I feel like I haven’t done many practical tips for organizing “stuff” lately. So here’s one. Call me a nerd, but one of my favorite things is when something breaks that I just bought, I can almost always put my hands on the receipt (real or digital) with in 60 seconds. I have a system of receipt spikes. One for taxes. One for business related stuff. And one for anything that cost enough that I’d return it if it broke.
I bought a power washer to clean my vinyl fence this spring when it was on sale at home depot. I think it was $100 on sale from $299. I used it this week and it pooped out after about 20 minutes. I found receipt in a hot minute and found that I had until the 21st to return it. So, I was able to return it and get a replacement at the price I paid.
Why does the spike system work? Low hanging fruit. ONE STEP to save the receipt. And then they end up in reverse date order. Easy to find. And they cost, like $1.49. Maybe try it?
