Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] paypal credit card payment

2013-04-05 Thread Aaron Zsembery
On April 5, 2013 at 12:06:38 PM "Tim Spindler" wrote: > We have another question, can you have separate paypal accounts for > different libraries (so libraries use their own accounts). I'm not > sure we want to do this but the question has come up. IIRC (not sitting in front of EG right now), the

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] paypal credit card payment

2013-04-05 Thread Joe
I agree about perhaps getting legal council involved. There is a definite contradiction there, unless governments are not considered "merchants" for the sake of their policies.. Although, we're also talking about paying a fee, and the language about surcharges also relate to selling merchandi

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] paypal credit card payment

2013-04-05 Thread Kivilahti Olli-Antti
Hi Tim and Lisa. I was testing PayPal in our Fenno-localized Evergreen instance and came upon an interesting find in the TPAC templates. You can set the minimum payment amount there. There is ready code for it, just change 0 to 5. I think we are going to just absorb the cost. For a 5€ PayPal pa

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] paypal credit card payment

2013-04-05 Thread David Busby
In Section 5 on https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=p/gen/terms-outside#receiving_payments In short: "No Surcharges. Under Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express regulations and the laws of several states, including California, merchants may not charge a fee to the buyer for accept

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] paypal credit card payment

2013-04-05 Thread Joe
Perhaps it depends on your entity's legal status? On paypal's government entities site (https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/government-payments) it states that governments are allowed to charge a fixed transaction fee for all transactions, either credit, debit, etc.. I can imagine that pay

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] paypal credit card payment

2013-04-05 Thread Tim Spindler
Thats good to know , I never knew that. Tim On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 12:37 PM, David Busby wrote: > Please note that PayPal terms do *not* permit charging a fee for usage. > That is, you cannot charge Patrons a fee to offset the processing fees that > PayPal charges you. > > /djb > On 5 Apr 201

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] paypal credit card payment

2013-04-05 Thread David Busby
Please note that PayPal terms do *not* permit charging a fee for usage. That is, you cannot charge Patrons a fee to offset the processing fees that PayPal charges you. /djb On 5 Apr 2013 08:29, "Joe" wrote: > Good day everybody. > > I had a quick question about accepting credit cards through pay

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] paypal credit card payment

2013-04-05 Thread Tim Spindler
We have another question, can you have separate paypal accounts for different libraries (so libraries use their own accounts). I'm not sure we want to do this but the question has come up. Tim Spindler C/W MARS On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Tim Spindler wrote: > I have not seen a way to s

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] paypal credit card payment

2013-04-05 Thread 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 wrote: > Hi- > Our board of trustees decided to absorb that cost ourselves. > Some libraries put a minimum on fines patrons can pay with their cre

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] paypal credit card payment

2013-04-05 Thread Lisa Hill
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

Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] paypal credit card payment

2013-04-05 Thread Tim Spindler
We do not. We end up just absorbing the cost. Tim On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Joe wrote: > Good day everybody. > > I had a quick question about accepting credit cards through paypal for > those libraries that do. > > Do any of you charge a convenience fee to your public for charging fine