What to Put in "Reason" on Revision Authorization

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What to Put in "Reason" on Revision Authorization

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Hello folks. Given the limited number of characters that can be entered into the "Reason" field when selling a revision, what do you commonly put in?

This morning, for example, we received authorization to replace a battery, wiper blades, air filter, and accomplish a transmission pan service. The field doesn't give me enough characters to enter all of that, even when I use abbreviations heavily. So...that's got me wondering: Why is it even there, and what am I supposed to be writing there?
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Re: What to Put in "Reason" on Revision Authorization

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There are over 30 characters available in that field; it goes beyond the visible window. In your example, I would place the following in that window: battery-wipers-air filt-trans pan. It all fits nicely.

That's all we've ever done. Simple abbreviations. Granted it would be nice to have more space.
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Re: What to Put in "Reason" on Revision Authorization

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For reason I like to use things like " found additional work needed" or " customer request". Things along those lines to just make a small note as to why I sold additional work....
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Re: What to Put in "Reason" on Revision Authorization

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'needed maintenance and/or repairs' if I even bother filling it out at all
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