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Automobile Enthusiasts

eppur_se_muova

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5. And more and more services require Auto-Pay, as well. Goodbye paper bills and permanent records.

Reply to OC375 (Reply #4)

Mon Aug 18, 2025, 10:24 AM

Aug 18

All your records of services rendered, charges paid, etc. will be on THEIR servers, and will be auto-deleted after a year or two.

Already, many 'receipts' are not full documentation of purchases, but a link to data on the merchant's servers. If you bought something a WalMart and got an e-receipt, don't count on the info being there now.

Pretty hard to enforce those warranties without actual receipts, and the receipts are likely to vanish before the warranties are up.

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649 for a lifetime subscription MichMan Aug 18 #1

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Subscriptions OC375 Aug 18 #4

And more and more services require Auto-Pay, as well. Goodbye paper bills and permanent records. eppur_se_muova Aug 18 #5

WTF? What's next, lease the steering wheel? Auggie Aug 18 #7

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You have to wonder about your insurance. Old Crank Aug 18 #9

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