vanishing receipts

[Boog]

Have any of you noticed item skus and prices disappearing from your receipts lately? I have noticed this on Lowe's receipts and O'Reillys receipts. The header store name remains but everything under that fades away. I first thought it was from exposure to light causing the print to disappear, but it also happens to receipts put away in a drawer, etc. But why wouldn't all the print disappear? And why? This happens within a few months.

[Steeveedee]

Thermal printers do this. Not sure why only the logo remains. Anything we buy that has a warranty and has the receipt printed via thermal printer gets a photocopy made of it while it's still fresh.

[old Rusty C10]

anything to make it harder to get a refund

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

Thermal printers do this. Not sure why only the logo remains. Anything we buy that has a warranty and has the receipt printed via thermal printer gets a photocopy made of it while it's still fresh.

If you use a card you don’t need a receipt. The logo is usually bolder than the items on the receipt so it lasts longer but not indefinitely . I’ve found receipts years old in the glove box and it’s just paper no printing on them at all . If I need a receipt for warranty (not needed if you register the item ) I will make a digital copy like you

[mongocanfly]

Walmart is the worst..if it's something where I need it for warranty, I make a copy of it..
Our oreillys still uses a good printer and real paper

[Sheepdip]

Originally Posted by old Rusty C10

anything to make it harder to get a refund

Good Answer Bob!!

[Boog]

^^^^ That.

[Getter-Done]

Yeah I noticed that they all been using that Slick Paper.

The ink just slides right off.

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

If you use a card you don’t need a receipt. The logo is usually bolder than the items on the receipt so it lasts longer but not indefinitely . I’ve found receipts years old in the glove box and it’s just paper no printing on them at all . If I need a receipt for warranty (not needed if you register the item ) I will make a digital copy like you

True about the card. We buy everything we can on our CostCo Visa card(s) and my wife bird dogs those expenses relentlessly. Every time I buy something she comes and asks me about it. Given that she spends a whole lot of money frivolously, it's kind of annoying. By frivolously, I mean for her quilting hobby. She spends thousands a year on fabric, needles, thread, and "retreats". I don't even care what she spends. But if I buy wood for something she wants built, I get questioned about it. I've never been a wastrel.

[62c30]

It's a government conspiracy. They don't want you to see how high the sales tax compared to just a few years ago.

[Getter-Done]

If it is a Big ticket item that I think I am going to have trouble with I make a copy of it on printing paper
I never had to use it.
Who knows if they would honor a copy.

[Boog]

It will have a sale # and possibly time of day, date, register, etc. If paid by card it will have identifying numbers too.

[A1971Blazer]

I scan them into my desktop...
I can never find paper receipts even though I put then someplace where I know I can find them later (just like parts I'm not ready to use yet)....