do you check your receipts

[slinky.kate]

when you are shopping,went to sainsburys on friday teatime,bought shopping,an iron for a wedding present(30 quid) and a steam cleaner mop thing(£59) my bill at the check out was £200 odd pounds,i nearly sh!t myself,i thought 'that cant be right'however i paid with my debit card,son says as we were leaving 'do you want to check your receipt,i said i would do it when i got home,the mop had been put through 3 times and cancelled once,also another item at£2.99,put through twice,yesterday i went back to another sainsbury's but they could'nt give me back the money as they did'nt sell the mops,so today had to go back to shop where i bought it,i must say they were brilliant and could'nt apoligise eneugh,and because of the inconvenience to me gave me a £10 gift card for my trouble,was'nt that nice of them.i will check in future before i leave the store,i was very lucky

[Buenchico]

I usually add everything up in my head as I go round. (Once a maths teacher, always a maths teacher!). So I only check my receipt if I think that there's a discrepancy - but, either way, I do check on everything!

[craft1948]

I add my stuff up as I go along...........

[Mamyalynne]

Yes , I do the add up and if not happy, check before I leave store.

[tinkerbell23]

I dont- i try to total up what it may cost cos i dont have much disposable income just now! But i admit to getting to the counter and GULPING when they say the price!

That you spending your winnings kate? Xxx

[Ann]

Yes also check that when a product is on offer, the offer price has gone through on the till receipt. Time and time again they forget to alter the tills to accept the reduced price so it goes through full price, you have to be so careful.

[HowardKennitby]

I used to be able to do as Chris + Craft do. I still try but it is becoming very hard now.

[slinky.kate]

my sister says i was very lucky to get a refund because i had already left the store,i had no proof i only had i mop,tinkerbelle' aye my winnings are dwindling

[slinky.kate]

i should take a calculator with me,

[China Doll]

I do if it's more than I think it should be. Man hostage is better at checking these things than me generally.

[starone]

If my friend takes me shopping I always end up better off. She adds everything up in her head (don't know how she keeps track) and has a great eye for bargains. In some cases it is better to buy two small packets instead of the larger one they are offering as a cheap buy. I would not even notice, but she does.

[Ann]

While the Tesco "£5 off if you spend £40" voucher offer has been on, Hubby and I take a trolley each and fill one first adding up the items to £40 or just over then start on the second trolley. We laugh as we can get £10 off our weekly shopping (usually £80 worth) by paying in two transactions and it exercises our old brains to do the mental arithmetic. We must sound a batty old pair as we keep saying the total out loud before we add the next item, but we haven't slipped up yet in the grand total - you would be proud of us Chris!! :)

[Ann]

PS we didn't get the £5 voucher yesterday so assume that offer is finished now - must have got wise to us :(

[micmak]

Last week we were charged for a stew pack that we didn't buy. The problem with Aldi is you have to go back to the shop to complain. Once you check your receipt at home it's too late. We didn't go back as I thought they would say something like "how do we know you didn't buy it' If every customer gets overcharged by 99p well they're quids in.

[Maydup]

Good for you Ann!

£80 worth of food would last us a month or so, but worth having £10 off all the same.

[Buenchico]

Kate:
I'm prepared to bet that you DO take a calculator with you!
Even the most basic of mobile phones usually has a calculator function built into it!

[slinky.kate]

your right chris i do,and i'm going to try it the next time

[supapapa]

Got home once and three sausage rolls had cost me £14!!!!!

[Ann]

Excuse me Mr Buenchicho - WE don't take a calculator with US - so there!!!!

[Ann]

maid up - Yes I admit we have been going shopping weekly and stocking up while the £5 offer was on, bought loads of expensive items like toilet rolls and washing powder, but we don't usually go shopping weekly spending £80, more like every 2 - 3 weeks normally.

[ummmm]

Got charged £450 in the corner shop instead of £45. Didn't know until we got the bank statement...whoops...