. How to collect money by mail; how to write effective collection letters--testing copy--planning a series--retail, instalment and dealer accounts--credit system--collection schemes and legal steps--how creditors cooperate to cure "slow pays" and bad accounts. 157 money getting plans adopted by 43 correspondents. dates are checked in the top row of squares the cor-respondence is kept in the office. rOLIO 1 LIMIT DATE MONTH AMOUNT NAMC ncsiocNce ausiNcss Aooncss PMONE LETTEB COLLECTOn rOBWABD ^„^ ^^ ,.-. —. -^ y \ FORM XII: Retail cards carry in addition to a statement of debts, three ways ofsh


. How to collect money by mail; how to write effective collection letters--testing copy--planning a series--retail, instalment and dealer accounts--credit system--collection schemes and legal steps--how creditors cooperate to cure "slow pays" and bad accounts. 157 money getting plans adopted by 43 correspondents. dates are checked in the top row of squares the cor-respondence is kept in the office. rOLIO 1 LIMIT DATE MONTH AMOUNT NAMC ncsiocNce ausiNcss Aooncss PMONE LETTEB COLLECTOn rOBWABD ^„^ ^^ ,.-. —. -^ y \ FORM XII: Retail cards carry in addition to a statement of debts, three ways ofshowing an account in action When an account becomes dead for any reason thefiling clerk notes in the bottom row the date of remov-ing correspondence to the dead files. Correspondencethat has not been handled in one year is removed. Year 112 LISTS AND RECORDS and month are noted in the proper square and manu-script is sent to storage, where it remains five years be-fore being destroyed. A retail man uses a similar system whan making mailcollections, except that in order to keep a tight rein on KEEP THIS CARD Memorandum of Account Account 7/.SS Total amount of Contract,Amount paid,Balance, Due in Chicago the firstday of each month, % J/ — £^-0 s -e> Keep your record of payments FORM XIII: Cards sent to instalment mail order buyers are ready reminders andallow the buyer to check his payments and prevent disputes delinquents, he sends a second statement on the loth ofthe month succeeding date of sale. As telephone andstreet collector supplement mail efforts, the retail man MAKING ROUTINE AUTOMATIC 113 uses a tickler card (P\)rm XII) which has columns show-ing the methods of collection efforts. When the account is placed in the hands of a streetcollector, a special card is made out. This carries astatement of the account on its face. The reverse side is As our low prices and easy payment plan depend upon regu-larity in collection methoda, we have arranged for yo


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