Yesterday, I went to Sears to get a replacement for my Craftsman garden hose, which was cracked. The guy told me that I needed to show a receipt since some hoses have a two year warranty and some have a seven year warranty. I was a little annoyed since I had called earlier to ask if I could get a replacement hose without a receipt and was told no problem. I need to get more organized about keeping receipts for things that have a warranty. I was just wondering, are you good about keeping receipts or organizationally challenged like me?

I keep a file cabinet drawer with receipts, warranty information and manuals. So, yes, I am organized.

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If it's a Craftsman garden hose, all Craftsman products are guaranteed for life. Sears (and now K-Mart) are the only stores that sell Craftsman.

My husband buys only Craftsman tools because if they break, you just take them back to Sears and they have to give you a brand new one free of charge.

I know the tools are guaranteed for life. I would think it applies to all Craftsman products. But since you're dealing with Sears, good luck because they'll try to get out of taking care of the product anyway they can. I've had it with Sears customer service (or lack of it!)

Also, they can look up on their computer under your name and find out exactly when you bought that garden hose. Anytime my husband buys a product there, it pulls up everything we've ever bought.

And yes, I'm pretty good about keeping receipts for items. I have two big file boxes that I put everything in.

I just found this on a website about Craftsman. The guarantee for life obviously applies to tools only.
"Craftsman hand tools have an unlimited lifetime warranty but some items are considered specialty tools, and thus not covered under the warranty.
Craftsman Portable Power Tools, Bench Power Tools, Air Compressors and other items carry a one-year warranty; Sears does offer extended upgraded warranties, which in some cases will replace the item as opposed to repairing it. After the merger K-Mart began selling Craftsman products following the merger of Sears and Kmart; K-Mart stores honor the life-time warranties on hand tools as do Sears stores."

Nope... I am not at all. Wish I was though~

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One thing we do is make a copy of the receipt and attach it do the manual booklet if there is one.
It seems the ink on the receipts fade after a while.

Everyone in the house throws the receipts for "everything" in a box on the counter. I am suppose to be the one that keeps it organized.

"Are you good at keeping receipts?"

Nope, but my DH is and I have learned to be better at it

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Nutella,....
proving some of the best things in life come in a jar.

I am somewhat anal about my receipts. I keep one of those big plastic file folders with so many pockets for all my home receipts filed by month and one for work related and another one for tax related. I am able to find receipts within a few minutes usually.

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The political system is broke and it's a joke.

Horrible. And it always comes back to haunt me.

I staple those with an owner's manual to the manual and throw in a file box in my closet.

Every other receipt (including bill stubs) goes in a big basket in the kitchen cabinet.

In January, I go through all of them and sort. It takes me about an hour!

Then, I throw away those that are not needed anymore.

Somewhat organized but it would take me a little while to find something specific.

Like seveal others, we staple receipts to warranty/owners manuals and they go in a drawer in the server in our dining room until we get rid of or break the item, then it gets thrown out/donated/whatever with the manual.

Other receipts go in an envelope in a cabinet above our planning desk. I keep it until it's very full (usually about 4 months worth) then it sits on the shredder until the next envelope is full. I shred the one sitting on the shredder when I move the one from the cabinet to the shredder, so I usually keep them total for about 8 months.

Lisa

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"It's not having what you want,
It's wanting what you've got"

I am good about it. I keep a large legal size brown envelope pinned to the cork board in the laundry room. I put all my receipts in there.

If it is something that I have bought with an owner's manual, I make a copy of the receipt, and put the original in the owner's manual, and the copy in the envelope.

Works like a charm. I even got DH to do this....he puts ALL receipts in there, and I weed thru them periodically. You just never know when you'll need that receipt.

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Doing the right thing isn't always the same as doing the easy thing.

For everyday things like clothes, etc, I throw the receipts into a wire basket in the bedroom closet and fish it out if need be. I go thru it every couple of years and toss out what I don't need.

For things that have a warranty, I have a folder we put them in. I also scan the receipt into my computer and then I have a digital image if I lose the original. There is a system that does this (Neat Recieipts I think...) but I just do it myself.

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Proud to say I haven't shopped at a Wal-Mart since Sept 2003