Jeff says since his local grocery stores put Similac on sale, his daughter hasn’t been able to get the full price back for the recalled Similac she returned because she doesn’t have her receipts. Without proof that she bought it before it went on sale, they will only refund her the sale price. “Who saves grocery receipts?” he writes. “My daughter was out $40 with everything she returned and repurchased a different product.”

There are some shoppers who put all receipts, great and small, inside 3-ring binders. It’s anal and can seem useless, but then sometimes it can really pay off.

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