
I think It is very important to check the reciept when we went shopping,because the reciept is maybe some wrong ,for example,if you use credit ,but you didn't check it ,and signed your name ,when you retuned home ,and fouud some wrong ,I think it was too late.
@xboxboy (5576)
29 Oct 07
you are so very right! get it corrected before you leave.
• United States
28 Oct 07
I always check my reciept to make sure everything is good. You never know when the lady might ring something up to many times or you might get home and not have something you bought. I always watch the lady ring up my stuff and make sure the price is right.
@xboxboy (5576)
29 Oct 07
best to be sure!
• United States
28 Oct 07
i always check my reciepts, guess its just a habit now though since its been quite a while since ive found where id been double charged. that was about 5 years ago actually, i had been charged $20 for a movie that i didnt even have in my cart! i have no idea where the movie came from. i checked the bags before i left the parking lot and there was no movie in there anywhere. so i went right back in and said..hey you charged me for a movie i didnt want, dont have and never even picked up! the manager went and talked to the check-out girl, SHE had the movie under her bag/purse (whatever it was) below her cash register!! apparantly that wasnt the first time she had done that to customers..and so she was fired! which pleased me very much, especially since she had been doing it to other ppl!
@xboxboy (5576)
29 Oct 07
wow! was a crafty cow! (a fired crafty cow!)
@Rozie37 (15499)
• Turkmenistan
28 Oct 07
I always do. It is a very good habit. Sometimes it can be a mistake on their part or yours, but you want to be clear and know for sure.
• Malaysia
28 Oct 07
it's our right as a customer to check and ask for the price of every meal . they charge us service tax and government tax . thats enough to pay their workers and we don't really need to pay more right? ^@.@^
@goodsign (2287)
• Malaysia
28 Oct 07
Means you got good mom, always check the paid items on the bills. In Malaysia when I go to TESCO hypermarket, the security guards will ensure that I cannot leave that business premises without paying all the items or for paid items which I do not get. So at TESCO I am really comfortable with the systems applied. Both parties satisfied before any customer leaving TESCO for home. xboxboy, you should help your mom on shopping matter (count the paid items), ain't you?.
@xboxboy (5576)
29 Oct 07
i will do my best! she is like a security guard!
@hopejordan (3561)
• Australia
28 Oct 07
hi there xboxboy when i go shopping i dont check the reciept maybe i should the only thing i look at the reciept is there is a fuel voucher and i give it to the cab driver its not much but its better than nothing thankyou for this discussion
@xboxboy (5576)
29 Oct 07
good honest answer. many thanks!
• Philippines
28 Oct 07
yeah to see if all the things in the receipt are those what i really bought. i even keep my receipts.
@xboxboy (5576)
29 Oct 07
that is a smart move!