Re: [mv] Don't Know How To Title This Question

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Bill Randle wrote:
> 

> It's possible you could use the inventory database for this - I haven't
> really used the inventory db, so I don't know for sure.
> 
> The way I implemented this in the past was to add a "status" field to
> the product database. This field would show the product status, e.g.:
> SALE-PENDING, SOLD, SALE-FAILED, AVAILABLE. Each item that is displayed
> simply checks the status field and displays the appropriate message.
> It should be pretty straight forward to add some mv tags or [perl]
> block to the checkout page to set the status field.
> 
> The scenario I was doing this for was actually an auction, so it went
> one step further and automatically sent email to the next highest
> bidder when the status changed from SALE-PENDING to SALE-FAILED. After
> processing any product records with the SALE-FAILED status, the status
> field was changed to AVAILABLE. This was all done via a cron script that
> ran every 5-10 minutes.
> 
>         -Bill
> 
Thanks for the idea, it looks like this should work okay.

Now, another question.  How do/did you control the situation where
someone did put the item in their cart, but for whatever reason, during
their session, they just left the store without checkingout or maybe
they saved their cart.  In other words, is there a way to put a time
limit on how long someone can keep something in their cart without
paying for it?

This would also be useful if you wanted to allow someone to put a
'deposit' on an item to hold it until they determined if they really
wanted/or could buy something.

Thanks,
Murrah Boswell

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