Receipt storage

Scanning is the way to go, for example my safeway receipts from 2-3 years ago are nearly illegible (thermal receipts blah)

you keep your grocery receipts?

you keep your grocery receipts?

Ya as far as I know, safeway is a grocery store everywhere...

Scansoft's PaperPort is a good application for managing scanned documents like receipts.

Good thing I searched before posting about the fading receipts problem.

thanks for the info; a simple photocopying will do the trick.

Originally Posted by fakishan

Good thing I searched before posting about the fading receipts problem.

thanks for the info; a simple photocopying will do the trick.

You bumped a 3yr old thread?

Here's a new way to handle receipts. Neat Receipts The software helps organize them into categories you set up.

im thinking about taking hirez pics with the digicam and keeping the files sorted on my computer for backup and sending them to gmail with all useful info in the contents of the message (for easy searching)

thats what i do with all the mail in rebate documents b4 sending them..much more easier to deal with then photocopies..one one ocassion i was able to email the images to the rebate ppl when i had issues with delays.

also thinking of doing this with the cards and contents of my wallet, so if they ever get lost i can easily have a copy made with all the info handy...
might consider RARing the files with a password and then sending them to GMAIL thou (u never know who's reading ur mail!)

Anything that has to last longer than the current tax year gets scanned. Everything else just gets dumped in a file folder.

This thread is 3 years old!!!

Now's a good time to ask Rehan if his receipts are still fading...

Originally Posted by CSK'sMom

Here's a new way to handle receipts. Neat Receipts The software helps organize them into categories you set up.

All you really need to do is just photocopy the receipts (NOT grocery store receipts).
Plus, you can just use a normal scanner.

At least you keep your receipts, I gotta make a habit of not throwing mine away!

Originally Posted by gordholio

All you really need to do is just photocopy the receipts (NOT grocery store receipts).
Plus, you can just use a normal scanner.

It's the software and the portablility that can make this worthwhile for some. I suspect that the CCRA will follow suit with the IRS and allow submitting electronic receipts. So for anyone that needs to track receipts for deductions on taxes or expense accounts this may very well be the easiest way to go...

I'd keep receipts till any items warrenty runs out.

man, SOME PEOPLE. People get shitted on for starting duplicate threads., then people get shitted on for bumping OLD threads...it's a loose loose situation.

I'm glad this guy bumped a 3 yr old thread...I think I bumped a 1 or 2 yr old one about the stale chips lol.
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So yeah., my FutureSlop receipts have faded...I'm gonna do some serious scanning.

Wouldn't it be awesome to take in a completely faded receipt and use it for proof of purchase. You have your copy but you don't show it. Then they say they can't read anything on it...so you say..that's not my problem...deal with it. LOL...okay that wasn't so exciting...

Originally Posted by IceMan77

This thread is 3 years old!!!

Now's a good time to ask Rehan if his receipts are still fading...

i guess the ink on this thread hasn't faded yet