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Re:Ask HN: paperless receipts by dreamux on Friday March 11, 2011 @10:22AM (#2313598)
The Apple stores (in Canada, at least) have the ability to email receipts to the email address associated with your credit card instead of printing one. By the time I walk out the door my phone buzzes with a copy of my receipt coming into my inbox. I absolutely love this - it also helps that I don't have to save my receipts for warranties since I can instead just run a search for them.

I hope more stores catch onto this model.

Re:Ask HN: paperless receipts by timrobinson on Friday March 11, 2011 @10:39AM (#2313682)
The other thing I like about Apple stores (the UK ones, at least) is that you don't have to walk anywhere to pay. The last time I went there, the guy entered my purchase into his iPod, then scanned a bar code on the nearest chip & pin machine. This was then the designated chip & pin machine that I could put my card into.
Re:Ask HN: paperless receipts by zemanel on Friday March 11, 2011 @10:26AM (#2313621)
that would be great.

Apple can do that because you can register an account online with Apple and they get your info (e-mail) by looking up your credit card?

A general solution would have to work with small businesses that don't have online services, which i assume being the majority out there.

Re:Ask HN: paperless receipts by dreamux on Friday March 11, 2011 @10:33AM (#2313651)
Actually, I'm not sure if they cross-reference credit card numbers with itunes accounts or if its done through the credit card company; but I think this should be a service that credit card companies offer merchants... perhaps to help justify their massive merchant fees.
Re:Ask HN: paperless receipts by nantes on Friday March 11, 2011 @10:39AM (#2313674)
This is an interesting approach. Right now, credit cards don't get itemized receipts (afaik), just totals to charge to the customer's account.

For a service like this to be really useful to me, I would want itemized receipts.

Re:Ask HN: paperless receipts by saw-lau on Friday March 11, 2011 @10:31AM (#2313645)
Works in Apple Stores in the UK, as well, so I imagine it's worldwide.