To remind you to check your till receipts after shopping?

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Because they're often wrong. Just saved myself £2.50 on a bogof that hadn't gone through properly.

Also check that the price on the label is the same on the till. I paid for something at £4.75 but the label said £3.50 as it was on offer. Turned out the number on the label didn't match the number on the item but they honoured the lower price anyway as their error.

Always check in Homebase. The last few things we've bought there have gone through at a higher price than the label said. The assistant was most surprised I wanted my over charge back .

I always check mine, I find Asda always cock up their pricing

And watch loose weighed items, such as fruit and veg - I’ve sometimes found that the till operator has inadvertently leant on the scales at the same time.

Fuck that

Not worth £2.50 to spend ages checking receipts on the odd occasion it might be wrong

The only time I can manage to get to the supermarket they only have the self-scan machines open and this is the one positive thing when them as I can check the price of everything as soon as I scan it.

Fuck that

Not worth £2.50 to spend ages checking receipts on the odd occasion it might be wrong

I'm sure you can appreciate that to some people, it's a lot of money araiwa?

But it not 'just' £2.50. If I added up all the times shops cocked up their pricing over the year, it would add up over the £100 mark

Bought 10 bags of scampi in Iceland.
Checked my receipt at home and instead of 10 I'd been charged for 76 bags.

It's a fair amount of money really and it's not the only time in the last couple of months. I'd say there's a mistake a couple of times a month, usually only a quid or two, but in the last few months I've got at least a tenner back in this way. I'm not going to lose a tenner for the sake of a couple of minutes checking what they've given me to check.

Yes, I thought that Worra. And the 2.50 was on ONE bill, so.... One week, DH and I were overcharged about £30 across a restaurant bill, till receipt in a garden centre, and a supermarket, all rectified by checking the bill before leaving. So much more than £2.50 there.

Exactly, mega. Every little helps, as they say. Supermarket shopping involves doing most of the work yourself anyway. Damned if I'm going to pay even more than I need to, for that.

If you do a big shop though, will you always remember the deals once you get to the till? A huge proportion of what I buy has some sort of offer and I'd never remember! I do use the handheld scanner as I go when I can which I love.

LOL I do. I'm kind of skint which focuses the mind. Plus I always meal plan and shop to a list (see? skint) so I don't just put things in because they're on offer so I remember the offers iyswim.

I usually scan as I shop so check as I go, or would be a faff. If I'm not scanning as I go, in any shop I always check amount on card reader, as a few years ago shop assistant punched in too many 0's making £42 £4,200! She noticed before I put card in but been wary since.

Not worth £2.50 to spend ages checking receipts on the odd occasion it might be wrong

£2.50 is a meal for me. You're very fortunate to be able to dismiss it.

I know I mention this on every supermarket shopping thread but if Scan and Shop is available then use it. You can keep an eye on everything you pay for and check as you go along.
No cashier mistakes, and no need to check your receipt as you scanned it all yourself.
Also great to keep an eye on total spend too.

Come on, it takes 2 minutes to check a till receipt. If you are being paid more than £2.50 for 2 minutes, then good luck to you.

Is scan and shop easy to use? I am a luddite really and still get a bit fuddled at self service tills.

Give it a go Reasons. At first I was a bit clueless but all you have to do is scan the stuff as it goes into your bags and the handsets are dead easy to use.You can take as much time as you need, and you avoid all the conveyor malarkey.
Running total is brilliant.

I was charged £89 for a butternut squash in Morrisons once!!
I didnt need to check the receipt to know some thing was wrong!

Yes scan and shop is great (when the scanner you are issued and the tills work properly)

Simply scan your club card
Pick up handset that lights up
Scan as you go - pack into bags in trolley as you go )
Scan the barcode on the till from the scanner
Pay
Collect receipt (check 😉)
Leave

You can also easily remove any scanned items as you go if you change your mind

I got charged £7.50 for a pint of milk inM&S once, only realised when I got home.. went back next day and got a full refund, I always check!

You have to have a clubcard for scan and shop. Then just zap that in shop, stick the zapper on the trolley and scan each item as you go. If you got multiples, say 6 cans of peas, just put 5 in trolley and zap one 6 times, it's easier. Since I've been using it, it's a rarity to use a till. On odd occasion there might be problems, like once I got half way round and mine packed up, but the good outweighs the bad.

Hmmm thanks folks it does sound good but I doubt myself. What if I have a chickpea scanning crisis and there are no staff available? I like that you can take as much time as you want with it.