Redemption Terminals
So we sent you a little box in the mail and some cryptic instructions.
Now what?
First Things First
Plug it into a fully ANALOG phone line - if you have any doubts, usually your fax machine is hooked up to one of these. You can "chain" the phone line by hooking up the end that was previously in the fax to the GC terminal, then running a line from the GC terminal back to the fax machine.
Now, just test using the instructions on the card/image below:
The guide to using your terminal - you should have one of these in the terminal box:
TOTALLY GEEK STUFF: All the codes the terminal might show you
Inquiry possible responses
FAIL INVALID GC (can't find the GC ID in your GCs list)CC NOT PROCESSED GC BAL XXX.XX (Just warning you that you haven't gotten PAID for this GC yet! Check the Basics (in your account) option to allow redemption for unprocessed gcs, wet set it to off by default)
GC BAL XXX.XX (on inquiry)
GC VOID 05-12-11 (void date)
GC ZERO BAL 0.00
ACCOUNT DISABLED: Your account with CoverBoom is disabled! Give us a call!
GC NUMBER ERROR (failed checksum validation)
Redemption possible responses
FAIL, GC IS VOID 12-31-99
FAIL, CC NOT PROCESSED GC BAL XXX.XX (get this if you haven't gotten paid yet for the GC)
FAIL, GC ZERO BALANCE
FAIL, NEG AMOUNT (pretty rare)
FAIL, BAL TOO LOW XXX.XX (you tried to redeem for $55 and the GC only had $44 or something like that.
REDEEMED XXX.XX BAL XXX.XX (SUCCESS!)