Associate option values by category?

[Nuwanda]

Let's say I'm selling products from two categories: Stuff#1 and Stuff#2.

Now, the products in each category are sold in sizes: 100, 200 and 300.

So, it's easy to set an option SIZE and specify three values, 100, 200 and 300.

But what if I want products in category Stuff#1 to increase by a different amount with each size than they do in Stuff#2?

Like:

Stuff#1:

Size 100
Size 200 + $1
Size 300 + $2

but in Stuff#2:

Size 100
Size 200 + $3
Size 300 + $5

Can one option have multiple values specified by category?

The only way I can see, and it seems clunky, is to specify separate options "Stuff#1 Size" and Stuff#2 Size" and assign the different price increments to each option.

Thanks in advance.

[haredo]

You can do it that way, but why don't you use the feature Price and Weight for each attribute in the Adding New Attribute in Attribute controller:

1. Yes, you have option value 100
2. when you add sizes, 100
3. you can use the Price and weight feature on each one of them
4. One does not overide the other

Dang, I think I did not clarify that very well, I hope you get the point

[Nuwanda]

You can do it that way, but why don't you use the feature Price and Weight for each attribute in the Adding New Attribute in Attribute controller:

1. Yes, you have option value 100
2. when you add sizes, 100
3. you can use the Price and weight feature on each one of them
4. One does not overide the other

Dang, I think I did not clarify that very well, I hope you get the point

Thanks for your reply, but, no, I don't quite get it. I'm assuming that would only work if I only had two categories.

My example was for simplicity. Say I have ten categories where the products are all in the same sizes (100, 200, etc.) but priced differently (by attribute) due to their category--that is in one cat size=100 might add $1 but in another cat size=100 might add $3, and in another it might add $5.

It's obvious that one size option will not do the job since (it seems) you can only associate one price adjustment with each option/value pair.

Thing is, I'm sure this is a reasonably common situation. For instance, a lot of stores would have small, medium and large sizes for shirts, but there may be different categories of shirts like t-shirts, work shirts, business shirts, all relying on the same options (small, medium, large) but with different price increments.