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Rental Order Form                                     • It helps us evaluate the level of risk in renting to

              You’ve greeted, asked, showed, and closed!              a customer
              It’s finally time to sit with your customer
              to validate their information and                                   • It provides the information
              fill out a Rental Order Form.                                            needed to set up a rental
              We want our customers                                                        renewal date matching
              to get the merchandise                                                          the way the customer
              they need, so let’s                                                               receives their income
              make sure we can                                                                     • It is the best
              get it to them!                                                                       means of finding
                                                                                                      the customer if
                                                                                                       they move
              IMPORTANT!                                                                                                     CUSTOMER VERIFICA
              The Rental
              Order Form                                                                                Now grab a
              is the first                                                                              blank Rental
              and most                                                                                  Order Form
              important                                                                                 and look it          TABLE OF CONTENTSTION  /  RENTAL ORDER FORM
              step in good                                                                             over. The Rental
              account                                                                                  Order Form has
              management.                                                                             two sections:
              Getting complete                                                                       the customer
              and accurate                                                                         information and the
              information is critical                                                             verification process.
              to starting a great                                                             Write down three things
              relationship with the                                                        that get your attention on
              right expectations. When                                                  the Rental Order Form:
              presenting the Rental Order Form
              to the customer, it’s important that                  ➊
              you sit down with them and explain that all they
              need to do is, “fill out every box completely on this
              very simple order form. It’s not even a full page”.
              The pros in the business will sit down and fill the
              form out with the customer. This way you get the
              information that YOU want.
                                                                    ➋
              The information gathered from the Rental Order
              Form helps us determine a number of vital facts:

              • It is the best way to qualify a customer for what
                they can afford
              • It is part of the way we verify the customer’s
                identity                                            ➌

              • It helps in protecting RAC against fraud or theft
              • It indicates whether the customer should be
                encouraged to rent pre-rented merchandise,
                which costs less



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