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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;-jeffB, post: 24616197, member: 27832&quot;]I have email invoices from every one of my eBay purchases. Many sellers include a printed invoice; some I&#039;ve saved, some I haven&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>Every. Single. Invoice. has been a <i>printout</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>There was never anything stopping me from going back and setting up a document with whatever price I imagine, printing <i>that</i> out, and saving it as an invoice. Nothing to stop me from editing my email archives and changing prices.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, as far as I know we&#039;re still in a world where emailed documents carry no weight, but <i>faxed</i> documents are regarded as true copies -- even though it&#039;s been trivially easy for years to generate whatever document you want and send it out over a fax modem, <i>and</i> spoof caller ID to make it seem like it was sent from anyone you please. Or, of course, just send a printout to your multifunction printer that <i>looks</i> like a received fax.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess what I&#039;m saying is <b>demanding paper records doesn&#039;t make any sense</b>, but <b>it doesn&#039;t have to</b>. So, if I&#039;m audited for my coin purchases, guess I&#039;m screwed. What a surprise! Guess I&#039;ll go back to saving ever scrap of paper. Good thing they just clear-cut the woods behind our property and sent everything to the paper mill. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie79" alt=":rage:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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