Is there any need to ask customer to identify the Credit Card Type?

Good Morning ... I'm updating my friend/client's site from V1.2.4.1 to V1.3.0.2 and at the moment I'm working on the payment module. The old code asks the user to identify the credit card type (Visa, MC, AmEx, etc.) via a pull-down and then validates that the "credit card number" was appropriate for that "credit card type".

Since the CC number intrinsically indicates what the CC type is and ZC's cc_validation.php returns the type all spelled out nicely (for use in e-mails etc.) ... is there any need to ask the user for the type ??? Seems like it is a redundant processing step and potentially annoying to the customer.

Any opinions from the smart people :smartass: out there ???

Did you add some custom code to ask the CC type? I don't remember any of the modules asking.

Anyway- there is no need to ask since it is automatic and one less thing for the customer to do.

Thanks, Kim. Had a feeling that bugging the customer for the extra (redundant?) info was unnecessary.

We're not using a stock ZC payment module ... instead we're using the uSight module contributed by Merlin a couple of years ago (and "improved" by me over time).