Return layaways

When to use this procedure

Use this procedure to return items that were sold on layaway back into your inventory stock. For example, if a customer purchases a gun safe on layaway and later decides to cancel payments and the sale.

Steps to complete

Prerequisites: A customer must have an outstanding layaway purchase on his or her account to complete this procedure.

  1. On the Modules menu, point to Returns and click Return Layaway.
  2. Select a customer account and click Select. The Layaway Return window displays.
  3. Select the location where the layaway was processed in the Location box, if necessary.
  4. Enter a date for the return in the Date box if different from the default value.
  5. Select the items to be returned in the Return grid by selecting the check box in the applicable rows.
  6. Enter the number of items being returned in the Qty Ret. column.
  7. Enter or select notes to print on the receipt, if necessary.
  8. If a restocking fee will be deducted from the return, enter that amount in the Restock Fee box.
  9. Click Save. The Return Payments window displays where you can enter your payments to the customer.

Did you know? You can right-click in the Return grid to display a menu of options that will select or clear all or a group of items instead of selecting and clearing them individually in step 3.
To quickly enter today's date, press T on your keyboard. To quickly back-date or forward-date by one day, use the Hyphen key (-) and Equal key (=) on your keyboard (alternatively, use the Minus Sign and Plus Sign keys on your keyboard number pad). To quickly back-date or forward-date by one month, use the Page Up and Page Down keys on your keyboard.