[thelist] eCommerce - transaction status
Martin Burns
martin at easyweb.co.uk
Fri Apr 24 01:51:21 CDT 2009
On 24 Apr 2009, at 01:28, Hassan Schroeder wrote:
>>> After all, what good would it do to discover the card is invalid /
>>> after/
>>> you've shipped the item? :-)
>>
>> That's why you AUTH the card... to make sure there's funds
>> available and
>> is a valid card.
>
> ..both conditions which could certainly change in the time between
> ordering and shipping, however limited :-)
Which is why there's a facility in Authorisation to reserve funds -
the card's usable balance drops so the cardholder can't spend it, but
the funds don't transfer to you.
Cheers
Martin
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