Geek Tip: Scan Your Receipts!
October 20, 2009 by Lia Espina
Filed under Geek Tips
I’m sure it has happened to a lot of you out there. You buy a gadget. Then you carefully keep the receipt somewhere, saying to yourself that you’ll be needing it eventually. Fast forward to a few months, or maybe even just a few weeks and you need to have your gadget repaired or returned or replaced. Maybe you got a lemon, or whatever.
But then you realize, you don’t know where the receipt is. You say to yourself, “I could have sworn I placed it inside -insert hiding place here-”. Oh well, you probably won’t even get to remember where you placed it. So you just end up sticking with a gadget you don’t like or spending your money on another gadget. Or maybe you’ll spend hours arguing with the store that they should have a copy of the receipt they issued.
What a hassle isn’t it? So that’s why I keep a scanned copy of receipts of all the things I deem important. Then I email them to myself so that if ever my hard drive *knock on wood* crashes, I still have a copy of them online.
Not just receipt of gadgets, but everything else. From furniture to jewelry, clothes and whatever.
And not only will it be easier for you to organize and categorize them, it’s less trash in your house, too!
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A low tech solution is to store the receipt for your gadget in the box it came in. For gadgets with warranties (cameras, lenses, phones, etc.), I usually keep the box – and that box gives you the perfect place to keep your receipts, warranty cards, and other related documents. Besides, if you want to sell your gadget, it helps the bottom line if you have the box and everything that came in it, right?
On the downside, this can eat up space pretty quickly. It can also turn into a fire hazard, especially if you’re not careful. As for a backup copy – well that’s probably the best reason for me to scan my receipts.
Great post!
I scan all my receipts now. It’s so much more convenient especially these days with some firms using glossy receipt paper with ink that is easily erased.