Since time began, well at least ‘commerce’, merchants have required their customers to make deposits on goods, merchandise, and services to be delivered or rendered at some time in the future. These ‘deposits’ have been called by a variety of names including ‘customer deposit’, ‘down payments’, ‘prepayments’, ‘earnest money’ or ‘retainers. Click here to read the rest of the story.
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