1) A lot of the things I buy are electronic, so yes, I get them immediately at point of sale.
And if that's not the case then how about asking me if I would like an email with a tracking number when it ships?
2) I have never had to show an email as proof when returning something, usually they know damn well that I bought and paid for it.
In general it seems like you are conflating all the different kinds of email as being one and the same. They are not. I specifically said I don't want receipts by default because they are just spam in the vast majority of cases. I never said anything about email verification emails or shipping emails with tracking numbers.
Edit: I just wanted to add that needing a receipt for a refund is a truly alien concept to me. I can’t even imagine how bad the consumer protection laws are where you live.
Here, even in physical stores we can just give them the card we used to buy the thing and that’s enough to process a refund.
Is it even possible to buy anything from those two stores without opening an account?
Nope, not here. If you have to return something then you contact the company and they will verify from their records that you bought it, usually by looking up the purchase by the card you used.
And if that's not the case then how about asking me if I would like an email with a tracking number when it ships?
2) I have never had to show an email as proof when returning something, usually they know damn well that I bought and paid for it.
In general it seems like you are conflating all the different kinds of email as being one and the same. They are not. I specifically said I don't want receipts by default because they are just spam in the vast majority of cases. I never said anything about email verification emails or shipping emails with tracking numbers.
Edit: I just wanted to add that needing a receipt for a refund is a truly alien concept to me. I can’t even imagine how bad the consumer protection laws are where you live.
Here, even in physical stores we can just give them the card we used to buy the thing and that’s enough to process a refund.