"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 1/9/2013 11:53 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Wed, 9 Jan 2013 18:50:32 -0800, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was looking at the Target ones online. Sell for around $50. All
>>>> got bad ratings. Bought one online at Wal-mart for around $150 some
>>>> years ago only because I liked the looks of it. It was a Samsung.
>>>> Danged thing had super blue sparks in it at about 2 weeks. Wal-mart
>>>> wouldn't take it back, claiming that they never sold it. And I
>>>> never got any kind of packing slip or receipt when it came. So I
>>>> was stuck.
>>>
>>> I'm positive there was some way to prove you got it from Walmart.
>>> Email confirmation when you placed the order, at least. Credit card
>>> receipt, screenshot of the order confirmation, UPS proof of delivery
>>> etc...
>>>
>>> More unnecessary drama.
>>
>> As for e-mails they are not something I keep. Once I get the item, the
>> e-mail is deleted.
>> Now there is a list of what you ordered and for some stores it dates back
>> to
>> forever. Not sure that it was that way for Wal-mart at the time.
>>
>>
> Bad idea, not saving emails. I have email folders for saving all sorts of
> things. About 25 years ago I had a credit card with credit protection
> insurance in case of job loss, disability, etc. The company I worked for
> went out of business and I was temporarily out of a job. I immediately
> emailed the CC company to notify them I was out of work. They tried to
> claim I hadn't notified them within 30 days. Ha! I'd saved a copy of the
> email where I notified them and I could prove it. They were forced to
> honor the contract.
>
> I save everything related to online purchases and transactions for at
> least a year.

Same with us. Doesn't take any space really and it is so useful!

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