Yeah, hopefully Bill Gates wont be voting ;) hehe Pablo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Randolph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 1:03 AM Subject: Re: CFDJ Heaviest Advertiser awards...
> Hello Judith, > > You could also auth the credit card for $99,999 which is above most peoples > cc limits, and if it was declined by the merchant rather than being a bad > card altogether then the vote is good...but... no fee...If it does go > though, then quickly withdraw the money and move to mexico :) > > Cheers, > Mike Randolph > > > > At 09:47 PM 5/29/2003 -0800, you wrote: > >Hello Judith, > > > >Our merchant account only charges for completed transactions and long as > >you get them out of the batch before the 5pm batch cutoff there is no > >fee. Mostly it's the 2nd tier merchant accounts that have a per > >transaction fee, so unless CFDJ is working with a second tier cc provider > >it wouldn't be an issue. Many free porn sites (i've heard) use this > >technique to block entry to their sites to minors (what about loggers?) and > >many private auction do the same. It really is the only way to be sure. > > > >Best Regards, > >Mike Randolph > > > > > >airAt 01:33 AM 5/30/2003 -0400, you wrote: > > >Hmm... Good point. But doesn't authorizing and canceling a charge cost a > > >fee? (Michael says yes.) > > > > > >Judith > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Mike Randolph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 1:17 AM > > >Subject: Re: CFDJ Heaviest Advertiser awards... > > > > > > > > > > Hello Judith, > > > > > > > > Whip's fun! I'm working on it now. Honestly there only been 859 or so > > > > votes it wouldn't be very difficult to see any garbage in the voting, IF > > > > they didn't just want there advertisers to win. *** I'm not buying the > > > > whole keep it fair thing ***. But if you wanted to keep it fair and > > > > assuming we're mostly adults with some form of credit card you could > > > > required require a valid CC to vote and auth it for 50 cents and then > > kill > > > > the transaction. Most people can generate a thousand email address, but > > > > how many people have credit cards in multiple names? > > > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > > Mike Randolph > > > > > > > > At 01:06 AM 5/30/2003 -0400, you wrote: > > > > >The real question is, when it comes to these things, how do you secure > > > > >such an application so that there is no cheating? It may well be that > > > > >CFDJ's new system of having previous subscribers count as two is to > > > offset > > > > >people who log in multiple times to stack their score. This may be a > > good > > > > >community project: How do you secure such a contest. > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
