Re: credit card authorization question
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 14183
interpreted = N
texte = >I'm just an engineer, not a lawyer, but I've been told it is illegal (not>just a bank's rule) to charge the credit card before it is actually ready>to ship.jayv2@smithmicro.com knows more about this than I do.>I talked to MacAuthorize people who said it is possible to set up>MacAuthorize to only authorize the transaction. Can WebMerchant handle>this condition?It is not currently set up to handle this situation.>The salesperson there tried to talk me into getting the multi-user version,>saying the single user version had to be attended to when dialing-up. Am I>correct to presume that WebMerchant handles this attending and the single>user version will suffice?The biggest deal is that the multi-user version automatically Settles at the proper time each day. WebMerchant tries to overcome this limitation of the single-user version by sending a Settle AppleEvent every day. We have noticed some strangeness with single-user, however, in that items charged after 4PM but before midnight seem to show up in the wrong places.To avoid hassles, it's probably better to go with their advice on the multi-user version, unless they say that auto-settlement at 4PM is the only difference. Banks are weird, and I do not profess to know all the policies -- but Tellan should know, because that's their job.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ====Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMasterSan Diego, CA 92128 | SiteGuard619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com
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>I'm just an engineer, not a lawyer, but I've been told it is illegal (not>just a bank's rule) to charge the credit card before it is actually ready>to ship.jayv2@smithmicro.com knows more about this than I do.>I talked to MacAuthorize people who said it is possible to set up>MacAuthorize to only authorize the transaction. Can WebMerchant handle>this condition?It is not currently set up to handle this situation.>The salesperson there tried to talk me into getting the multi-user version,>saying the single user version had to be attended to when dialing-up. Am I>correct to presume that WebMerchant handles this attending and the single>user version will suffice?The biggest deal is that the multi-user version automatically Settles at the proper time each day. WebMerchant tries to overcome this limitation of the single-user version by sending a Settle AppleEvent every day. We have noticed some strangeness with single-user, however, in that items charged after 4PM but before midnight seem to show up in the wrong places.To avoid hassles, it's probably better to go with their advice on the multi-user version, unless they say that auto-settlement at 4PM is the only difference. Banks are weird, and I do not profess to know all the policies -- but Tellan should know, because that's their job.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ====Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMasterSan Diego, CA 92128 | SiteGuard619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com
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