Keep receipt for purchases?

[whidbeynurse]

Is having the receipt available with pins purchased any benefit at all or should we just throw the receipt away?

 

[starry_solo]

Is having the receipt available with pins purchased any benefit at all or should we just throw the receipt away?

As with everything in life, it depends.
I keep mine for DSSH purchases, some Disney Store purchases and sometimes DLR when I'm not sure if I want to keep the pin.

 

[Sithathoriunet]

Personally, I don't keep receipts.

 

[TheMickeyMouseRules]

I keep all of my receipts. My logic, can't hurt, might help and it doesn't take a lot of effort or space to keep the receipts.

 

[hopemax]

I have kept most of my receipts, because I'm that type of person. I want to go through them at some point and mark the ones I have receipts for in P&P so that I know, "these are the pins I bought direct from Disney / licensee, for authenticity purposes. I kept LE cards too, but I wish I had kept the older open edition pin cards too. I did start keeping those eventually. But 2000-2006/7 ish weren't.

 

[momin.ator]

I try to keep receipts if I can just in case something is scrapped so I can prove authenticity.

 

[Connies_Hobby]

Thanks for posting this question. Great replies above. After the 30 days, I toss mine. That being said, considering a few of the responses above, I may rethink that.

 

[TheMickeyMouseRules]

I try to keep receipts if I can just in case something is scrapped so I can prove authenticity.

This is pretty much where I am at also. Mostly for whoever gets to go though my collection someday to figure out if there is any actual value to be found. Receipts may aid this person in supporting a pin was purchased directly from Disney.

I also keep cards (didn't for first few months) and wish I didn't have to keep cards, but someday again, someone will want cards if there is value to be found in my collection.

I basically save paperwork for someone unknown to me.

 

[momin.ator]

This is pretty much where I am at also. Mostly for whoever gets to go though my collection someday to figure out if there is any actual value to be found. Receipts may aid this person in supporting a pin was purchased directly from Disney.

I also keep cards (didn't for first few months) and wish I didn't have to keep cards, but someday again, someone will want cards if there is value to be found in my collection.

I basically save paperwork for someone unknown to me.

Makes sense.

 

[Ajk]

If you or anyone else is going to sell your pins, you’ll want the receipts for tax purposes.

 

[TheMickeyMouseRules]

If you or anyone else is going to sell your pins, you’ll want the receipts for tax purposes.

This is true too. Good point.

 

[MansionVault]

If you or anyone else is going to sell your pins, you’ll want the receipts for tax purposes.

Yep! The personal shoppers who sell hundreds of thousands of dollars of Disney merch per year don't keep receipts and they will be in huge trouble when they get audited. If someone sells through reportable platforms and cannot prove what an item cost, 100 percent of the sale amount is considered profit.

 

[Wenzel]

I've seen enough antiques roadshow and delt with enough antiques to know that the more documentation you have the better. i e og packaging, receipt, pics from the day you got it (like unboxing videos lol), heck even credit card statements, all help towards proving providence and chain of ownership should you ever want to sell your pins or have them insured. If pins continue increasing in popularity and scrappers continue increasing in volume, more documentation can only help. but modern receipt paper is NOT archival quality so, if you want to keep them to prove future authenticity, you'll have to take some measures to keep the receipts from fading or having their ink rubbed off.
Legit only necessary if your dropping serious coin longterm on the collection or are thinking of leaving it to someone in your will or as a gift in the future. I keep everything personally for everything I collect but I'm also a little autistic so...

(keeping the receipts also helps you remember how much you paid and when which is good for both selling/trading and tracking inflation)...I might be a bit of a nerd.

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[TheMickeyMouseRules]

I consider inflation in my calculations also.

Agree, the fading of receipts is a problem. If I want to committ to having these records I need to scan them or copy them... but ugh, that is time consuming. Cannot even think about that right now.

 

[Wenzel]

I consider inflation in my calculations also.

Agree, the fading of receipts is a problem. If I want to committ to having these records I need to scan them or copy them... but ugh, that is time consuming. Cannot even think about that right now.

honestly, it'll cost a bit, but they sell archival grade laminate sheets for things like old documents and photographs. My mom uses them for our delicate pre wwI family photos and documents where we cant get the original again and/or the og is preferred longterm for whatever reason (history, value, necessity, whathaveyou)-everythings scanned and backed up but the originals are always good to have.
Now, you probably have no need or want to do this step for you run if the mill $8 open edition pins. But the expensive ones, very limited edition, or ones you want to keep in the family longterm, might benefit from having their accompanying receipts and packaging secured.



and as a general note: please please please, go look at all your family photos and documents and makes certain theyre being secured for the longterm. archival paper, fire resistant filing cabinets, etc

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