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Retailers Go Green: Ditching Paper And Emailing Receipts
DaltheJigsaw
Mountain View Veteran
Apple customers have been used to it for years, but now more retailers are following in the tech giant's footsteps by emailing receipts to their customers.
Big chain stores including Nordstrom and Gap have started offering e-receipts over the past few months and even small business are starting to embrace the environmentally friendly option as well, reports USA Today.
In five years, up to 60 percent of retailers will go paperless, a Nordstrom spokesman told The Boston Herald.
Those who can't stand keeping a wallet full of receipts will be thrilled, but some consumers won't see this as a good move. It takes more time as cashiers have to ask each customer for their email address and some view it as a ploy to market online directly to customers, says USA Today.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/09/retailers-go-green-ditching-paper-and-emailing-receipts_n_893920.html
Big chain stores including Nordstrom and Gap have started offering e-receipts over the past few months and even small business are starting to embrace the environmentally friendly option as well, reports USA Today.
In five years, up to 60 percent of retailers will go paperless, a Nordstrom spokesman told The Boston Herald.
Those who can't stand keeping a wallet full of receipts will be thrilled, but some consumers won't see this as a good move. It takes more time as cashiers have to ask each customer for their email address and some view it as a ploy to market online directly to customers, says USA Today.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/09/retailers-go-green-ditching-paper-and-emailing-receipts_n_893920.html
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Personally, I toss receipts as soon as I get them unless they're for something big or important that might require a proof of purchase (as in a warranty repair situation). I keep an eye on my checking account every couple of days to make sure nothing untoward is happening, and otherwise I don't sweat day to day purchases. It's rare I spend more than about $75 on anything at one time, so that makes it easier. For tax purposes, I can download and print all of my monthly statements that are proof of purchase amounts should I ever be audited (heaven forbid).