[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] paypal credit card payment

[Tim Spindler]

I have not seen a way to set a minimum charge but we would be interested to
learn if it can be done.

Tim


On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Lisa Hill <lhill at kcls.org> wrote:

> Hi-
> Our board of trustees decided to absorb that cost ourselves.
> Some libraries put a minimum on fines patrons can pay with their credit
> card.
> Say they can only pay the fine if it is 5.00 and higher- I can't remember
> if there is a way to do this with Evergreen or not- but that helps them
> justify the cost of the processing the credit card fee.
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> I think that you could see the charge- and you can test this yourself
> using the test cards that paypal gives you.
> Contact me offline if you need those numbers.
> Thanks- hope this helps.
> Lisa
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org [mailto:
> open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of Joe
> Sent: Friday, April 05, 2013 8:23 AM
> To: Evergreen Discussion Group
> Subject: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] paypal credit card payment
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> Good day everybody.
>
> I had a quick question about accepting credit cards through paypal for
> those libraries that do.
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> Do any of you charge a convenience fee to your public for charging fine
> payments?  Tinkering with a test server, it looks like the entire payment
> process occurs from within the TPAC when the public pay fines themselves.
>  I know paypal has a setting where a fee can be automatically added to a
> balance, but I'm concerned that if we went this route and patrons were
> paying from within the OPAC that they would never see this fee until after
> their charges had been made.
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> We are currently on 2.3.1
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> Thank you in advance.
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> Joe
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> Germantown Public Library
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> Germantown, OH 45327
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