Salemaker sales apply only to the master_categories_id?

[lat9]

I realize that the subject implementation has been around for-ev-er, but what's the reasoning here? It's quite the PITA for a site with a slew of linked products (and categories) to painfully go through those products to reset their master_categories_id to reflect the to-be-on-sale category's.

[torvista]

It's quite the PITA for a site with a slew of linked products (and categories) to painfully go through those products to reset their master_categories_id to reflect the to-be-on-sale category's.

I never knew of this restriction...changing master_category ids would destroy my shop setup...I even disabled it in Store Manager.
Sounds like a bug to me. If a product is on sale, it's on sale irrespective of it's category location.

[swguy]

> If a product is on sale, it's on sale irrespective of it's category location.

Products don't go on sale. Categories do.
If a product is on *special*, it's on special irrespective of its category.

[lat9]

> If a product is on sale, it's on sale irrespective of it's category location.

Products don't go on sale. Categories do.
If a product is on *special*, it's on special irrespective of its category.

... and if a category is on sale, IMO, the sale should apply to all of its products, whether via master_categories_id or linked.

[torvista]

... and if a category is on sale, IMO, the sale should apply to all of its products, whether via master_categories_id or linked.

Agreed.

[mc12345678]

Check the historical documents to which the public can not easily get to these days. I.e. way back machine or whatever. The reasoning was provided there.

... and if a category is on sale, IMO, the sale should apply to all of its products, whether via master_categories_id or linked.

Agreed.

And so a product could be bought from two different lists of the same site at two different prices or would the sales be cumulative by all sales applied to every category?

Category 1 has category 2, category 3, and category 4 in it.
Product 1 has a master_categories_id of 2.
Product 1 is linked to category 3.
Product 1 is linked to category 4.
Sale of 20% off on category 2.
Sale of 50% off on category 3.
If product 1 base price is 10, has no attributes, no other discount pricing like a coupon or special, then for what price is it on sale under the proposed premise? 10, 8, 5?

Under the current arrangement/programming, at every location that product 1 is shown it would be 8.