Hi Morten, Feel free to create an improvement issue in our JIRA regarding the unused parameter, so that this can be tracked.
Best regards Pierre Smits ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com> OFBiz based solutions & services OFBiz Extensions Marketplace http://oem.ofbizci.net/oci-2/ On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 9:41 AM, Morten Jensen <mor...@citizenme.com> wrote: > Hi again, > > I should probably add btw. that I had a look at the PayPalServices.java and > PayPayEvents.java files for inspiration on this. I notice that the latter > retrieves the fee via String paymentFee = request.getParameter("mc_fee") - > but as far is I can make out that is just ignored, i.e. not at all used > later. > > Thanks. > Morten > > On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 8:18 AM, Morten Jensen <mor...@citizenme.com> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > We are using PayPal to make and take payments but we are not using the > > PayPal gateway for payments and are instead using our own order and > > payments integration flow. > > > > We typically create an order of say £100 and once the client pays we > > generate the invoice. The problem is that we may only get e.g. £97 after > > paypal fees and we need to record the £3 as an operational expense (I > have > > set-up GL account 709100 PayPal fees for this) while still invoicing the > > client for the £100 - after all, the client did pay £100 (and therefore > > order adjustments don't seem to cut it either?) > > > > Our business model prevents us from asking the client to foot the actual > > fees at buyer's end. Just like what would be the case on e.g. ebay etc. > > > > The problem we face is that only recording £97 prevents the order from > > being completed because there's £3 outstanding. Recording £100 means that > > our PayPal financial account will not reconcile because it doesn't > reflect > > the reality that only a single £97 payment was made - instead we would > have > > +£100 and a separate compensating transaction of -£3 on the financial > > account, which doesn't seem right either. > > > > I tried to create a manual GL transaction (and also got the code for > > automatic working in the same way) on the remaining £3 on the invoice id > > and payment id to 709100 - but it's not immediately clear to me what the > > account source should be. > > > > Could anyone shed any light on how to go about this? > > > > For reference, we will be integrating with many more payment providers > > that offer payments both ways over time; and therefore this is not just a > > PayPal integration issue for us in terms of recording fees. > > > > Thanks in advance for your assistance. > > > > Best regards, > > Morten Jensen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
