Pricing issues

[mek113]

I've searched tutorials and support forum and can't find the answer or even that anyone else is having this issue.
I'm selling bracelets online that can be made into 1 strand, 2 strands, etc. 1 strand is $5 (for example), 2 strands is $10, etc. I want to show that prices start at $5 so I've added that into the product information but when I set up attributes with a dropdown for:
1 strand $5
2 strands $10
3 strands $15
when testing the shopping cart 3 strands is priced at $20. The base price is being added into the price.
I've removed the + sign with no effect. I've checked No on all the options with no effect. I don't know what else to try and this seems like such an obvious thing.

[niccol]

By the sounds of it the base price should be $0.

[mek113]

But if I make the base price $0, then $0 is what will show up in the description as "Price starting at $0". Right?

[Ajeh]

If you have your Products marked as Priced by Attribute and the Attributes marked:
Include in Base Price
When Priced by Attributes YES

then you will see the lowest Attribute price combination as the displayed Price for the Product ...

[mek113]

Ajeh - tried your suggestion and still did not work. Base price is adding to the attribute price.

[mek113]

Possibly looking at the website and a particular product might be of help. Note: the strand prices is what is causing my problem. I want the customer to be able to see what the cost is going to be for each bracelet strand. But also notice on the length, that an additional $12 is added to lengths longer than 8 inches so I need to be able to add that price to the cost of each strand.
http://74.220.204.53/index.php?main_...&products_id=1

[Ajeh]

If the Product has the Price of $83.97 ... then this is not Priced by Attribute ...

The Attributes just need to hold their individual Prices and when added to the Cart, such as:
Product Price $83.97
9" strand: $12.00
1 Strand: $83.97

for a price of: $179.94


The 5" would be:
Product Price $83.97
5" strand: $0.00
1 Strand: $83.97

for a price of: $167.94

[mek113]

Then how do I handle the Product Price Manager information? If I enter no amount in the price, then the "prices starting at..." is $0.

[mek113]

I re-read your reply and I'm not sure you are understanding the pricing. The purchase price is based on the number of strands. 1 strand costs $83.97. If additional length is needed, then there is an additional charge of $12.00. So the pricing is:
1 strand: $83.97
Extra length: $12.00
Total: $95.97

The only other option I'm coming up with is to leave the base price as $83.97. Leave price of 1 strand at 0. Price of 2 strands would be +$83.97 (making the cost of 2 strands $167.94) but that is completely confusing to the customer.

[Ajeh]

Try marking the Product as Priced by Attribute and set the Product Price to 0.00 ...

Make sure that the Attributes are marked as
Include in Base Price YES