KEEPING RECEIPTS
If you are working on something where measurements are required or a certain amount of items are required to finish the job, buying from larger stores can definitely be the better option.
There's nothing more annoying than returning home after a trip to the shops to buy some bits for finishing a job like the one I'm on now - home improvements, only to discover you need a few more centimetres of wallpaper or an extra 1-2 of the fittings more than those you estimated were the correct amount allowed for. Having to return back to the store wastes precious time that could be better spent finishing the job in hand, so it always pays to purchase more than we need.
If it's a large and well known store, they will have a great returns policy for unused items. Taking back items at the end of a job also gives us a bit of a feel-good factor, because we get a bit of money back at the finish. A bit like finding a £10 note in old pair of trousers. This is especially good when we're working for others rather than on our own projects, as this small extra cost for returned items would have been on the client's bill, and having this bit of extra cash back in our pocket, however small, makes up for any losses incurred on those unaccounted for extra hours that've we've put on the job and should be taken as a small bonus in the form of a well earned drink for all the hard work.
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