Are you a receipt keeper?

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I am......I have receipts for everything I've bought probably in the past 6 years.....with even more that are older for larger purchases.....

I had to come up with a receipt for proof of purchase for something, and it was last May. Everyone was so surprised I had it................
I didn't think it was so unusual...........
 

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I'm a receipt keeper too - you just never know, LOL!
 

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I don't keep them for quite that long. Nowaday they lose the writing on them and you can hardly read them after about a month (atleast mine are like that from my wallet). But I do have them for some of my bigger purchases.
 

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I tend to return a lot of what I buy...especially clothes shoes.

I am a receipt keeper.
 

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I guess that depends on how you define receipt keeper--if you mean a person who saves and carefully files away their receipts so that, should they require them in the future, they can easily find them, then, no, absolutely not.

If you mean a person who just keeps shoving receipts in their wallet until the thing is about to burst but couldn't locate a particular receipt if their life depended on, then, yes, absolutely.
 

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I keep all receipts from credit card purhases or any large purchases for a few years. I used to keep cash receipts too but now I throw those out.
 
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Originally Posted by mamacat

I guess that depends on how you define receipt keeper--if you mean a person who saves and carefully files away their receipts so that, should they require them in the future, they can easily find them, then, no, absolutely not.

If you mean a person who just keeps shoving receipts in their wallet until the thing is about to burst but couldn't locate a particular receipt if their life depended on, then, yes, absolutely.
 

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I keep them for bigger purchases - but I don't buy that many bigger things, so I don't have to keep them
 

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No I don't keep all of my receipts...but only if I buy electronics I might keep them for a little bit....just in case
 

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I have a big accordian file where I keep all my receipts. The only organization I apply to it is that groceries go in one file, computer stuff goes in another, miscellaneous purchases go into yet another one, and the cats have their own file (for vet records and past purchases). Could I find anything in this sytem? Heck, no! But I'm afraid to throw any of it out, in case I accidentally toss out that one receipt I actually do need.
 
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Originally Posted by katiemae1277

the floor of my car is covered in receipts, does that count??
Hey, if the system works for you, then yes!
 

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We only save receipts on normal purchases until we've entered them into the system by husband developed to keep track of our finances, then they go into the receipt trash can. Fortunately the receipt trash can is only dumped about every two months, so I can find the receipt for anything bought in that time.
 

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We're big "unshoppers" - always returning things - so we keep all our receipts. I have them organized into piles and have everything listed on our expenses sheet so I can keep track of where we're spending all our money. I like to tick off purchases on the credit card bills, to spot anything suspicious.
 

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Garbage. Usually within hours.
Unless "big Purchases"..then they go the manual that came with whatever it was.
But I dont buy many big things.
Unless you consider bath & body works, or Victoria Secrets, or Cute Clothes, or Lip gloss "big things". I sure dont..lol..That's every day stuff.
 

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I used to be really good about keeping receipts and statements. Everything was filed neatly away in the file cabinet or a box. Then last year I moved.

After spending almost a week shredding ten years of old bills, bank statements, credit card statements and related receipts I decided it wasnâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]t such a good idea.

You would not believe the volume of paper that I had. When I got to the pile of statements for accounts that I no longer had I started just throwing it in the trash.

These days I save the big stuff and toss the little things.
 
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