{"id":128012,"date":"2019-02-05T10:19:53","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T15:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depquebec.com\/product\/carte-dinformation-sos-cartage\/"},"modified":"2019-04-01T13:03:43","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T17:03:43","slug":"customer-information-card-sos-carding","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/depquebec.com\/en\/product\/customer-information-card-sos-carding\/","title":{"rendered":"SOS Carding Customer Information Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>SOS Carding Customer Information Cards<\/strong> offered exclusively by <strong>DepQuebec<\/strong>\u00a0are an effective and proven tool designed to smooth out tense situations related to in-store age verification and better prevent tobacco sales to minors that can lead to hefty fines.<\/p>\n<p>Recommended by Health Canada, the use of a customer information card in support of your age verification procedure will greatly enhance your employees&#8217; confidence to request I.D. knowing that they can now easily deal with difficult customers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How it works:<\/strong> As soon as a tobacco, alcohol or lottery customer resists a request for I.D., your employee just needs to hand out the card and tend to other customers until the difficult one finishes reading the card and makes up his mind.<\/p>\n<p>No more arguments, no more explanations and no more undue pressure from difficult customers.<\/p>\n<p>On its front side, the card reminds that the I.D. request is now legally binding customers to cooperate should they want to go ahead with the transaction.<\/p>\n<p>On the reverse side, the retailer apologizes for having to request I.D. but mentions that it&#8217;s the law and also that fines are hefty.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, it is specified that a brand new provision in the Quebec Tobacco Act now requires customers to comply upon request.<\/p>\n<p>The benefits of using this card are obvious:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Improve your in-store age verification procedure;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Reduce your risk of a fine;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Reduce your employees&#8217; fear of asking I.D. from people who look like 25 years old or younger (those over 18 may not appreciate being asked their I.D.);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Defuse an aggressive client by being well prepared;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Provide better information;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Reduce the loss of time at the checkout counter;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cut short of any discussion in a polite and tactiful manner;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Show your clientele that age verification is a serious legal obligation;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Give confidence to your employees to ask I.D. to anybody based on their age appearance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All you have to do is carefully keep a stack of cards handy near the cash register, in the employees sight only.<\/p>\n<p>The cards are printed on high-quality 14-point glossy cardstock in 4 colors and are 4 x 3.5 inches in size.<\/p>\n<p>They come in batches of 100, 250, 500 or 1000.<\/p>\n<p>It takes about 1 to 2 weeks for delivery.<\/p>\n<p>REMEMBER: CONFIDENT EMPLOYEES WILL BE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE IN DETECTING MINORS! 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