[freeside-users] I cannot see 'cash' in the '* Billing type' drop down.

[Ivan Kohler]

On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 06:23:26PM -0400, Charles Sprickman wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, Ivan Kohler wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 11:20:15AM -0500, Jeremy Davis wrote:
> >>> For some reason I cannot see 'cash' in the '* Billing type' drop down,
> >>> in Customer Edit.
> >>
> >> You need to enable it via Configuration -> Settings.  The setting is called
> >> payby.  Enable cash and it will show up.
> >
> > CASH is not a customer billing type.  It is a payment type only.
> > Entering a new CASH customer will enter an initial cash payment and set
> > the customer's billing type to BILL (billing).
> >
> > WEST (Western Union) and MCRD (Manual credit card - not to
> > be confused with on-demand credit card, DCRD) behave the same way.
> 
> That's pretty handy if I'm following this correctly.  Quite often we'll 
> want to have the first invoice on credit card ($200+ setup fee and initial 
> month) and then bill by invoice after that.  We've been manually changing 
> from credit card to invoicing...

I don't think MCRD will do exactly what you want.  It doesn't run the 
card through Freeside, it just records the payment.  "Manual" indicates 
the card is run "manually" (i.e. through a POS terminal).

-- 
_ivan