But when a shopping cart is abandoned (which is often), you've got inventory allocated that you can't sell for however long you wait to clean up... In my case, we often have small quantities of titles, so I can't afford to do that...
> Yes, that's what I'm doing - allocating the inventory when the item is > added. Otherwise, IMO, it's like running around in the supermarket and > taking things from one shopper's card and giving the items to the another > one :DO > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tony Schreiber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Are you saying that you're allocating inventory to that person when they > put the item in their shopping cart (meaning it's no longer available for > sale)? > > What I do is check inventory before it's placed in the cart to make sure > there's adequate inventory, then I ignore it... When the order is to be > placed, I re-check all the inventory and if anything is short I bounce > them back to the cart with a message about what is no longer available... > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get Your Own Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionb FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
