Shops that ask for your email

[Shiningstarr]

So many shops now ask for your email address when you pay, so they can email you the receipt, and / or add you to their mailing list.

I usually say just the paper receipt thanks, but does anyone else find this mildly annoying? Something I've noticed, everyone else in the queue then knows your personal details, especially if your email has your first and second name in the address...

I was thinking of making up an email specifically for shop receipts, something like stopaskingmeformyemailaddress @ outlook.com

AIBU?

love this.

I wouldn't mind if they just sent you an email with the receipt on it.

It's the fact they almost always sign you up for the mailing list as well without asking which is bloody cheeky if you ask me.

Same when you have to order food using an app in a restaurant (pizza hut in looking at you)

What postcode thing? I've never been asked that

@LynneBenfield I prefer email hotel receipts for my expenses, it's easier for me to upload

Yes it's annoying and no I don't give it, what annoys me more is the way they're trained to ask, they tend to say 'do you have an email address?' well, who doesn't? I'd be more inclined to give it if they just asked if I mind.

It's like when you go in a bar, they're told to ask "is that a double?" because most people will say yes.

I'm very stubborn and resist being manipulated, however mildly by anyone.

I was in seasalt for an increasingly irritating 19 minutes buying a couple of pairs of socks from their sale....😂... (Think Alan Rickman in love actually.... without the unfaithfulness 😅). I was their only customer.

First the IT system was slow, then they couldn't find my address then couldn't find my email.....

I had already told them i was on a very short timescale....

In the end I just said, you either sell them to me now or I'm leaving (had a rapidly approaching dental appt....)

I just tell them that I don't have an email address.

I shop for other people sometimes, no email so I need a paper receipt to give them. Otherwise I would have to gonhome and print it off

I told the young lad on the till in Halfords that I did'nt have an email. His face was a picture

He then asked for my car reg, I told him that I did'nt have a car!

I say no if there is a queue and I've already been waiting to pay and dont want to waste another 2 mins faffing about with email addresses.
But I dont mind them asking for it - 80% of my shopping is online anyway, so chances are that I'm already on their mailing list.

I'm the same

And it's such a faff that I always get a paper receipt especially if it's something that might need to be returned

I overheard a couple of assistants talking about this in either New Look or Next. One assistant told the other he had got her some email addresses whilst she was away from her till.

so yes, I think at least on some shops they are on commission, or get some kind of bonus.

Hadn’t thought of this! My parents had similar when they were burgled too

I think it’s more they get berated by management for not getting the emails rather than being on commission.

I have only given my email address a few times and just say I want a paper receipt as it is easier to return instead of faffing about with my phone.
looking at you M&S with having to use the app or email to return an item ordered online as they no longer include a paper receipt
Also when buying a few items in local shops they ask you do you want a receipt. I usually say no but the other week the guy just gave me my receipt and I was thankful as I left an item behind and when I went back to get it they asked for my receipt

I've got a specific email address I use, (think shopping@gmail type address) and it's brilliant - I use it for only kind of invoice, mailing lists etc and only have it on one device so I don't get random mail on my phone.

I just say no thanks, a paper one is fine, I've never had any funny looks at all.

I much prefer them. I can guarantee I will have lost the paper receipt by the end of the day, an email one I will keep and have a copy of if I ever need to return something/make a warranty claim etc. If you don't want it just say no

No, it's to avoid disciplinary

I actually find email receipts more convenient but New Look drive me insane as they add me into marketing emails every single time. And then I have to unsubscribe every single time because New Look email you DAILY

Somewhat off topic,I got asked for my name when at the till paying to go swimming the other day, I was irrationally annoyed by it,all I wanted to do was pay to go swimming, lady on till insisted I needed to give her a name to go swimming, so I replied Joe blogs. I think I was annoyed as the man in front of me had not been allowed swimming either as it was card only and he only had cash. The petty bureaucracy of it all wound me up.

I always get both when available, printed and email.

My local Dunelm is the worst for this. Every time I go it seems like theres only two staff members in the whole store asking the least tech savvy people to remember email addresses they don't ever use. It takes absolutely ages to check out

YANBU, it’s not great having to give out your whole email address in a busy shop!

Usually once you have given them your email address once it links to your card on their system though.. so I just start spelling my email address and then say “oh is it already on your system?”

So do I. I do not want it emailing, I want the till receipt there and then.

Also when buying a few items in local shops they ask you do you want a receipt. I usually say no but the other week the guy just gave me my receipt and I was thankful as I left an item behind and when I went back to get it they asked for my receipt

I find this concerning, how you're either asked or, more often, not asked at all, if you want a receipt, rather than being given one by default. Self-service machines in supermarkets do this too, if you're spending under a certain amount - again defaulting to No, unless you specify Yes.

I get that many people won't want them or will just throw them away anyway; but these same shops will still expect you to present the receipt if there is a problem with your goods or you want an exchange. A suspicious part of me wonders if this might be deliberate: using the excuse of saving paper and 'not bothering people' when they know full-well that a percentage of people will have issues requiring refunds, but will not be able to prove purchase and so the shop will dishonestly benefit.

I also hate the way that WH Smith never give you a receipt unless you specifically ask for it - ostensibly under the guise of saving paper - but they do nevertheless give you a bundle of vouchers (often of dubious benefit) printed on the same paper, without you ever asking for them.