Re: Price adjustment based on weight

[Mike Lerley <mike@bfent.com>]

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Hadn't thought of that.  I implemented it, changed the page displays and it works great!
Thanks for the new point of view.
-mike

Frank Miedreich wrote:

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> >I am trying to do something that seems very simple; I must be missing
> >something.  I have products that have specific weights and people order
> >various quantities of them.  What I want is the price to be based on the
> >weight rather than the quantity.  For example, if I have an item that is
> >$8.99/pound and each item is 1.25 pounds, the price for 4 should be
> >$44.95 (8.99*1.25*4) rather than 35.96 (8.99*4).  I considered using
> >UseModifier but I don't think I want to.  What's the easy way to do
> >this?
> >-mike
> >
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> It's a question of design of course, but I would include (in the database)
> a field for weight per item, price per item (not per pound), and then
> display price/weight for the price per pound.
>
> General idea: change what the user sees in a specific context instead of
> the internal processing. You don't even want to consider using UseModifier
> for this.
>
> Frank
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> Frank Miedreich
> Max-Planck-Institut fuer psychologische Forschung
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