RE: UK based OsC users:

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Thanks for the update.  Information on this subject is very appropriate given our recent experience in testing out a new UK store.

We've had a "customer" placing an order for zero priced items and claiming he had a contract with us to supply. This was despite the warning on the front page regarding it being a test site. (They had come through a Google link and missed default.php).

To try to correct the problem we adjusted the checkout_process.php in \includes\languages\english to read: 


define('EMAIL_TEXT_SUBJECT', 'Order Process. Please note this is a trial order and will not be processed or billed');


This means that if customers arrive on a test site and place orders thinking you are "live", the order acknowledge email will make it clear there is no contact to supply.

Perhaps the default install of OSC should have some waivers built in which can be removed once the OSC site if fully live.