to be honest never, only for clothing in case I need to return them
If anyone gets butane or propane gas bottles itâs worth getting a receipt - they are not 100% reliable. Over the years weâve had 3 butane bottles that havenât let their gas through properly - easy to swap with a receipt.
PS: it would NEVER occur to me to return clothing - if I try it and Iâve bought it, then what?
Well, if for example it starts falling apart after the first wash, if you still have the receipt you could return it.
Or you get it home and the colour is not at all the same out of shop lights. Or it is from a supermarket with no change room, or you find a faultâŚ
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I want the house receipt (the actual bill) as I Photograph it and add it to the Revolut transaction. I actually often photograph the product/meal I have bought and add that also to the RV transaction on my phone.
Heavens! Bring back chequebook stubs, it all was much simpler!
Gosh that confused the heck out of me on my last visit to France as I hadnât encountered the London-Underground-style exit barriers in a supermarket before (I lead a sheltered life).
A rather annoyed Carrefour lady grabbed my receipt off me and scanned it for me - and didnât give it back!
I think she had drawn the short straw that morning and was peeved at being on âignorant touristâ duty. 
I do always print a receipt in supermarkets though - sometimes BOGOF offers and the like are marked on the shelves but nobody remembered to update the checkout computer.
Most French supermarkets with self-scan desks print out (1) a ticket to get through the barrier - this usually lists just the number of items and the total paid and, optionally and separately, (2) a traditional receipt itemising all goods in the transaction.
Madame La Fonctionnaire grabbed both.
Iâm just intrigued as to how white wine can be too old? Why would you not see that in the shop assuming it has the year on it. I donât think a bottle ever lasts that long in our house.
That said, I had better check that bottle of Château dâYquem 1958 in my cellar and see how thatâs doing.
If youâve got a '58 Yquem in your cellar youâre drinking in a different league to me! I was referring to modern whites that are meant to be drunk young
Lots of reasons - which you probably know already:-
The shop might be dimly lit - like a very well-stocked, but over-designed wine merchant in Figeac, which is so dimly lit, one can hardly read the label let alone judge the colour of the wine.
Also colour can vary with the cepage, particularly if one likes to explore local SW wines.
Some modern whites are too old at three or four years, but of course donât carry a consume by date, OTOH many are not too old at that point; also a wine that is on the cusp can be very rewarding.
Someone gave me a bottle of Château Suduiraut 1966 which I still have. Itâs now worth about ÂŁ180 apparently. The drinking of it will prove difficult as none of family or friends really likes sweet wine. We will have a small glass and wonder what to do with the rest!
âSherryâ trifle?
Thatâs not a bad idea, I love trifle.
You can always make the wine into ice cubes. Guard 'em in your freezer to add as and when to cooking/desserts/whatever.
About twenty quid a cube!
so what⌠either enjoy it all now or some now and some later⌠
With cheese and a fruit tarte
The Yquem was a dream.
You have an old wine shop. My choice seems limited to the big supermarkets. Iâm not quite sure how they would react if I took a bottle back saying it was too old.
Ach, shame
Iâve successfully taken bottles back to supermarket in France and the UK and never had a problem (as long as I had the receipt).
When we lived in the UK, our local Co-op had poor stock management and would often offer older wines at half price which Iâd be happy to try - mainly decent Californian chardonnays and Rhone wines that age well - and if the whites were past their best, I knew I could get my money back.