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Receipt management is an itch I've wanted to scratch for many years and I always take an interest in other people's approaches in this space. My initial reacti

Receipt management is an itch I've wanted to scratch for many years and I always take an interest in other people's approaches in this space. My initial reaction here is why you think it's reasonable to expect people to sign up for a service with no information or explanation about you? Given receipts can contain sensitive and important information, there is nothing on the website to convince me that I should entrust you with this data. In fact, quite the opposite.

arethuza 12y ago
I just wish that someone would create proper digital receipts - carrying around bits of paper (which are so easy to lose) feels ridiculously outdated to me. So every time I make a payment with my cards - record a receipt somewhere that is digitally signed (or something, I don't care how it works) and has all of the tax information in some standard format.
- icebraining 12y ago
  There's a Portuguese company pushing for digital receipts[1]. That said, here in Portugal it's probably easier to get companies to do that because they're already compelled to create digital receipts and submit them monthly to the IRS. In fact, if you (as the consumer) give your tax ID when purchasing something - which you are not required to do, mind you - you can then see your invoices on the IRS website. [1] https://www.papervault.pt/ https://www.papervault.pt/
- nnnnni 12y ago
  My wallet's receipt to cash ratio is at least 10:1 at all times. I hate it!
- aestra 12y ago
  I've been to a small (physical) business where the receipts are only emailed. They ask you at the end "would you like the receipt emailed to you?" There's no printer. Of course that also means you have to annoyingly enter your email address. They just hand you the "register" to type your email address. The "register" is an iPad.
  - jbigelow76 12y ago
    I hate that too, even though I don't want a paper receipt I want to be spammed by Pottery Barn even less. My ideal solution: a NFC thingy (transmitter?) at the register where I can just tap my phone and the receipt is beamed to me without exposing my data or forcing me into a marketing database.
    - jaredtking 12y ago
      I believe receipts would be a good application for QR codes. The reason being that that the store probably has a screen that can display the receipt QR code and a majority of smartphones support QR codes but not NFC (e.g. iPhones).
- lukebennett 12y ago
  Yep, my thoughts exactly. Doing something like this would be about more than just receipts as well - it would be a step towards taking ownership of your transaction data so rather than it being owned by a variety of banks, it's all centralised in one place.
spacefight 12y ago
My words. No imprimt, no contact, nothing. It's hard to build trust, but it's not hard to not build it.

arethuza 12y ago

I just wish that someone would create proper digital receipts - carrying around bits of paper (which are so easy to lose) feels ridiculously outdated to me. So every time I make a payment with my cards - record a receipt somewhere that is digitally signed (or something, I don't care how it works) and has all of the tax information in some standard format.

icebraining 12y ago
There's a Portuguese company pushing for digital receipts[1]. That said, here in Portugal it's probably easier to get companies to do that because they're already compelled to create digital receipts and submit them monthly to the IRS. In fact, if you (as the consumer) give your tax ID when purchasing something - which you are not required to do, mind you - you can then see your invoices on the IRS website. [1] https://www.papervault.pt/ https://www.papervault.pt/
nnnnni 12y ago
My wallet's receipt to cash ratio is at least 10:1 at all times. I hate it!
aestra 12y ago
I've been to a small (physical) business where the receipts are only emailed. They ask you at the end "would you like the receipt emailed to you?" There's no printer. Of course that also means you have to annoyingly enter your email address. They just hand you the "register" to type your email address. The "register" is an iPad.
- jbigelow76 12y ago
  I hate that too, even though I don't want a paper receipt I want to be spammed by Pottery Barn even less. My ideal solution: a NFC thingy (transmitter?) at the register where I can just tap my phone and the receipt is beamed to me without exposing my data or forcing me into a marketing database.
  - jaredtking 12y ago
    I believe receipts would be a good application for QR codes. The reason being that that the store probably has a screen that can display the receipt QR code and a majority of smartphones support QR codes but not NFC (e.g. iPhones).
lukebennett 12y ago
Yep, my thoughts exactly. Doing something like this would be about more than just receipts as well - it would be a step towards taking ownership of your transaction data so rather than it being owned by a variety of banks, it's all centralised in one place.

spacefight 12y ago

My words. No imprimt, no contact, nothing. It's hard to build trust, but it's not hard to not build it.