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Bankruptcy







              In most cases, you will be notified of the bankruptcy
              by the customer or their attorney; at that point,
              cease all contact with the customer and notify your
              owner immediately.

              Do not call or visit the customer’s home under
              any circumstances and do not send any written
              correspondence to the customer. Any violation of this
              policy could result in civil action against you and the
 Home Visits  company.                                                                                                       INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT  /  FORBIDDEN ACTS





              Third-Party



              Disclosures







              You are limited in what you can discuss or say to a    account. The only reason you should contact a third
              disinterested third party without the express written   party person is if you are unable to get in touch with
              consent of the customer. Any person who is not listed  the customer.
              on the rental agreement is a disinterested third party.
                                                                     Don’t wear out your welcome by making more than
              You may not discuss a customer’s account, reveal       one contact with a third party. Call them once unless
              any past-due balances, or reveal that they owe any     the information already provided is incorrect or
              money, with a third party.                             incomplete and you now believe the third party has
                                                                     the correct or complete information.
              You may call a third party to relay a message for the
              customer, but you may only ask them to have the        Never request or require a third party to make a
              customer contact you. If you reach an answering        payment on behalf of the customer. If contacting a
              machine or voice mail, you may only leave your         third party to obtain location information, ask only
              name, the name of the company, the store phone         for:
              number, date and time of the call and a message to
              have the customer contact you. You may not leave       • Address
              any message regarding the status of the customer’s     • Contact information
                                                                     • Employment information



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