Anyone who is doing this kind of work -- make sure you read all the details available from your Gateway provider. I work with Verisign & PayFlowPro and, according to their docs, when you do this kind of "authorize" it DOES place a hold on the funds. Then, depending on whether you VOID or CREDIT the authorization, it could be 1-3 days or MORE before the hold is taken back off the funds again.
Just an FYI. Different Gateway providers have different rules, I think. Read carefully. J Matthew Small wrote: >You should be able to "authorize" the charge. This is typically done at gas >stations - they authorize up to $75, then cancel the transaction. It should >never show up unless you actually charge the amount or if you forget to >remove the authorization. > >Matthew Small >Web Developer >American City Business Journals >704-973-1045 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, October 24, 2005 1:32 PM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: Credit card verification > >Is there a way to verify that a credit card exists and is assigned to a >person short of charging them? In the past we had to set a refundable dollar >to do this but I'm hoping that there is a new solution, maybe using paypal. >Thanks > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:222316 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
