Re: Feature Request

[Michael Stevens <mstevens@etla.org>]

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 10:57:54AM -0700, Colin Percival wrote:
> On 10/26/11 10:45, Daniel Staal wrote:
> > Just wanted to put in a vote for a feature request for some sort of
> > recurrent automatic billing system.  (Something that would either put more
> > money into a tarsnap account on a regular basis, or something that would
> > pull more money in automatically when the account goes below a certain
> > level.)
> > 
> > Might not be a major need, but it'd be nice.  ;)
> 
> Already on my to-do list, possibly in combination with directly accepting
> credit cards instead of having those go via paypal.
> 
> But since the topic has come up, I'm interested in hearing from people on
> the list about this:
> 1. Would you use this, or do you prefer to log in and manually deposit
> funds?  (Whatever happens, it's going to be optional.)

I would like to use this feature.

> 2. Would you prefer it to be structured?  "Charge my card $X whenever my
> account balance falls below $Y"?  "On the first day of each month, charge
> my card enough to bring my balance up to $X"?  Something else?

"Charge my card $X whenever my account balance falls below $Y" would be
good for me.