COUPON METHOD AND RELATED ARTICLES FOR PROMOTING LENDING AND REFERRAL LOYALTY
First Claim
1. A method of conducting business comprising a lender, a buyer and a seller comprising the steps ofA. Issuing a coupon from the lender to the buyer,B. Inspection of the seller'"'"'s goods by the buyer and optional purchase of the goods by the buyer with financing from the lender,C. Validation of the buyer'"'"'s inspection and optional purchase and communication of the validation to a redeeming party, andD. Redemption of the coupon to the buyer by the redeeming party.
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Abstract
This specification discloses a method and article of manufacture transformed during the method to help keep Lenders maintain the financial relationship with the Buyer after the Buyer has left the Lender'"'"'s contact. The method disclosed is based upon a Lender issuing a coupon to Buyer to take to a Seller, the coupon indicating to the Seller that the Buyer has at least inquired about a loan and may even be pre-approved for a loan to buy goods from the Seller. After the Buyer inspects the Seller'"'"'s goods, and hopefully purchases the goods with funds from the Lender, the coupon is then validated and redeemed to the Buyer. The Buyer receives a redemption item corresponding to the level of the transaction with the highest redemption value corresponding to purchasing the goods from the Seller with funds by the Lender.
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1. A method of conducting business comprising a lender, a buyer and a seller comprising the steps of
A. Issuing a coupon from the lender to the buyer, B. Inspection of the seller'"'"'s goods by the buyer and optional purchase of the goods by the buyer with financing from the lender, C. Validation of the buyer'"'"'s inspection and optional purchase and communication of the validation to a redeeming party, and D. Redemption of the coupon to the buyer by the redeeming party.
- 11. A coupon comprising a communication of a first redemption choice correlated to a first level of redemption corresponding to a third party'"'"'s inspection of a second party'"'"'s goods which are for sale by the second party and a communication means of indicating a selection of the first redemption choice, a location for the unique identification of a first party which is a lender, a communication location for a unique indication of the second party which is a seller and a communication location for a unique identification of the third party which is a buyer.
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