Reply #10: Not in store (except Cosco) .... BUT [View All]

we had an unusual request for receipts a few years back. An airline (I won't say which, unless you drag it out of me) lost my husband's luggage. Weeks and indeed months went by and they were never able to find it. Alas, it wasn't just a weekender bag. We were moving to a new city, and my husband preceded me to start his job, while I stayed back to sell our house. He had packed a large suitcase with virtually all his office clothes: every dress shirt he owned, most of his neckties, some business suits, new shoes, etc. It was devastating.

At any rate, we had to put in a claim of what was in the suitcase and the value of each item, and came up with a pretty accurate list. The airline came back asking us to substantiate each item with a receipt! Does anyone keep receipts for clothing already worn, be it for a few months or years? We got a settlement eventually, but it nowhere near covered the replacement value of that clothing.