[order form] GF not passing value to notification email

Here is my problem laid out in a methodical manner

1. go to: http://pvanumber.com/order-form/

2. The first three drop-downs allow the user to select their necessary quantity of the listed product.

3. The "Value" in each case is the same exact entry as the "Label" EXCEPT with the default choice. In the case of the default selection, the "Value" I have entered is 0 - $0.00 and the price is $0.00

4. If the customer leaves the default choice (i.e.: Premium (90 days / 30 mins)) unedited, then the TOTAL is calculated as $0.00 for that product. The TOTAL is listed on the page under all three products.

PROBLEM:
5. But, in the notification email, the TOTAL is NOT calculated. Instead, nothing shows up, thereby requiring my staff to manually add up each product selection.

6. What does show up is the individual item totals (but not the grand total). If the customer leaves the default selection for any given product then what shows up is the Label, and NOT the value. Thus, instead of 0 - $0.00 showing up, Premium (90 days / 30 mins) will show up.

So in a nutshell, unless the user actively chooses the Value 0 - $0.00 then the grand TOTAL will not be listed in our notification email.

Is there a way to fix this?

PROBLEM #2:

Similar problem is happening with the credit card radio buttons. I have used images as the Label for each one. For the Value, I have listed the name of the credit card (i.e.: Visa, Amex, etc..)

Any help is greatly appreciated.

thanks for the quick response. some of your suggestions worked and some dont seem to work. here is my update:

1. i removed all entries from the default value selection. this did NOT force the visitor to make a selection even though the product is a required field.

BUT this does not bother me because i dont care if they leave it blank. so no worries here.

2. i added the merge tag (:value) as instructed. This DID work for the product but it did NOT work for the credit card drop down selection. for the CC drop down, i have used png files for the label and CC brand names (ie: visa, amex, etc) for the value.
the brand name should be showing up in the email notification so we know which card to charge.

3. the TOTAL is still not showing up in the email, even after adding the (:value) into the merge tag. The TOTAL does show up properly on the order form itself but it is not showing up in the email.

this leads me to ask, where does the TOTAL gather its input values for the notification email? is it the label, value, or price field?

thus, in a nutshell, i still need to figure out:

1. how to make the credit card brand name show up in the email?
2. how do i make the TOTAL calculate correctly in the email notification?

thanks!
Ben

thank you. i look forward to fixing this so i can start billing customers and making the $$$ i need to pay my bills.

hahaha.

keep me posted

thanks chris!!!

email sent! Please let me know if it was received.

I look forward to hearing your opinion.

Thanks for the help!

Email resent about 10 hours ago. Thanks for looking! Keep me posted... I'm hoping this has a quick fix.

Ben

I am having a similar problem - because my values in some drop down choices are the same - text, when i try to return the merge tag label (without :value) in a notification i get only the first drop down listing label result even if it was not the one picked. i have tested and tested this... there is a problem with label / value in the way it is handled - it appears that the label is not saved when chosen only the value, and when you call on the label again it reads the value and pulls the first label if there are multiple labels with the same value. I do not see a way around this but need one yesterday - first asked aboutt his about a month ago...took the :value answer and it was working, now it is not.