Saturday, December 29, 2007

Remember to ask for your receipt

I used my debit card to pay for my only-once-in-a-while fave coffee. The cashier asked me if I needed a receipt. How am I supposed to remember the amount paid for the coffee in order to log into Quicken if I don’t have a receipt—particularly because I used a debit card? (To read more about Quicken, see 12-28-07 entry) This would have been the case even if I make manual entries into a passbook. Remember, companies are getting so cheap now-a-days that they don’t want to even pay for the paper to print receipts on. But I can't say that I blame them if the customer truly doesn’t want or request it.