Does closely checking my receipts everytime I buy something at a store make me a cheapskate?

[Anonymous]

I examine all of my store receipts like a doctor as soon as I get home.

Does this make me a cheapskate?

[Anonymous]

Do it in the store. DH does this and can point out cashier's mistakes immediately.

[Anonymous]

I feel like making a big deal over a dollar or two makes me look like a spoiled brat but then I still do it anyway.

[Anonymous]

I don't know but I do it too. I buy something because I am agreeing to a posted price. I think stores should honor that and its amazing how often the price is wrong, especially at grocery stores.

[doodlebug]

I only do it if the total isn't within my expected ballpark. I try to watch as things are being rung up so I can catch it before I pay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do it in the store. DH does this and can point out cashier's mistakes immediately.

Agree. We're not cheap. We're not poor. We're perfectly comfortable. Keep in mind that at the end of a retail shift if a cashier's till is over or under by a certain dollar amount set by store/company management (could be $2, could be $6) they get fired. I have seen it happen.

Also, well off people don't stay well off by throwing out money. They stay well off by being careful with it.

[Anonymous]

You would be surprised how often my restaurant bill is wrong

[Anonymous]

I check the receipt at the store and address any issues while I'm there. I don't care if it makes me look cheap.

[Anonymous]

No, it makes you smart.

However I strongly encourage you to check it while still inside of the store, because once you get home it will be more difficult to prove to the store that they made a mistake.

[Anonymous]

I think it's really diligent of you! I am so-so about it and wish I were more careful. I want to teach my kids to do it. It's so easy to just swipe your cc and not think about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, it makes you smart.

However I strongly encourage you to check it while still inside of the store, because once you get home it will be more difficult to prove to the store that they made a mistake.

Agreed, I usually step off to the side and check my receipt there were a few times where items weren't scanned correctly so I went to customer service.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do it in the store. DH does this and can point out cashier's mistakes immediately.

Yep, watch as the cashier is ringing your stuff up. One tried to charge me for an item that wasn't in my cart.

[Anonymous]

My father used to make a big deal over a dollar.

IT WAS SO EMBARRASSING!!!!!

[Anonymous]

Time to dollar to imposition ratio informs how I judge this. Person in front of me holding up the line to resolve an issue about an errant $5 (and who doesn't look super poor) then you are being cheap and ridiculous.

Change that to $20 I'm more understanding. If no one is in line more understanding, all context.

[Anonymous]

no - you are not cheap. I don't check every time and at every store- but I noticed that I'm overcharged or double charged for items about 50% of the time at Target, so I try to check that one every time as I'm leaving the store -and then I go right to customer service to fix it before I leave. (Often it's sometime pretty pricey - like $12 bottle of Tide rung up twice. I really think they're doing it on purpose at this particular Target.) And I also try to check at Whole Foods, because I think it happens relatively often there too - maybe 20% of the time. IT's not cheap to not want to be overcharged for what you bought!