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I always end up with all kinds of receipts from fast food places in my cars.
Do you guys keep every single receipt when you buy stuff?
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I keep receipts for every clothing related item i buy
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Keep physical receipts for high profile items, not so much on food, gas, etc
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If you have anything done to your car KEEP THE WORK ORDER & RECEIPT
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Business yes, personal no, only if I don't try on the clothes at the store and think they might not fit. Especially not if I swipe my card. They can just look it up anyways.
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expensive purchases yes everything else no
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what are some of the reasons why you are saving the car work order receipts?
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I use Mint now for my bills and it does keep everything in perspective
Hate when I see "Walmart" on it though cause I can never remember what I bought in there
I'll start keeping the Walmart receipts now on to track what's being spent there, how often, and for how much
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I've never had the issue of wrong amounts being charged to my card.It's not just about if you're returning or not....what if there's some funny business with charges, and your receipts in the trash?You never know.
All companies need to start giving the option of emailing receipts.
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I keep it until it clears correctly through my credit card/checking account just in case I need to dispute the charge for whatever reason. For large ticket items (like my macbook), I keep them for a long while afterwards.
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I keep my car records permanently, keep all my shoe receipts in the boxes, keep all ATM receipts until I get to a shredder, everything else I keep the receipt for until I update my spreadsheet. I have a spreadsheet for each purchase to see how I spend my money within a week/month but the spreadsheet helps me organize my habits better than just looking at charges online. It works for me but not everyone agrees with me, I'm pretty anal though. I track clothing separate from food which is separate from gas which is separate from when I go out. Gotta see when things are starting to get out of line(or with gas, see if there's any trends with needing to add more gallons of gas more frequently or something, that can come in handy to keep it tracked).
I'd recommend at least keeping the receipts until things clear your account if you're using a card, & personally I recommend tracking your spending too but that's because it works for me.
I'd recommend at least keeping the receipts until things clear your account if you're using a card, & personally I recommend tracking your spending too but that's because it works for me.
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You're my hero. This is how I want to be able to view my expenses. Just haven't made time to do it. Got to tho
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I keep pretty much all receipts and use them for tax write offs towards the business. I write off almost everything towards the business even the mileage on my vehicles. Every little bit counts imo.
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When I first got a debit card and money to spend I used to keep all my receipts in a shopping bag. This was during high school and I think I eventually had enough to fill half a hefty bag full of reciepts. Never had a use for them except to look at the bag and feel guilty for all the money I spent lol. Also, all the ink started fading. I remember going through the bag before I threw it away and looking at the **** I bought 
And like others have said... The only reciepts I keep now are the important ones, car related/big purchases
And like others have said... The only reciepts I keep now are the important ones, car related/big purchases
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i keep EVERY receipt until it clears in my account and/or for a couple of weeks.
I keep every receipt for "big" purchase or shoe purchase in this filing folder thing
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I keep all my receipts in a shoe box, and then at the end of the month after the credit card statement closes, I'll compare the statement charges to the receipt.
If the receipt is for something like food or groceries I'll then shred it, but if it's for something like Target where I may want to return something later I'll keep it if I may potentially want to return something.
Going through the statements item by item is a good habit to have.
If the receipt is for something like food or groceries I'll then shred it, but if it's for something like Target where I may want to return something later I'll keep it if I may potentially want to return something.
Going through the statements item by item is a good habit to have.
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^ Same here
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Welp prime *** example .. i keep receipts my wife just throws it away.
My folks sent christmas gifts up here to us, well i need to return 3 different things. Receipts were sitting in the box with the stuff.
Wife reused the box to mail birthday gifts to Cali, today i go in looking for the receipts so i can prepare to return stuff tomorrow ... nowhere to be found
I said, babe do know where those receipts are that were in the box you sent. She says they were all out on the table, so im looking shes jus stamding there knowig good n well that i would have NEVER thrown it away regardless if it fit or not.
I go outside have to search through the trash and find the 3 im looking for and 4 additional (1 mine and 3 of hers).
Ish just annoyed the F out of me >:
My folks sent christmas gifts up here to us, well i need to return 3 different things. Receipts were sitting in the box with the stuff.
Wife reused the box to mail birthday gifts to Cali, today i go in looking for the receipts so i can prepare to return stuff tomorrow ... nowhere to be found
I said, babe do know where those receipts are that were in the box you sent. She says they were all out on the table, so im looking shes jus stamding there knowig good n well that i would have NEVER thrown it away regardless if it fit or not.
I go outside have to search through the trash and find the 3 im looking for and 4 additional (1 mine and 3 of hers).
Ish just annoyed the F out of me >:
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Learn to keep your bish in line
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this
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if you/yall dont mind. (selling the car?)
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This is why I keep my car reciepts. I have a folder with everything for the car, just shows how much I took care of it. Buying/selling a car with reciepts is huge imo
