Question of the Day- Checking Store Receipts
By DB
@dgobucks226 (37621)
December 15, 2019 4:52pm CST
With the holiday season here many of us are busy shopping for food and gifts. Which made me curious about checking over your purchases and finding errors.
I recently had yet another experience where there was an error on the receipt from my store purchases. In this instance the grocery store clerk ran up the same item twice. Seems with all the fancy machine technology available assist us humans we still can make mistakes.
Which leads me to today's question: Do you always check your store receipts for accuracy or do you trust the store employee to ring up the items correctly? Have you had a similar experience like I did finding your receipt in error?
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
18 Dec 19
I always check my receipts and most of the time find them accurate. I always follow the cashier while he punches in my purchases.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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18 Dec 19
Yes I try to do the same. Sometimes I help with the bagging of groceries and then I will look at the receipt on the way to the car. Today I noticed the milk I bought csts more than usual. I had grabbed the wrong type milk 
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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18 Dec 19
@florelway Yes, right. Plus I noticed the description on the receipt said 2 percent Milk not what I usually buy.
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
18 Dec 19
@dgobucks226 so it's not actually what was printed on the receipt but since it's another brand and may have command of another price.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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17 Dec 19
Such a trusting person you are. Hopefully the store personnel kept their diddling to themselves, lol.
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@JudyEv (381928)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Dec 19
@dgobucks226 There is always a line item at the bottom of your docket saying how much you saved and we always read that. Does that count? 
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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20 Dec 19
@JudyEv Well, that is one part of the receipt one should look at.
Well, that is one part of the receipt one should look at.1 person likes this
@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
15 Dec 19
Oh I never fail to check my receipt before I leave the store and quite often find one if not more mistakes.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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17 Dec 19
It definitely happens and those on a tight budget a mistake we can't afford to miss..
@garymarsh6 (23998)
• United Kingdom
16 Dec 19
OH yes I know that I have been caught out at times but the shops are usually good at rectifying their mistakes!
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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17 Dec 19
I've had a situation where the checkout grocer failed to place a bag full of items in my cart and I went home without checking my purchases. Took everything out of the plastic bags and stored them away then noticed I did not have all the items I purchased. I had to scramble through a pile of plastic bags searching for the one with the receipt 
There was definitely a moment of panic for me, lol.
There was definitely a moment of panic for me, lol.
@LindaOHio (222280)
• United States
16 Dec 19
I used to. I have a bad habit of not checking receipts. I just recently started checking restaurant receipts.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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17 Dec 19
Yes, that is another place where it's good to doublecheck the charges.
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@Spontaneo (14699)
• United States
15 Dec 19
Sometimes I do. There is a clerk at a local store that has rung me up at the wrong cost atleast twice.
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
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17 Dec 19
It definitely happens more often than one thinks. I've had clerks forget to ring in the coupons for items I purchased.
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@Spontaneo (14699)
• United States
18 Dec 19
@dgobucks226 When I use coupons, the cashier seems to always need the manager. But, I still use coupons when I can.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
18 Dec 19
I tend to watch the totals add up. It's rare that I've had an error.
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
16 Dec 19
I always peruse receipts.
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
23 Feb 20
@dgobucks226
Sometimes I just check to see that I got the right change. I understand why people do check them to make sure no overcharges or charged the right price.
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