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Home Depot: The last time (June 2021) I used their self-checkout, it only gave "Print" and "Print+Email" options for the receipt. I chose the latter, but never got the email. Perhaps I typed it in wrong. There was no Email-Only option.
Lowes: The last 2 times I used their self-checkout, it only gave "Print" and "Print+Email" options for the receipt; there was no Email-Only option. When using the regular checkout aisles, the cashier (or maybe it is the card reader unit) gives me an email-only option. It has my email stored and linked to my payment card number, so I don't have to type it in each time, only confirm it.
Kroger: The self-checkout always lets me choose an digital receipt (as long as I remember to select that checkbox on the terminal). Now that I think about it, it's not actually an email receipt. I log into my Kroger account online and take full-page screenshots, which I then save for my records. On one page they show a receipt in the same format as what you would get printed out. On another page, they list everything you bought (using complete words, not abbreviations) along with images of the items, which is very nice.
Food Lion: Their self-checkout did not give an email option for the receipt. It also didn't weigh the items I put in the bagging area, nor nag me when I put my cloth bags over there, etc., like Krogers' always does.
Office Depot: In the regular checkout aisle, the card reader unit gave an email-only receipt option. When I typed my email in, I made a typo (two periods in a row instead of one). It did not automatically correct it nor give a warning. Instead it showed an error message that the email send had failed. It did not give me another chance to correct my entry, nor to get a paper receipt after all. I took a photo of the amounts shown on the screen with my phone, for my records. (I usually do that at Kroger too, just in case.)
A small local store: Had an email receipt option. But the cashier gave me a paper printout too, without asking. The email receipt that I received only listed the total charge, not any details about what I bought nor the individual prices. Therefore, I was glad to have the paper receipt to scan for my records.
Another small local store: Had an email receipt option. Both of the local store email receipts which I received were generated/sent by "Square". However, this store's email receipt did include the purchase details. So it must be configurable by the store, or something.
I keep wondering if receipts nowadays are less likely to use that thermal paper which is coated with so many chemicals, and more likely to be plain paper printed with regular ink. Sometimes I can guess one way or the other based on the look and feel of the paper and ink, but I'm never certain.
Lowes: The last 2 times I used their self-checkout, it only gave "Print" and "Print+Email" options for the receipt; there was no Email-Only option. When using the regular checkout aisles, the cashier (or maybe it is the card reader unit) gives me an email-only option. It has my email stored and linked to my payment card number, so I don't have to type it in each time, only confirm it.
Kroger: The self-checkout always lets me choose an digital receipt (as long as I remember to select that checkbox on the terminal). Now that I think about it, it's not actually an email receipt. I log into my Kroger account online and take full-page screenshots, which I then save for my records. On one page they show a receipt in the same format as what you would get printed out. On another page, they list everything you bought (using complete words, not abbreviations) along with images of the items, which is very nice.
Food Lion: Their self-checkout did not give an email option for the receipt. It also didn't weigh the items I put in the bagging area, nor nag me when I put my cloth bags over there, etc., like Krogers' always does.
Office Depot: In the regular checkout aisle, the card reader unit gave an email-only receipt option. When I typed my email in, I made a typo (two periods in a row instead of one). It did not automatically correct it nor give a warning. Instead it showed an error message that the email send had failed. It did not give me another chance to correct my entry, nor to get a paper receipt after all. I took a photo of the amounts shown on the screen with my phone, for my records. (I usually do that at Kroger too, just in case.)
A small local store: Had an email receipt option. But the cashier gave me a paper printout too, without asking. The email receipt that I received only listed the total charge, not any details about what I bought nor the individual prices. Therefore, I was glad to have the paper receipt to scan for my records.
Another small local store: Had an email receipt option. Both of the local store email receipts which I received were generated/sent by "Square". However, this store's email receipt did include the purchase details. So it must be configurable by the store, or something.
I keep wondering if receipts nowadays are less likely to use that thermal paper which is coated with so many chemicals, and more likely to be plain paper printed with regular ink. Sometimes I can guess one way or the other based on the look and feel of the paper and ink, but I'm never certain.
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Date: 2021-10-15 02:34 am (UTC)From:The dull paper with dot matrix or slightly recessed-looking printing on it is normal paper, most of the time. Most receipts are still thermal just about everywhere I see except for some small shops.
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Date: 2021-10-17 01:16 am (UTC)From: