Paying for gas after dark!

[rkfire]

I pay bills by check, phone, electric etc.

Don't forget Western Union.   

LMAO, hey you don't take credit cards!

[rkfire]

Well, yeah, I pay *bills* online and have done so for 15+ years.   But you've wandered away from the scenario of making purchases (gas, groceries, etc.) using cash/check/debit card/credit card.  And it's hardly "hundreds of receipts", only those that were the result of a credit/debit purchase.  And I suspect you keep some receipts, for tax purposes, to make returns, for warranties, etc.   Again, I'm not trying to persuade you to adopt my processes, and this next comment is NOT directed toward you:  I believe that *most* people who live strictly by cash are either (a) very poor, (b) not reporting their income and avoiding taxes, or (c) generally suspicious of technology or think the government has some interest is tracking what they buy.  (Again, I am not projecting any of these behaviours on you.  You are an adult who has the right to handle his finances the way he wants.  And you are on the BBS, so you are not anti-tech!)

This thread started as a complaint about "pay at the pump", which is a total pain when you have to go into the c-store and lay money on the counter (or give the clerk a credit card) before you can go back out and pump gas, and then go back into the store again, etc.  But it's also a pain when the freakin' pumps are out of receipt paper.

I don't fit any of those categories of people you describe that pay cash for most purchases. I really don't keep a receipt for much, even when I do I usually lose them quickly.

I like cash. I know instantly what is left of my budget for extraneous stuff every month by looking in my wallet. For more expensive stuff I look in my stash..lol.

[Slider]

No prepay around these parts yet, (Peterborough, Ontario).

I'm sure it'll come, though. Crime pays nowadays. My lawyer friends say, "the legal system doesn't work anymore". It has been corrupted by lib leftist politicians, who view the criminals a poor innocent victims of poverty and disjointed backgrounds who shouldn't be penalized very much for any crime.  It's called the revolving door prison system here.
Only the rich, (and poor thru Legal Aid, {much milked}), can afford justice now. If you want instigate any sort of legal action, it will take $30-50 grand to start the process.