Payment Plans with previous payment?

We've got a tricky situation with our payment plans for new subscriptions, and I'm a bit perplexed.

We began our subscription campaign about a month ago selling into dummy performances. Now we've completed our season setup and have rolled over all subscribers into real subscription packages. We're working through the orders that had previously been paid by returning the dummy tickets and applying the monies (via an on account payment method) to the actual subscription order. 

Our problem comes with orders that only have a partial payment. After applying the money from the partial payment to the subscription order, we still need to set up a payment plan for the remaining amount. However, payment plans seem to want to be made for the entire amount of the the order rather than for the remaining total. When a schedule is set up for an order where the total due is less than the order total, we get an error message saying "Schedule Does Not Match Total Due."

I found this note in the documentation on Payment Schedules:

NOTE: Payments already made on the order are not considered in scheduling installment payments.

So it sounds like this is the expected behavior... but I can't see why. Regardless, has anyone faced this scenario before? Any thoughts or words of advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

-Brian

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  • You need to add a scheduled payment for the amount that has already been paid.  The Order Schedule must match the total due on the order.

     

    So $200 order, $100 paid, you would create two payment lines:

     

    3/7/2013              $100.00 ß what was already paid

    <some future date>                       $100 ß future payment amount

     

    +Ryan Creps

    +Tessitura Network

     

    From: Tessitura Ticketing Forum [mailto:forums-ticketing@tessituranetwork.com] On Behalf Of Brian Graham
    Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2013 6:53 PM
    To: Ryan Creps
    Subject: [Tessitura Ticketing Forum] Payment Plans with previous payment?

     

    We've got a tricky situation with our payment plans for new subscriptions, and I'm a bit perplexed.

    We began our subscription campaign about a month ago selling into dummy performances. Now we've completed our season setup and have rolled over all subscribers into real subscription packages. We're working through the orders that had previously been paid by returning the dummy tickets and applying the monies (via an on account payment method) to the actual subscription order. 

    Our problem comes with orders that only have a partial payment. After applying the money from the partial payment to the subscription order, we still need to set up a payment plan for the remaining amount. However, payment plans seem to want to be made for the entire amount of the the order rather than for the remaining total. When a schedule is set up for an order where the total due is less than the order total, we get an error message saying "Schedule Does Not Match Total Due."

    I found this note in the documentation on Payment Schedules:

    NOTE: Payments already made on the order are not considered in scheduling installment payments.

    So it sounds like this is the expected behavior... but I can't see why. Regardless, has anyone faced this scenario before? Any thoughts or words of advice would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks,

    -Brian




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  • You need to add a scheduled payment for the amount that has already been paid.  The Order Schedule must match the total due on the order.

     

    So $200 order, $100 paid, you would create two payment lines:

     

    3/7/2013              $100.00 ß what was already paid

    <some future date>                       $100 ß future payment amount

     

    +Ryan Creps

    +Tessitura Network

     

    From: Tessitura Ticketing Forum [mailto:forums-ticketing@tessituranetwork.com] On Behalf Of Brian Graham
    Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2013 6:53 PM
    To: Ryan Creps
    Subject: [Tessitura Ticketing Forum] Payment Plans with previous payment?

     

    We've got a tricky situation with our payment plans for new subscriptions, and I'm a bit perplexed.

    We began our subscription campaign about a month ago selling into dummy performances. Now we've completed our season setup and have rolled over all subscribers into real subscription packages. We're working through the orders that had previously been paid by returning the dummy tickets and applying the monies (via an on account payment method) to the actual subscription order. 

    Our problem comes with orders that only have a partial payment. After applying the money from the partial payment to the subscription order, we still need to set up a payment plan for the remaining amount. However, payment plans seem to want to be made for the entire amount of the the order rather than for the remaining total. When a schedule is set up for an order where the total due is less than the order total, we get an error message saying "Schedule Does Not Match Total Due."

    I found this note in the documentation on Payment Schedules:

    NOTE: Payments already made on the order are not considered in scheduling installment payments.

    So it sounds like this is the expected behavior... but I can't see why. Regardless, has anyone faced this scenario before? Any thoughts or words of advice would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks,

    -Brian




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  • I know this is an old thread but I'm now having the same problem with prepaid orders that need to be paid off now that the rollover is done. My billing schedule isn't letting me adjust the number of monthly payments. No matter how many months I put in (except for Quarterly) it still sets a year of plans up. I just need one more payment to schedule and "schedule" the two payments that have already been processed. So three payments total. It won't let me. Is there something to adjust in the Tables? I just found TR_BILLING. Now what? I need three months-can I set thirty something percent in here?