Re: [mv] ordering non-unique [item-code]

[Loy Ellen Gross <design@iinc.com>]

On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Otis Gospodnetic wrote:

>******    message to minivend-users from "Otis Gospodnetic" <otis@DOMINIS.com>     ******
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>Each product has a unique product_id. However, each product can have
>multiple versions of itself. Products in my case are magazine subscriptions,
>and each magazine can sell either as 1 year subscription or 2 year
>subscription, etc. So you have 1 product, but it sells in multiple versions
>(and prices).

This may be a simplistic solution, but minivend handles item sizes 
very well, including different pricing for different sized items 
(e.g. $3 more for XL). Have you tried making your magazines each 
one item number but different sizes? Your customers never have to
see the word "size" unless you put it on the page. Then you can use
the ready-made mechanism to handle different "sizes" of subscriptions. 
Check the docs; size pricing is easy and gives you all the info 
you need in pre-defined variables on the basket and checkout pages.

  -- Loy

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