Re: Apply a pricegroup to all customers ???

[Chris Travers <..hidden..>]

If it is a test db, in psql:

DELETE FROM pricegroup;

On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Hugh Esco
<..hidden..> wrote:
> OK, I've set end dates on the pricegroups on my part of the assembly of
> those parts.  I hope that is sufficient to get them out of the way.
> But they don't seem to go away.  Zombie pricegroups.  No way to delete
> them.
>
> Everytime I update the form, it applies the price for the underlying
> parts, irrespective of what 'sell price' or 'list price' I may attempt
> to set.
>
> When I create an inventory of widgets from which to start building
> assemblies, say Assy-1000, its taking the list price and markup on a
> single unit and applying it to 1000 units to give me the price for
> Assy-1000.  Do I need to change some settings on the underlying
> part, to permit me to control the price on the assembly?  I've tried
> setting the both list and sell prices on that form and am getting the
> same results either way.
>
> It is a test database, I could blow it away and recreate a new one,
> unemcumbered by this issue, but that whole process has not yet been
> automated.  Mostly setting back up two users.
>
> -- Hugh
>
> Chris Travers responded:
>
>> Use assemblies instead. One of the limitations of the
>> customer-pricegroup model is that each customer can only belong to one
>> pricegroup. We might need to revisit this restriction down the road,
>> but pricegroups are intended to be used for discounts offered to
>> groups of customers. Here you want something different: A product
>> which can be sold in a variety of forms at different prices.
>> Assemblies work for that but have a little more maintenance. Most of
>> this maintenance could be automated if you choose to do so.
>
>
> On Mon, 2 Feb 2009 10:57:09 -0500
> Hugh Esco <..hidden..> wrote:
>
>> I'm setting up an instance for a new online business which essentially
>> has only one product, which needs to be tracked in inventory (a part),
>> but which is packaged (assembled) and sold as variously priced products
>> (pricegroup).
>>
>> Apparently, in order to apply a pricegroup to a part, I have to
>> associate that pricegroup with a customer.  But these pricegroups are
>> meant to be available to any and all customers.  Its up to them what
>> quantity they buy under what terms.
>>
>> Further complicating things, I anticipate that this business will need
>> to offer "unlimited" service for a monthly subscription.  Again, I must
>> track inventory -- as it gets used, so I know when to restock; and these
>> unlimited offers are available to all customers.
>>
>> Finally, in addition to whatever business comes through the website, we
>> also anticipate having a human sales force who should be able to offer
>> discounts (perhaps with a coupon code) to help close a sale.
>>
>> How do I set this up in LedgerSMB so that I don't need to assign every
>> customer to every pricegroup, but that every price group is available
>> to every customer?  How do I account for these unlimited packages?
>>
>> -- Hugh Esco
>> http://www.CampaignFoundations.com
>
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