I think the use case might be to let you know how much you have left on the card after you use it. (You have a hundred dollar gift card, then you spend $50. We show them that they still have $50 left after the transaction.)
On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Brian Tol <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Bruce, > > Thanks for the update. If I'm groking things correctly, the printed > balance is to let users know when their gift card balance exceeds the > current order cost. I.e., your order is $50, and you have $23 on your > gift card. Could be off base, though... > > Thanks, > Brian > > On Apr 9, 12:25 pm, Bruce Kroeze <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks for the heads-up Brian, >> >> On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 7:47 AM, Brian Tol <[email protected]> wrote: >> > We recently received an email from Authorize.net informing us of some >> > upcoming changes to MasterCard and Discover's rules regarding debit, >> > prepaid and gift cards. Here's Auth.net's FAQ on the subject: >> >> >http://www.authorize.net/support/pafaqs/ >> >> Most of these, we already support or can with little effort. We do allow >> multiple payments in both Satchmo and Bursar, it just isn't well integrated >> or thought out how best to handle this from the front-end. >> >> We do need to add auth release. The structure is there to handle it, but no >> payment modules currently implement it. >> >> I'm a bit confused about the need to print a balance. I guess I'll need to >> look at what is being returned by Auth.net in that case, and if so, send >> that back to Satchmo for display to the purchaser. >> >> -- >> Bruce Kroezehttp://www.ecomsmith.com >> It's time to hammer your site into shape. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Satchmo users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Satchmo users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en.
