Weird receipt

Paprika · 02-06-2006, 02:49 AM

Hi folks.

I'm new on Cellar as well as in the USA. So I just don't know where I can ask such a question.

A couple of weeks ago I got a weird receipt from a small grocery store. It has a wrong date (09-23-2000 instead of 01-22-2006) and no store name or an address on it. At first I thought it was just a broken cash register, but today I was in that store again and they gave me a similar receipt, and I guess it's their normal practice.
I believe it's wrong, because I cannot return products to this store if I'm not satisfied with them.
So, my question is: is there anything that I could do with it? Where shall I call or report or whatever? Is this thing really wrong or I'm just a paranoiac?

Cyclefrance · 02-06-2006, 03:13 AM

Sounds more like they have acquired a cash register scond-hand and haven't a clue how to change the date or insert their address (probably came without the original instructions). Worth bringing to their attention on that basis on a 'I don't know if you know, but your cash register is.... blah-blah-blah... and it may cause you problems if it isn't attended to' rather than approach it as being a case that they are deliberately trying to deceive.

Hope that helps and banishes the paranoia option

MaggieL · 02-06-2006, 06:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Cyclefrance

Sounds more like they have acquired a cash register scond-hand and haven't a clue how to change the date or insert their address ...

I bet they have a VCR at home that keeps flashing "12:00...12:00...12:00...12:00...". :-)

Do people still have VCRs?

Cyclefrance · 02-06-2006, 08:21 AM

uuuuh, yes....

MaggieL · 02-06-2006, 09:00 AM

Just checking...lately we use this a lot instead.

Cyclefrance · 02-07-2006, 12:35 AM

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Originally Posted by MaggieL

Just checking...lately we use this a lot instead.

My older son has something like that - it's called Tibo or something like that -equivalent of video on demand. I've just got caught in a generation time warp (also the VCR we have is built into the portable TV we still use in the kitchen area - I need it to break down before I can replace it - another time-warp thing...)

Undertoad · 02-06-2006, 09:11 AM

I did some programming of grocery store cash registers, and some of those systems are very complicated.

Clodfobble · 02-06-2006, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Paprika

I believe it's wrong, because I cannot return products to this store if I'm not satisfied with them.

How often do you need to return items to a small grocery store? If it's that small, they may not have an "official" return policy anyway--it's pretty much just whether the person behind the counter feels like giving you your money back.

busterb · 02-06-2006, 06:19 PM

Don't trade there.

footfootfoot · 02-06-2006, 06:27 PM

"yeah, hey I bought this sandwich here and it tastes funny. I'd like my money back."

"do you have a receipt?"

"yes, here it is"

"You bought this sandwich over 5 years ago, no wonder it tastes funny"

02-06-2006, 02:49 AM	#1
Paprika Kinda New Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 1	Weird receipt Hi folks. I'm new on Cellar as well as in the USA. So I just don't know where I can ask such a question. A couple of weeks ago I got a weird receipt from a small grocery store. It has a wrong date (09-23-2000 instead of 01-22-2006) and no store name or an address on it. At first I thought it was just a broken cash register, but today I was in that store again and they gave me a similar receipt, and I guess it's their normal practice. I believe it's wrong, because I cannot return products to this store if I'm not satisfied with them. So, my question is: is there anything that I could do with it? Where shall I call or report or whatever? Is this thing really wrong or I'm just a paranoiac?

02-06-2006, 03:13 AM	#2
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	Sounds more like they have acquired a cash register scond-hand and haven't a clue how to change the date or insert their address (probably came without the original instructions). Worth bringing to their attention on that basis on a 'I don't know if you know, but your cash register is.... blah-blah-blah... and it may cause you problems if it isn't attended to' rather than approach it as being a case that they are deliberately trying to deceive. Hope that helps and banishes the paranoia option __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

02-06-2006, 08:21 AM	#4
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	uuuuh, yes.... __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

02-06-2006, 09:00 AM	#5
MaggieL in the Hour of Scampering Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia) Posts: 4,060	Just checking...lately we use this a lot instead. __________________ "Neither can his Mind be thought to be in Tune,whose words do jarre; nor his reason In frame, whose sentence is preposterous..."

02-06-2006, 06:19 PM	#9
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Don't trade there. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

02-06-2006, 09:11 AM	#7
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I did some programming of grocery store cash registers, and some of those systems are very complicated.

02-06-2006, 06:27 PM	#10
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	"yeah, hey I bought this sandwich here and it tastes funny. I'd like my money back." "do you have a receipt?" "yes, here it is" "You bought this sandwich over 5 years ago, no wonder it tastes funny" __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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