NYCPHP Meetup

[Mitch Pirtle]

I can second the recommendation of Magento for standalone storefront.

-- Mitch

On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Donna Marie Vincent
<donnamarievincent at yahoo.com> wrote:
> My advice -- do not use Virtuemart!  My experience on one site:  When the
> user was in the checkout process, filled in their billing/account info,
> clicked on "Continue" to go to the next step, and then on that next page
> someone else's account info would show up in place of theirs!  Someone from
> the db totally unrelated to the person checking out.
>
> This happened more than once.  Got calls from people saying they received an
> Order Confirmation for something they didn't purchase!
>
> On another site it was miscacluating the total cost of the items in the
> cart.
>
> I do not install Virtuemart on any site unless the client instructs me to
> because I do not want to be held liable for VM errors.  It is way too buggy
> for use in e-commerce.  You can't afford to make mistakes with people's
> money.
>
> I don't know why it's listed as an "Editor's Pick" on JED.
>
> ________________________________
> From: Scott Wolpow <scott at wolpow.com>
> To: NYPHP at lists.nyphp.org; SIG at lists.nyphp.org
> Sent: Thursday, June 4, 2009 10:54:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [joomla] Shopping Cart
>
> If you do not need members to login to get special discounts, use
> MagentoCommerce.com which I am using on a number of sites.
>
>
> On 6/4/2009 10:50 AM, Bernie McCormick wrote:
>>
>> Greetings All,
>>
>> Lincoln Center is looking to do a rapid-deployment transaction engine swap
>> for a subsection of our business.  We are looking at Virtuemart, but I am
>> quite apprehensive after reading some reviews re: bugs/support.
>>
>> Was curious what folks have working in the wild, and any
>> suggestions/pointers/bewares anyone can share.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Bernie McCormick <mailto:bmccormick at lincolncenter.org>
>> *Deputy Director of Development Systems**
>> *Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.
>> <http://www.lincolncenter.org/>
>> 70 Lincoln Center Plaza
>> New York, New York 10023-6583
>> 212.875.5046
>>
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