Comments on: Are Paperless Receipts the Future in Retail?

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:25:51 +0000

John: Why not just save the receipts on your hard drive for the time required by IRS (3 years – 7 years, I forget?) You can print them in the unlikely event you are audited; after 7 years I believe you can erase them.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:20:12 +0000

Jonathan, you don’t get it. Lynne has made the point well. The point is to SAVE the receipt on your hard drive (maybe use an e-mail folder labeled “Receipts”?)

By: Donna

Donna — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:44:16 +0000

I like receipts for debit card transactions so I make sure to deduct the item from my balance. I don’t have constant email access but what if they could text it to me? I put my phone number in at Safeway to get their discounts. Why couldn’t all point of sales have that? You’d get the receipt right there, and it could save a lot of paper clutter. By the way – tip for using old receipts – I use the back for my next shopping list. Some places use them for advertising but for the ones that don’t flip them over and it’s the perfect size to fit in my wallet. I need lists anyway so why waste a fresh piece of paper?

By: angela

angela — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 16:04:56 +0000

I think it is a great idea, Redbox already uses this, and i don’t have to worry about forgeting the receipt and someone getting my information.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:51:26 +0000

Johnathon, how many times are you going to need to print a receipt to return something? hardly ever. How many receipts do you receive every single day? probably more than 8.5 X 11 worth. WalMart has started printing on both sides of their receipts to reduce amount of paper used–first I’ve ever seen–great idea!

By: alan

alan — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:11:34 +0000

Where is this being implemented? It doesn’t seem like it will catch on, its more of a hassle for retailers.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:14:13 +0000

if i can put this into perspective, a normal receipt is 4 or 5 inches long, when i get my receipt emailed, i am ow printing off 81/2 inch by 11 inch paper. makes no sense

By: Carl Yeates

Carl Yeates — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:33:20 +0000

Whilst whole heartedly supporting this initiative does anybody know how it will work in practice. For example, if a customer is challenged to prove they have paid for goods on leaving a store. Traditionally said customer will produce a sales receipt, if they don’t have a receipt how to prove they have paid for their goods without embarrassment or creating a delay in the store?

By: jingle

jingle — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:20:02 +0000

Are there really retailers aside from Apple Store that use paperless receipts? I have not encountered one yet.

By: Mike Williams

Mike Williams — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:23:24 +0000

Why not build a POS machine that is bluetooth or infared enabled since almost ALL cell phones are comaptable with that, and all the customer would have to do is wave they’re cell phone or push a button and the receipt would go onto they’re phone and they could just look at it and if everythings fine then they can just take it home and save it on they’re computer if they wish.