Return dollars can be kept "in-house" by issuing that money to a gift card. The money is handled as a deposit on future sales that will be spent when the customer comes back in and redeems the value of the card in a separate purchase, also forcing the customer to re-spend that money in your store alone.

In the POS, with a negative amount as the total for the current sale, click the Total button. When the total is negative, the tender buttons are red as opposed to blue during a positive sale. Click the Gift Card button - this will open a window for capturing the card number.

Gift cards can be barcoded or utilize a mag stripe to carry the card number. Scan or swipe the card in the scan prompt and click the Enter button if it is not automatically triggered. Back at the tendering window, use the number pad to set the amount being issued to the card and click the enter button (amount automatically defaults to the total return value).

If the full amount of the return was selected to be issued, the sale will finish and a receipt will print listing the gift card balance at the bottom. If a partial amount was selected, the tender will appear on the ticket to the left and a new payment option should be selected for the remainder of the return dollars. Once the return is complete, the gift card balance will print at the bottom of the receipt.