Consumer Council will be holding its ‘Keep your shopping receipts’ activity again from now on till November 14. Consumers can exchange draw tickets with their shopping bills, receipts or other forms of invoices, and participants are entitled to a draw of cash prizes up to MOP2,000. The Council believes the activity will help consumers develop the habit of retaining their shopping receipts.

More than 172 shops and 1,200 participants in last year’s activity

Local consumers did not ask for shopping receipts in the past, this made it difficult to claim when consumer dispute arises. To encourage consumers to keep their shopping receipts and invoices, Consumer Council held an activity called ‘Keep your shopping receipts’ last year, 172 shops joined the activity to offer consumers with receipts voluntarily and over 1,200 consumers participated in the event.

Extended period for this year’s activity

After the activity ended last years, comments reflected that it helped to enhance consumers’ awareness in retaining their receipts. This year, the Council will be holding the ‘Keep your shopping receipts’ activity again from May 15 to November 14. When making purchases of MOP50 or above, consumers can use their receipts, together with a ‘Keep your shopping receipts’ sticker provided by the participating shops, to exchange a draw ticket at the Council’s offices (Av. Horta e Costa, N.º 26 or Rua Nova da Areia Preta, Nº52 RAEM Services Centre ). Draw prizes include cash prizes of MOP2,000 (1 winner), MOP1,500 (2 winners), MOP1,000 (3 winners), and MOP500 (4 winners). Another 100 winners will also be drawn for a special ‘Certified Shop’ edition of electronic money card of MOP100 each.

Interested parties may visit the Council’s website (www.consumer.gov.mo) to check for the details and the list of all participating shops. For enquiry, please call 8988 9315.