Toys R Us receipt cruft, an inch-by-inch analysis

Posted by Cory Doctorow, November 28, 2007 9:59 PM | permalink

The Entirely Other Day blog has an inch-by-inch breakdown of all the cruft on a 1.5 foot-long Toys R Us receipt for four tubs of Play-Doh. Link (via Kottke)

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#1 posted by hyperkine , November 29, 2007 6:22 AM

Best Buy is about as bad, with the bonus that their receipts fade really quickly.

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#2 posted by dculberson , November 29, 2007 6:50 AM

Reminds me of Blockbuster, too.

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#3 posted by nelsonii , November 29, 2007 7:39 AM

Reminds me of one I got from CVS. It was 41 inches long--for 2 items! There's a photo here:

http://sybarite.us/puertorico/2007/10/25/marketing-run-amok/

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#4 posted by Halloween Jack , November 29, 2007 10:57 AM

It's like a tapeworm that's evolved in the big box ecosystem to try to catch grifters.

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#5 posted by rollerskater , November 29, 2007 11:35 AM

you should start asking for you receipt in booklet form.

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#6 posted by busydoingnothing , November 29, 2007 4:41 PM

My vote for the most obnoxious receipt goes to Circuit City. They start at about a foot and a half for a single item. They're about the width of two standard receipts. To top it off, if you're paying by card, you have to sign in this big ugly box at the bottom. For this, plus their poor layout, I avoid them unless I cannot get what I want elsewhere.

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#7 posted by someToast

, November 30, 2007 12:32 AM

Agreed about Best Buy. Getting the Groundhog Day DVD in 2004 resulted in at least 18" of paper.

At least it was all useful information.

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QUALIFYING REBATES SUMMARY
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