Wednesday 19 February 2014

1000 Flowers for the Planet - #129 Ask For Digital Receipts

1000 Flowers for the Planet - #129 Ask For Digital Receipts

Digital receipts are already available in the USA and Canada but I’ve had no luck tracking down their availability in Australia, Europe or anywhere else. Hopefully they will be an option very soon. There are two ways the digital receipts work. The first is that the retailer can email you a copy of your receipt, so subsequently you can file them on your hard drive in a way that suits you for easy retrieval when required. The second way is by using an app on your smart phone – you tap the phone at the point of purchase and the receipt is beamed straight to the phone where it can be stored and retrieved as required. You can search the receipts by store name or product and even use the receipt for returns when necessary – the store simply scans the bar code on the receipt to complete the return transaction. Apparently this type of app comes with the bonus of coupon offers and other information to keep the avid shopper up-to-date.
Imagine a day when you can go shopping and not be bothered with keeping track of all those receipts that come in a multitude of sizes. Saving paper by asking for digital receipts is the way of the future.

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