Return Bay
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Pallet-rack cage holding serialized rental assets before deposit authorization
01

Bay 01 · cage

Assets stay racked until the deposit clears.
Checked-out Sony body with 40mm, 50mm, and 24mm lenses staged as kit evidence
02

Bay 02 · kit RB-204

A7 III · 40 / 50 / 24
Return-bay inspection bench with calipers and condition paper
03

Bay 03 · return

Grade the asset before it goes back on the rack.
Warehouse return bay aisle used as the custody intake lane
04

Bay 04 · claims

Damage stays open until Cole signs the paper.

Rental OS · numbered bays

Deposit first. Inspect the return.

Reservation, secured deposit, custody tag, return inspection, damage claim. The till stays refused until Stripe authorizes the deposit on the reservation. Not a storefront. Not a hotel.

Open the counter→ Open a return bay

Hanging tags. Serialized kits. No anonymous gear.

Every asset leaves with a custody tag: serial, kit list, outgoing still. A reservation with no captured deposit cannot leave Bay 01. A return with no inspection cannot clear Bay 03.

Canon EOS 80D body tagged at the counter before checkout
Canon EOS 80DRB-311 · deposit pending
Sigma 18-35 Art lens hanging on the return-inspect rail
Sigma 18-35 ArtReturn inspect · hood chip
Milwaukee M18 drill in custody with a wear note on the chuck
Milwaukee M18In custody · wear noted
DJI Phantom airframe tagged hold until the deposit captures
DJI PhantomHold until deposit
DeWalt 18V XR drill released to the cage after a clean return
DeWalt 18V XRCage · available
Cinema camera package checked out only after deposit authorization
Cinema bodyCounter · seal outgoing
DSLR body with custody tag ready for a three-day window
DSLR kitWindow locked · deposit held
Checked-out construction gear staged on the claim bay after damage review
Site kitClaim open · Bay 04

Return grades · carbon copy

Condition out has to match condition in.

CleanRelease to cage
WearNote on tag
MissingClaim · kit incomplete
DamageHold · inspector
A7 III kit · 3-day windowDeposit held
Canon EOS 80D · no captureCheckout refused
M18 kit · scuffed chuckWear noted
18-35 hood chipClaim RB-881
Return-bay workbench used to photograph serials and kit completeness

Inspect the return · paper on file

Padlock on a custody case: the cage does not open until the deposit is authorized

Cage locked

Secure the deposit

Hold the reservation. Then the bay opens.

The till cannot type a price. Stripe Checkout charges the reservation deposit the server already knows. An unpaid row stays refused. A return with no inspection is not released.

  1. Stripe CheckoutCard on Stripe. Amount from the reservation deposit row.
  2. Server totalKit, window, and hold sit on the ticket. No typed amount on the till.
  3. AuthorizedStripe marks the deposit held. Then Bay 02 can seal outgoing custody.
Secure a deposit→ Open claims

Hold the deposit. Tag the kit. Grade the return.

Open the return bay→