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I have events that charge a fee for non-members to attend, and no charge for members. I wanted to set it up using the "honor system" -- event is available on public pages (no need to login), and two registration options are available, one with a fee, and one with $0.

The problem is that on the frontend, the payment fields (credit card, etc) are visible and required, even if someone selects the $0 option. I thought I remembered reading that in a coming release there will be efforts to correct that, so that a $0 fee value selected will allow the user to bypass the payment fields. However I haven't been able to track that down in the wiki to confirm. If it's not been considered yet, I want to vote for its inclusion, as it probably is a common situation.

In the meantime, has anyone developed a workaround or hack for this situation? I'm inclined to do two separate events -- a member (no fees) and non-member (with fees) version. This is not ideal, as it means admin staff have to monitor two lists to obtain the list of registrants. Just wondering if anyone has a better structure in place.

-Brian

Having control over what fee options are visible based on membership status/type would be ideal. But as a first step, bypassing the payment controls for $0 fee options would be very useful and seemingly important. I'll file an issue.
-Brian

I agree, shouldn't process through the payment module if the event fee is $0.