Does closely checking my receipts everytime I buy something at a store make me a cheapskate?
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Anonymous
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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
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| 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
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
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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
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
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
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My father used to make a big deal over a dollar.
IT WAS SO EMBARRASSING!!!!! |
Anonymous
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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! |