Do you double check your bills ( receipts) before / after payment ?

Dear cwong77... I have not do that, refuse to pay for preprinted or precharged service charge on the bills?? if service no good...dare not-lah! The most is we won't go back there again! Blacklist the restaurant! They can sabotage you the next time you revisited the same restaurant...they can spit on your food...it happens to my brother's friend.. You better don't go back there...lol Tks for sharing and have a nice weekend!

Dear cwong77, You have super 'alertness' to be able to scan as fast as the cashier scanner...good! Keep it up! I had try to do that, but sometimes it is just too fast or I am getting older...hahah..lol It is a good practice to check your bill before payment especially in the restaurant, it is quite often that they charge for the items that we do not order..most frequent case are the peanuts...where they forgot to serve, yet they charge! Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful weekend!

Iriene88, I check for those service charge too! If the service is not good, I won't want to pay for it! and I just feel irritated for people who charge for service charges but not giving the service..

Dear liz, That's fantastic to be able to check the price as the cashier scanned the bar code..that is super fast, keep it up! You have a very good habit of counting the approximate running total in your mind, to give you some total range of the amount to be billed, it is easier for you to detect any errors...if it do happens! Thanks for sharing, hope to hear your views on my other topics 1) What do you do with your loose coins? 2) Do you prefer to use credit cards or Cash? All the best and have a wonderful weekend!

Dear liz & cwong77, Wow, it is truly practical and efficient if can double check the price/items scanned at the same time...it is a good habit to practice! I think from now onwards, I will start doing it whenever possible, thanks for the great tips! All the best and hope to see both of you around more often...take care

fruitcakeliz, I am just like you.. I will scan the cashier while she scan the purchses.. I will stop them if I am able to, so that they are not over charging me.. you know, if we have made the payment, it's really difficult to get a refund without any hassle! Frankly, I really find that nowadays there are lots of those cashier who does it on purpose to over scan the item we buy!

Dear kumarpslv, Oh...it did happen in your country.... In Malaysia, these electricity / water 'meter reader' will rang the bell at our gate. If we do not open in time, or no one at home, they will just print out the estimate bills which is NORMALLY MUCH MUCH HIGHER! If the next trip when they came to issue the following month bill, if someone around, then they will bill according the the amount of actual usage. So, the bill will thus adjusted accordingly. BUT if still no one at home, then another estimated bills at a very high amount again, this will go on and on...if you do not pay in time, they will cut the supply. Then assume we go and complain...make a report, it will take a long time to adjust it back correctly...sigh...

Dear kumar, Tks for your response, it is a good practice that you keep all the bills in a file for future reference. Keep it up! Even all other bills, credit card statements...sometimes they do have errors like double billings by the merchants, quit rents receipt, it is very important to keep properly. Tks for sharing and do keep in touch. Take care!

Dear CB, * Hugs back * You are a very good consumer and you know your rights. If you have recorded all the possible short change / over charge in a book...I think by now it has add up to quite an amount! You have save quite a large sum of money...good job! Sometimes we did not realise the amount of monwy we manage to avoid being wrongly charged! Your are very careful and cautious. Keep it up! Thanks for sharing...do keep in touch!

Thanks so much for the BR! I just saw it. *hugs*

Dear cbeee3, You are most welcome...you really deserve it Your response is very good and well explained. Keep it up :)

Dear g_vickie, Glad to meet you here at my disccussion topic. Really appreciate it! You check at the same time when the cashier scanned the bar code, that is indeed a very good practice, it will surely save your time and you can detect any errors immediately. Good, keep it up! I do the same, especially the restaurant bills, they have the tendency to double charge, or items that we did not order, especially charge the appetizer like peanuts which they forgot to serve.. Thanks for sharing and hope to see you around more often.

yes I have seen in lot many restaurants, they charge for something which they had forgoten to serve. Probably in almost all the cases where I have seen wrong bills they have been in restaurants.

Dear cwong77, Give a pat on your shoulder for job well done! You have save some money from going to the rich corporats' pocket! It really pays when you check your bills...keep it up! Tks for the additional information, appreciate it Warmest regards, Iriene

Dear grundmang, Wow, you have a very good habit..you check for 3 times?? Keep it up, so no mistakes can escape from you...lol I started this discussion to promote awareness on this matter. So, those fellow myLotters who do not check their bills, they should start with good habit of checking the bills....it is money save, especially in this economy slow down, save as much as you can...it really helps in times of need! Do advise other friends and family member to check their itemised billing in the credit card statements (sometimes can happen double billing), supermarkets receipts, restaurant bills etc... Thanks for sharing and hope to hear from you on my other topic of discussion. Do keep in touch & happy myLoting!

Oh.. talk about credit card bills! I will normally check against the receipts I keep during my shopping. I have ever spotted that my credit card charge me more than what I pay!! And they really amaze I keep my receipts for my shopping to tally against them!

Dear sudiptacallingu, I am so delighted to have you back at my dicussion topic. I really appreciate it, tks! Yes, it do happened to me where the cashier accidentally scanned the same items twice...we will only discovered it if we check the receipt. Then we will settle it at the costmers service counter. Hahaha, you have such a 'wonderful skill' in writing that make me chuckles... Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful weekend! Take care!

Dear whyaskq, Oh yes, you have a very good point there.. Sometimes we bought the item because there are some promotion or discount. Errors in the system do happen where the dicount was not deducted from our bill. It is a good practice for you to check your receipt..good, keep it up! Sometimes I forgot to even claim the free gift for the item with promotion, example buy 2 pkts of milk, free a small 250ml packet drink... Tks for sharing and all the best!

Dear mapuang, It is good that you check your change when you paid in CASH. If there is any discrrepancy, you can settled it there and then. When money matters, it really matters! If they paid you less, you can claim back immediately. If they overpay you, you can return it, if you wihs to! I do return the cash if extra because I know that any short change at the cashier at the end of the day, the cashier have to pay for it, or rplace to the supermarket. They do not earn much, so I do not want them to go thru this... Thanks for sharing, hope to hear from you again at my other topics!

Dear sujuwonder, I am so happy to hear from you, really appreciate it It is definitely a very good habit to check your receipts and bills. Many myLotters here also have the same opinion because many a time the supermarket cashier might accidentally scan an item twice, or a restaurant cashier wrongly charged you for the item that you did not order. Any errors discovered is a 'saving' indeed It is wise to keep your receipt especially the credit card transaction slips for future reference. Good attitute, keep it up All the best, have a wonderful weekend and do keep in touch :)

Dear gcorp, It is good that we should check our bills or receipts before we leave the cashier or the premise. Good job... Keep it up! It do happened to me the same scenario that we thought we were being overcharged but in actual fact the management forgot to remove the promotion tag.. BUT at times the supermarket still honored the old price and refund the change...due to their delay / errors, they had misled the consumers into buying the items...therefore they give us the option to return the goods if we think the current price is not worth buying.... SOMETIMEs THEY PUT THE PHRASE THAT THEY WILL HONOUR THE LOWER PRICE DISPLAYED, THEN THEY WILL REFUND...it is all up to the supermarket policy... Thsnks for sharing, really appreciate it, hope to hear from you again in my other topics, cheers!

Dear James, Two thumbs up for you for being cautious and do the right thing of checking the receipt / bill before you leave the premises. This happened too often in the supermarkets due to double scanning, wrong barcode, system errors and so on. Therefore we should advise our friends and family members to check the bill / receipts acordingly to avoid being double charge or mistakenly billed... Thanks for sharing and I really appreciate it! Cheers...

Hi, Give a pat on your shoulder for job well done! This is the right attitude, it is better we check our bills before payment...it saves a lot. Imagine if all this overbilling slip away without us realise...it will be quite an amount lost unnecessarily! Any amount discovered in this case, is amount save, especially we need to watch our budget and expenses during this global economy slow down... Tks for sharing and hope to see you around more often!

Dear chetrarath, Your mum is very cautious and very practical... It is good that if you can be like your mum. I believe your mum has experienced being mistakenly or over charged for her purchases before....she has become very wise now! Thanks for sharing and do keep in touch! Take care!

Dear 4mymak, You are good at mental arithmatic...plus good eyesight too! It is awesome, you can roughly remember the individual price of the items, count it in your mind ~ that saves a lot of time. Great job! Keep it up! You are very systematic & practical too. I like the way you do it. Thanks a lot, that will be very helpful.... All the best and do keep in touch!

Dear ibuemma, You are cautious and a careful person, very good! This is absolutely a good habit to practice. Keep it up! On a long run, you have save quite an amount of money from being invisibly disappeared without realising it due to wrongly charged. I like the policy practice by the US stores, the adjustment and money back policy is really benefitting consumers. Last time Carrefour(French Supermarket) in Malaysia do practice this, but not anymore.. Thanks for sharing and do keep in touch!

Dear smileonstar, You got very good attitude and good habit for checking through all your bills / receipts. Excellent! Keep it up You have save quite an amount of $ by checking your bill thoroughly! This (wrongly charged) happens quite often wihout we realising... Yesterday evening, we order a steam fish. We ordered 'siakap', a cheaper fish but they served us 'catfish' a more expensive variant! Without seeing, my sister ate it, so...how to change, we continue eating and even though more expensive... we don't fancy this type of fish, the texture of the flesh not so nice and on the oily side. I prefered salmon or cod fish...for that kind of price! Anyway, my husband called the captain who took our ordes and tell him that we specifically order 'siakap' not catfish. We asked him to reduce to a reasonable price...when the bill came...RM35 for the fish...I am not sur whether it is consider expensive or not. A normal 'siakap' fish will only be RM20-25...sigh.. Looks like we have to look first what we were served...in order not to be billed with more expensive dishes... Tks for sharing and hope to hear again from you on my othre topics. Alll the best and do keep in touch!

Dear Karen, You have a very good practice, that's great, keep it up! I admire you and other myLotters here who have the ability to almost correctly estimate the total amount purchase before the cashier total it up, fantastic! This surely save you all the troubles.. Tks for sharing and have a wonderful weekend!

Dear meapas, It is a good habit to always check the bills or receipts before you leave the place. It will be troublesome to come back and look for carpark, extra petrol and so on. Sometimes when we order packed food to bring home, the fast food restaurant also make mistakes, forgot to put in certain item that we ordered.. so wasted! Pay for it but don't have it! Your saying fit this situation well : It is better to be safe than sorry... Thanks and happy myLotting!

Dear csanay, Good...this is a very good habit to practice. It is better that we check everytime before payment to avoid being overcharged...there are many cases where we are charge for the items we did not order! Sometimes, even our credit cards statement have error like double billing by the merchant... Thanks for sharing and do keep in touch!