A good number of receipts are printed on thermal paper these days. Look at them after a few weeks in your wallet or other warm spots, and they're unreadable. A Consumerist comment thread picks up a few ideas on keeping them useful.
You can't do all that much to prevent the wearing away of loose ink on cheap paper, but you can ensure that you get the tax credit, expense reimbursement, or item return you want by locking in their verification. One way of doing that is initialing the receipt with a permanent marker before it fades and photocopying it, so the photocopy carries a bit of authenticity. Other ideas brought up at The Consumerist blog-(link above)
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