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"Wences Casares, a co-founder of Lemon, said the company checked with 300 merchants and more than 95 percent accepted the picture in the phone, while the rest r
by wccrawford 15y ago
"Wences Casares, a co-founder of Lemon, said the company checked with 300 merchants and more than 95 percent accepted the picture in the phone, while the rest requested a printed copy of it."
... It wasn't that long ago that every company required the original receipt. It's basic fraud prevention.
- sector 15y agoI'd like to see a list of accepting/rejecting retailers, because this seems quite strange to me. A lot of companies use anti-fraud paper and secure inks to reduce alteration of receipts. I would expect that loss prevention groups would be less than thrilled with this app.
- eli 15y agoReally? I assumed large retailers are pulling up an internal record of the original purchase when you make a return.
- sector 15y agoMany retailers still sync up daily via batch processes creating a race condition where copies of a real receipt could be used at multiple locations on the same day. There are also issues with exception handling processes that dictate what clerks are to do if there's a problem with a receipt that are likely exploitable if photo receipts are accepted. As it stands these holes exist but the harm is reduced by the fact that if you want a fake receipt, you need the right receipt paper and printing equipment which basically means that only professional criminals have a shot at exploiting the problem.