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The proof of purchase is in the receipt

RECENTLY, I was addressing some college students on the importance of collecting and keeping receipts as ‘proof of purchase’ when a query from a student really got me thinking—“How long should one keep these receipts? Surely we cannot keep them forever?” she asked me.That depends on the product, I said. Take for example, clothes. Whenever […]

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Never forget to take a receipt

SOMETIME ago,a consumer came to me with a complaint about an expensive furniture bought form a fancy shop in gurgaon. Apparevntly, she had seen an indticately caeved sofa set at the showroom and since that had already been sold, asked for an identical set to be made. However,when the pieces were deliv-ered at her house,she noticed […]