Actually you can do this. Basically when someone puts a pet on an order list you take it out of rotation for say 24 hours. And explain to them that they have to complete the purchase in the store in 24 hours or it goes back "on the shelve". Similar to what Ticketmaster does but only for like 5 minutes for you to complete your order. Also had a used book client that sold lots of rare old books... some 10,000 of them and none of them were alike. Sometimes someone would call in and order the book and then someone on the website would also order it prior to them being able to process it... "subject to prior sale"
When they complete the purchase the store just has to mark it as sold on the website and it doesn't get put back in rotation. Otherwise don't make it an order list... just a wishlist and put all over the site "All pets are subject to prior sale" J.J. On 2/8/08, Ali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi: > I'm making an online Pet Shop. There are some puppies and kittens > available now and I want to put them for sale. I can't use online > payment system. I wonder how I can keep all the customers happy > because some of them may try to add A puppy to their order list while > just one of the customers can have the puppy. How can I manage it to > keep them all happy? For example when 5 persons add a puppy to their > order list and I can give the puppy to just one of them, then how can > I describe the situation to 4 other customers? I know it is not > exactly a CF question but this is a logic problem and as you are all > experts in programing I believe you have some solutions for the > problem. > I'm waiting for your suggestions. > Thanks > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:298544 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
