I am adding price attributes to my products.

Here's the problem. I have an item for $3.99 for (1), $9.99 for (3), and $26.00 for (10) on the same product which has a drop down name value and 1,3 and 10 for values option.

In the product attributes I have given this item a value of $3.99 (this shows up on the product page to the customer).

If I add $3.99 to the price attribute and click on checkout...my total has doubled to $7.98.

I have de-selected the product and price attribute on both to "NO" (product is not based on attributes)...and I still get the double pricing through checkout.

If I put a price of $.00 in the pricing attributes...then my drop down list says 1= $.00, and so does my checkout total.

If i put a $.00 in my product attributes for this item, the base price of $3.99 does not show to the customer on the product page.

What am I doing wrong?

I want it to look like this (and it does now as a drop down list), but the product price changes to double in checkout if chosing quantity 1, it adds $3.99 if chosing quanities 3 or 10:
(dropdown): Quantity (name value), 1=$3.99
3=$9.99
10=$26.00

How can I stop the $3.99 add on and still keep the base price showing on the products page to the customers?

Thanks for your help!