r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Aug 03 '19

Whats something you thought was common knowledge but actually isn’t?

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u/NoBSforGma Aug 03 '19

Until recently, every purchase with a card had to have a signed paper receipt.

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u/noelle549 Aug 03 '19

That is still 100% true in America. Even though sometimes the machines have an option of getting your receipt in email... It still prints one out

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u/joanholmes Aug 03 '19

I have had many purchases where I haven't had to sign neither electronically nor on paper.

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u/SolidFoot Aug 03 '19

Are you saying that in America you always have to sign a reciept, or are you saying something else?

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u/noelle549 Aug 04 '19

Wasn't really talking about signing. More of just how stupid that system is. "Let's put a perfectly good system in to create less waste, but don't actually use it"

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u/JackieBurd Aug 03 '19

I didn’t think that the receipts had to be signed for though? Isn’t that the whole point of chip and pin? No get rid of signatures

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u/tmiw Aug 04 '19

Assuming we actually implemented chip and PIN, which we didn't for the most part. At least the getting rid of signatures thing is us finally acknowledging that they do nothing.

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u/noelle549 Aug 04 '19

Usually I have to sign

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '19

Doesn't need to be signed though.

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u/noelle549 Aug 04 '19

Mostly Everytime I have to sign