Part box / unit stock line setup

Hi All,

I'm trying to setup some stock lines so that I can offer pricing for 'part box' quantities & then multiple boxes only. I'm probably missing something obvious somewhere but can't seem to get this to work at all.

I've tried the 'Config>Stock>Decimal Places' setting to '2' allowing say a quarter of a box (unit) but the cart always errors wanting full unit multiples. E.G.

Stock configs:
Products Quantity Box Shows:  	  Yes
Product Qty Minimum: 	 12
Product Qty Maximum: 	   0 = Unlimited, 1 = No Qty Boxes
Product Qty Units: 	         48
Product Qty Min/Unit Mix: No

With these settings I'd expect to be able to buy either 12, 24, 36 widgets, then 48, 96, 144 etc. but not 60 widgets. Price-quantity details are present in 'Product Price Manager' for 1-47 widgets, 48-96 etc.

My Zencart is current with all security patches applied:
Zen Cart 1.3.8a, Patch: 1::
Database Patch Level: 1.3.8
v1.3.8 [ date ] (Fresh Installation)

I am misunderstanding these settings?
Any pointers appreciated, thanks.

ZX81

I've tried the 'Config>Stock>Decimal Places' setting to '2' allowing say a quarter of a box (unit) but the cart always errors wanting full unit multiples.
You have the min set to 12 not 0.25
Actually if a box is 12 your min should be 3
Or if you want 12 to be the min and then a increment of 3 allowed

Make the min 12 and the units 3

Hi,
The unit for this particular example is 48, so, if I understand this correctly, the min should be 12. If I change the min to 0.25 then the cart correctly calculates 0.25*48x£1=£12 but still errors:

Quantity Units errors -
You ordered a total of: 12 Min:  0.25 Units:  48 

Same result for 12 min, unit 48.

What I'm trying to achieve is for 12, 24 or 36 widgets to be placed in the cart at one price, then a reducing price for box/unit quantities only from that point but no further multiples of 12 i.e. 60 widgets.

It seems to have a problem with a fraction of a unit for some reason. I find the same behavior on a 1.3.7 installation on a different server.

Rgds,
zx81

Why is the unit 48 if you will sell 12??

Simply because the items are boxed in 48's (for this stock line) & most, but not all, customers buy box quantities. I'm trying to include those who only require a few items, not a full box & who are prepared to pay a price premium to do so. I'd rather not split boxes at all but I don't wish to alienate a customer just because they want a 4 pack of pop instead of a case of 24 for example :)

Make sense :)

Then do not set the unit to 48

Set up with an attribute your min qty lot and then the box/case qty also as a attribute

Yes, I'd already been experimenting with attributes to try to create a work-around unsuccessfully so far.

Are you saying that fractions of a unit up to one whole unit & then unit multiples only thereafter are not possible with a standard zencart?

Ideally, an attribute whereby you can offer a discount, if, and only if, the cart sku quantity ordered is divisible by a fixed amount, say 48 in this particular example. Possible?

Rgds,
zx81

Are you saying that fractions of a unit up to one whole unit & then unit multiples only thereafter are not possible with a standard zencart?
What you can not do is setup the product as priced at 1ea with a qty of 48 and be able to buy 12

Stock configs:
Products Quantity Box Shows:  	  Yes
Product Qty Minimum: 	 12
Product Qty Maximum: 	   0 = Unlimited, 1 = No Qty Boxes
Product Qty Units: 	         48
Product Qty Min/Unit Mix: No

48 makes the min allowable 48

If you want to sell no less than 12

Stock configs:
Products Quantity Box Shows:  	  Yes
Product Qty Minimum: 	 12
Product Qty Maximum: 	   0 = Unlimited, 1 = No Qty Boxes
Product Qty Units: 	         1
Product Qty Min/Unit Mix: No

Then to suggest that a box of 48 be purchased add an attribute "qty" with values like "case" & "dozen" & other desired volumes making your suggested "case" the lowest in sort order and default