Well, I will phone you to get Jacob registered. It is somewhat damaging of domestic bliss to say 'I will take care of everything' and then not be able to. :) But I think that the more likely use case is 'I want to pay for me using my company's card'. We'll see if this turns into a real problem.
Laura In a message of Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:56:04 GMT, John Pinner writes: >Hello again, > >2009/3/10 Laura Creighton <[email protected]>: >> In a message of Tue, 10 Mar 2009 21:47:21 GMT, John Pinner writes: >>>2009/3/10 Laura Creighton <[email protected]>: >>>> I am trying to pay for Jacob with my credit card. >>>> It won't work, because the 'cardholder' field is filled in with >>>> 'Mr Jacob Hallén'. >>> >>>I believe that the payment form is produced to comply with PayPal >>>requirements. I have customised it a little, but there is no scope for >>>adding the cardholder name. >>> >>>Also, if you could enter the cardholder name on this screen, then >>>potentially the name would not match that entered on the booking form, >>>and the whole thing would give up with a NameError. >>> >>>There are two things we could do: >>> >>>1. Add separate billing and shipping addresses to the preceding form. >>>When we tried this before we got people filling in the wrong data >>>(reversing the addresses), which fouled up the conference prints, >>>badges etc. I'd rather not repeat this. >>> >>>2. Follow the suggestion in the 'Booking Help': >>> >>>""" >>>What if you wish to book in multiple people? >>> >>>The booking system looks after both Registration and Payment, so >>>please do not register several people in one person's name, or we'll >>>have to get individual details from you and enter the data. This will >>>be a nuisance to both you and us. If you want to pay for your group in >>>one transaction, please: >>> >>>   * Register each person individually, selecting Cheque or Postal or >>>Bank Transfer payment, and noting the registration reference numbers >>>   * Send a cheque to 'The PyCon UK Society' covering the total, >>>quoting the reference numbers, or >>>   * Pay by Bank Transfer quoting the reference numbers, or >>>   * Telephone the number below to pay by credit card, making clear >>>that you are paying for the EuroPython 2009 conference, and quoting >>>the reference numbers. >>>""" >>> >>>Which has worked so far for 69 registered delegates. >>> >>>Best wishes, >>> >>>John >>>-- >> >> I think that what should be done is to add a field in the form >> 'If you intend to pay by Credit Card:  Name of the Card Holder' >> which you can pre-fill in with the name of the person attending. > >I fear that (if this is possible: I'd have to ask RomanCart) there >would still be a problem, as the delegate's address would not match >the card-holders address (ie that registered with the card company) >and the payment would be rejected. > >I've added a note to the Checkout page explaining what to do if you're >paying for a delegate with someone else's card. > >Of the 70 people so far booked, only one other person has wanted to >pay by another's card, so it isn't a big problem. > >The point is that we are registering delegates, not card holders. Last >year we had issues where delegates were registered in card holders' >names, with incorrect badges etc, so we've tried to stop that >happening. > >John >-- > >> What do other people think? >> >> Laura >> _______________________________________________ Europython-improve mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/europython-improve
