[ic] Re: Credit card surcharge on Checkout.html

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Ed LaFrance writes: 

> At 06:43 AM 9/6/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>> At 02:26 PM 9/6/2002 +0100, you wrote:
>>> I want to add 4.1% surcharge on credit card transactions only. 
>>> 
>>> I have searched the mail archives and come up with 
>>> 
>>> [discount ALL_ITEMS] $s * 1.041 [/discount] at the top of 
>>> ord/checkout.html
>> 
>> Does it work? If so, you can just do 
>> 
>> [if value mv_payment eq credit]
>>         [discount ALL_ITEMS] $s * 1.041 [/discount]
>> [else]
>>         [discount ALL_ITEMS] $s * 1.041 [/discount]
>> [/else]
>> [/if] 
>> 
>> ...don't forget to reset the discount at the bottom of receipt.html: 
>> 
>>         [discount ALL_ITEMS][/discount] 
>> 
>> The upside (I guess) of this approach is that it does not call attention 
>> to the fact that a surcharge is being applied, but the downside is that 
>> the numbers on the checkout page don't add up: the subtotal is greater 
>> than the sum of all items ordered. An alternative might be to use (and 
>> itemize) mv_handling. 
>> 
>> 
>> - Ed L.
> 
> I need to correct myself on this, because I was thinking of [discount 
> ENTIRE_ORDER]. The numbers will add up on the checkout page, but all the 
> item prices and line subtotals will have increased from what they were up 
> to that point.

[assign handling="[calc][subtotal] * 0.041[/calc]"] 

might be an appropriate solution. 

Ciao
     Racke 

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