Fun with receipts

Origami made from reciepts

What if everyone always made an origami creature out of every receipt?

What if our culture made it a tradition that you always took your paper receipt and folded it into an origami? Forget that it would be pointless. Forget the time involved to do with with every transaction. This would simply be something that our culture would say that you do. And everyone does it. Imagine …

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Ready to leave at Walgreens

Placing origami postcards inside Walgreens with a walgreenslistens receipt

Transform the fun of tourist postcards into something beyond their normal function. Buy a tourist postcard and then fold it into a paper origami and leave it at the same postcard rack in the store. Make sure to leave the receipt with it too, so people know it’s paid for. This sounds like a fun …

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www.GrocerySurvey.net $100 gift card

Get Dominick’s receipt with it saying, “How was your shopping experience? Please share your thoughts online: www.grocerysurvey.net Enter to win a $100 gift card” You can fill out a survey at let Dominick’s know how your grocery trip was. Dude, and you will be entered into a sweepstakes to win a $100 gift card. We …

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Special number days with receipts timestamped 07/08/09, 01/11/10, 08/09/10, 11/11/11, 12/12/12

When the numbers in the current day make an interesting combination, it’s always neat to acknowledge that day. For instance, July 8, 2009 is 07/08/09. It’s fun to get a memoir recording that unique date, because it happens only once! And how do you capture a once-in-a-lifetime date? With a printed register receipt! If you …

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telldunkin.com receipt gets you a free donut

Dunkin Donuts and Baskin Robbins have some nice cashiers. Today on my Fruit Blast Strawberry receipt said, “Hey America! Want a free donut when you purchase a medium or larger beverage? Go to www.telldunkin.com” On the survey they ask, “Please tell us what you liked most about your experience at this Dunkin’ Donuts/Baskin-Robbins. Feel free …

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www.walgreenslistens.com | Walgreens Win $3000 Survey

Go to www.walgreenslistens.com with your Walgreens receipt and fill out a survey to win $3,000 cash. Fill out the form and tell about your experiences from your recent Walgreens visit. Great Walgreens cashiers are the best. I have a favorite cashier at the Walgreens across from the Tribune Tower in Chicago. Her name is Pilar. Today I …

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Getting a receipt with the timestamp 12:34:56 07/08/09 for 123456789 day

Happy 123456789 day! In honor of this great day, I tried to get a receipt with this historic timestamp. Here’s the adventure tweeted live at @spudart on twitter 10:17:58 07/08/09 I’m gonna buy a donut at Dunkin Donuts today and try to time it so my receipt says 04:05:06 07/08/09. Their receipts do include seconds. …

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McDonalds #4444 in Chicago

The McDonalds in downtown Chicago on Michigan Ave right behind the Wrigley Building is store #4444. I just saw this on my receipt. Numbers like this make me happy.