Hey guys,

I was wondering if there is a module for paying by mail in the e-commerce package. I don't see anything that seems to fit the bill in here but I might be missing it.

Would you let me know if there's an easy solution? Otherwise I'll just hack up another module to do it :).

Thanks!

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sym’s picture

sym commented
Component: -- other -- » cod
Status: Active » Fixed

Have a look at the COD module

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jeff veit commented

This question comes up again and again. I think the problem is that the COD module is badly named.

As a side-issue. Really it needs to be able to accept more than 1 method to be user friendly. We take cheques/checks, we also let people pay by electronic transfer, so we duplicate and alter the COD module. But you can't expect end-users to do this.

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darkmaster commented

I'd tend to agree with smoothstr. I can see how it will work for checks, it's not ideal but it will work. However having a 'COD' option show up on the checkout page needs to be fixed... maybe add a config option which allows us to rename the field that is displayed on the checkout form? I know it's kinda nit-picky but my client's customers are going to be confused if they see 'COD' and aren't going to consider it a pay by check option.

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sym commented

I think there is a setting for that at the moment - or maybe it's for paypal, I forget. It wouldn't be hard to do, so i'll try to get a patch together next week if someone it's not done by then.

COD isn't a great name - but what else should it be?

Or maybe a module that would allow one to make new payment methods would be good - so you could create a new (simple, COD style) payment type without having to copy COD and mess about with renaming functions etc. I'm not sure if the payment api would support that at the moment...anyone?

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rickvug commented

I'm in agreement that COD is a poor name for the module. I just searched around for 10 minutes about implementing cheque payment after I had a small heart attack about this not being possible. The solution is easy but is not obvious a first glance.

Maybe the module should be called something like "mail payment" or "manual payment" or "COD/Cheque". None of them sound that great but they would be a bit clearer. At the very least the module description should be changed to "Process payments using cash on delivery or via cheque".

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Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)
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lynnmart881 commented

Where might this COD module be? I'm haven't been able to find it.