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by TrackerFF 2337 days ago
Gonna be honest, I think it's a dead-end. The solution IMO will come from the supply side; Easier to get receipts digitally from the store / vendor / seller, than to spend all this effort on converting physical receipts to digital.

Sure - there's good retro usage, I'd rather push for sellers to offer you digital receipts.

In fact, I already get that from my local supermarket. My bank card is registered to their app, so every time I swipe my card or scan my app (when paying with cash), I get a receipt on the app, which I can export.

I remember back in college, over 10 years ago, this was a very hot topic. Receipt management was one of those entrepreneur ideas that would always pop up.
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choward 2337 days ago
> My bank card is registered to their app, so every time I swipe my card or scan my app (when paying with cash), I get a receipt on the app

That's great but why does this need to be an app? Why can't it be sent via email or have a website I can log into? I'm not downloading an app for every company I want to do business with.

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LoSboccacc 2337 days ago
> Easier to get receipts digitally

if the need was there you'd already get a qr code to a shortlink to a rest api to fetch the data. existing tech, well defined behavior, augments existing data transfer without being incompatible with the current clients (the squishy humans)

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jasonjayr 2337 days ago
Arn't most of the major retailers already sending the receipt line items to the CC processors? Once folks get more comfortable with realizing this is happening, Visa/Mastercard can start offering receipt organization through their card management apps.
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tastyminerals 2337 days ago
It is not as easy as it sounds. There are a lot of ppl who earn the living by doing the accounting for you and for that they use paper form. Most companies do use and are obliged by legislation to do accounting in paper form too. Paper is here to stay, for a while.
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amelius 2337 days ago
> Receipt management was one of those entrepreneur ideas that would always pop up.

Not surprising as it's one of the first things one runs into after starting a company.

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