Re: Since were on the topic of Credit Cards... A best practices question...

2006-01-16 Thread J W
On 1/13/06, Jim McAtee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You could save the CC number offline and then have someone manually process them once a trip has taken place. I'm game for this option... HOW do you impliment something like this with an owned SSL and a shared hosting environment?? If they

Since were on the topic of Credit Cards... A best practices question...

2006-01-13 Thread J W
With all this talk of encrypting and storing passwords, I have a best practices question. I am currently working on a reservations system for a tours company. One of the BIG goals of this system is to cut down on no shows. Each space needs to be reserved since there are only X amount of spaces

RE: Since were on the topic of Credit Cards... A best practices question...

2006-01-13 Thread Stacy Young
I'm not sure about our competitors but generally it is possible to do partial settles. (just pass auth reference #) One thing u need to keep in mind is that there's a time limit on those auths (which u may know already) which varies by card type and is not controlled by the processor. Also

Re: Since were on the topic of Credit Cards... A best practices question...

2006-01-13 Thread J W
I was trying to eliminate any crediting back to a card.. In a nutshell the customer wants to get a card number in case he needs to charge for a no show. I don't want to store it any where on the DB, I figured the place to do it was at the online processor. He is willing to switch processesors

RE: Since were on the topic of Credit Cards... A best practices question...

2006-01-13 Thread Russ
I would do an authorization, which would reserve the funds in the user's account, and then you can do a sale on it later on, or a void. If you don't void, it automatically drops off in a few weeks I believe. Russ -Original Message- From: J W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday,

Re: Since were on the topic of Credit Cards... A best practices question...

2006-01-13 Thread J W
What do I do about the no shows? This is where I'd like to be able to take the CC information from the auth (no matter ho long ago, isn't that info saved at the processor anyway even though it wasn't really settled?) and use it to charge a real 40. Otherwise you may never be able to get ahold of

Re: Since were on the topic of Credit Cards... A best practices question...

2006-01-13 Thread Jim McAtee
- Original Message - From: Stacy Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk cf-talk@houseoffusion.com Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 1:58 PM Subject: RE: Since were on the topic of Credit Cards... A best practices question... I'm not sure about our competitors but generally it is possible to

Re: Since were on the topic of Credit Cards... A best practices question...

2006-01-13 Thread Bryan Stevenson
Crediting cards must be extremely common with merchandise returns at virtually any retailer. How can they be frowned upon if they're a part of everyday business with so many merchants? Jim, As I understand it, online charge backs or refunds are not always tied to an original transaction

RE: Since were on the topic of Credit Cards... A best practices question...

2006-01-13 Thread Stacy Young
Exactly. Someone with the volume of Amazon on the other hand would have much more flexibility. -Original Message- From: Bryan Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 5:31 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Since were on the topic of Credit Cards... A best practices

Re: Since were on the topic of Credit Cards... A best practices question...

2006-01-13 Thread Jim McAtee
You're scenario is unique in that you wouldn't need to store the CC number for future purchases through the reservation system. Amazon and other online retailers who store CC numbers do so to facilitate easy checkouts on future purchases. You could save the CC number offline and then have