[ic] Gift Certificates

[Ed LaFrance]

At 09:35 AM 04/08/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Dear Ed,
>
>I implemented a Gift Cert system also, a little differently.  The problem
>I'm running into that disallows production use of this system is being able
>to decrement the [total-cost] variable.  I was trying using the [discount]
>tag to "redeem" the certificate, which only allows modification of the
>[subtotal].  How are you doing this part?
>
>Thank you,
>
>Russell

Russell -

I don't, really. Total cost is the sum of subtotal + shipping + handling + 
salestax. I apply the credit to each of these in turn via using the 
[assign] tag, until the cert value has been consumed or they have all been 
reduced to zero. Total cost just becomes a 'report' of the net effect at 
that point.

- Ed L.


>-----Original Message-----
>From: interchange-users-admin@interchange.redhat.com
>[mailto:interchange-users-admin@interchange.redhat.com]On Behalf Of Ed
>LaFrance
>Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 8:27 AM
>To: interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com
>Subject: Re: [ic] Gift Certificates
>
>
>At 11:10 PM 4/6/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >has anyone successfully implemented user-purchasable gift certificates yet?
> >
> >Can someone point me to any docs on this? I can't find anything on it.
> >even the foundation demo doesn't work right in this area.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >--
> >Rick Bragg
>
>Rick -
>
>I've done it stem-to-stern three times: once in Minivend3, once in IC
>4.6.5, and most recently in IC 4.8.3. - for clients in all three cases.  I
>keep telling myself that I am going to do it once and for all in the core
>CVS so that is will become a standard demo feature, but I have yet to find
>the free time.
>
>The basic approach is this: when the customer puts a giftcert in their
>basket and places the order, an unique, non-serial key is assigned to the
>cert, and it is written to a giftcert table with relevant data (value, etc)
>and a status of 'pending'. Later, when the order line-item containing the
>cert is marked 'shipped' in the UI, the cert status is changed to active
>and an email is sent out to the purchaser automatically, containing the
>cert key, value and instructions for use.
>
>I usually have a page in the catalog where a cert holder can enter a cert
>key and get info on value, status, etc. And of course, there is a
>redemption box on the checkout page for cert holders. They enter the cert
>key and click a button; the order total is reduced by maximum amount of
>cert credit. The actual redemption (and reduction of cert value remaining)
>happens when they order is submitted. The cert is usable until all credit
>is consumed.
>
>- Ed L.
>
>
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