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The money stays theirs until the people they named as <strong>attestors<\/strong> confirm the work was done; then it goes to you, never more than the order amount. If the job is cancelled before you start, the customer simply keeps their money.<\/p>\n<h2>A plumbing call, step by step<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>The customer opens <strong>Pay on delivery \u2192 Buying \u2192 + New delivery-gated order<\/strong>, enters your wallet address and the price from your published price list, and adds an attestor \u2014 usually their own phone.<\/li>\n<li>You see the order under <strong>Selling<\/strong> and tap <strong>Accept order<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>You fix the leak. The customer, as attestor, taps <strong>Sign attestation<\/strong> and shares the signature.<\/li>\n<li>You add the signature and are paid from the customer&#8217;s balance.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>When a job is only partly right<\/h2>\n<p>Give <strong>store credit<\/strong> instead of a cash refund: the customer can spend it only with you, in parts, until it expires. You decide whether what is left at expiry returns to the customer as money or to you \u2014 the second only where the law allows it.<\/p>\n<p>The full how-to \u2014 price lists, pay on delivery and store credit, with screenshots \u2014 is on the <a href=\"\/services\/#how-tos\">AB2BC Services<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p><em>Good to know: AB2BC runs on test networks today, so payments and rewards are for trying things out. 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