How do you maintain your purchase receipts?

[the 'stache]

Hey all, I've been wondering how you guys keep track of your purchase receipts/order details--or, do you not do that? I know for insurance purposes, proof of ownership is invaluable, and while pictures of your collection are a definite must, I'd imagine that being able to show provenance-who you bought from, and how much you paid for it, would help also.

Ebay only maintains transaction history for three years. As far as I can see, there's no way to download an Ebay purchase receipt as a PDF. And the order detail does not show a picture of the card.

I was thinking that I could always take a screenshot of the order detail, and save it as a file. But I'd like to know if any of you guys have some suggestions on alternatives.

Thanks!

[39special]

I scan everything I get.I also have a note book with the card,date I got the card,and a current value.I do this in case something would happen to me,my wife will have an idea what its worth.

[ALR-bishop]

Hard copy in envelopes by year, stored in large folders

[the 'stache]

Steve, besides the notebook, and the scan of the card, do you keep any of your receipts?

Al, what are you printing out for the hard copy? Are these the Ebay order details, or something from Paypal?

There's a printable version of the order detail, and it fits all on the one page. I've been thinking of saving those as an image file.

Thanks for the input, guys.

I'd love to know what other people do.

[ALR-bishop]

For ebay, usually just the paypal receipt, unless I think I need more product description, then the first page of the ebay notice of winning bid as well

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

For ebay, usually just the paypal receipt, unless I think I need more product description, then the first page of the ebay notice of winning bid as well

Thank you, Al. I think I just found the answer I was looking for from your response.

When I bring up the transaction detail in Paypal, if I right click and select "print", the destination defaults to my printer. However, if I click on the "change" button, one of the options is to save it as a PDF file. Bingo!

I'll go through and save a PDF of every Paypal receipt, save them to my external hard drive, and then just back it up online.

That's perfect!

[39special]

I don't do ebay.Mostly buy on here.When I do get receipts,I keep them.
I have alot more receipts for my auto's which I keep.I also write down
what I pay for them.

[savedfrommyspokes]

With the payment fo most all of my purchases being made via paypal (not all ebay), I am able to complete searches for purchase transactions through paypal's search features as far back as 2003. It may go back further, but I have not searched back before 2003. The payments have itemization of what was purchased, as well as other details. For the small number of higher priced cards not purchased via paypal, I have used a single credit card for these purchases which also allows me to search records for past purchases if needed.