[ic] dynamic quantity pricing formula

[Scott Goodman]

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>>The catalog I am trying to set up has the following formula for pricing;
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>>Cost per unit x Quantity  x 1.25 + $11.00 = Price
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>>So, for example, based on the retailer's cost of $5.00 the price for 1
>>item would be $17.25, 2 items would be $23.50, 3 items is $29.75, etc.
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>>I've read through the material on pricing and I'm at a loss on how to
>>implement this. I seem to recall seeing something about using formulas
>>in the price field, but I'm finding it a bit difficult to locate
>>information in the documentation.
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>Go to the Interchange Developers Resource and search for CommonAdjust for
>pricing. However, this is usually used for setting individual prices.
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>How do you intend to display an individual price?
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>I would build in the +$11.00 as a handling charge on the cart page. Go to
>the IDR and do a search for 'mv_handling'.
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The individual prices will display the result of the calculation, the 
prices on the results/catalog display would be the base price (quantity 
1) and in the cart would included the selected quantity. I am storing 
the cost per unit in the products table, so to clarify, the fomula for 
any particular product would be:

item's cost per unit x Quantity x 1.25 + $11 = Price for the item

Each product would have this formula individually applied to yield the 
final price for the item.

I checked the docs for CommonAdjust and only find a short description 
and a note to "See Chained pricing". A search for chained pricing yields 
no results in the docs :(

Thanks for the help so far. I'll go try and dig something up on 
CommonAdjust/Chained pricing. Can anyone point me to a clear example or 
reference in the documentation?

Regards,
Scott Goodman