Selling items per pack & pc.

[JohnHeart]

Each pack has 20 pcs of bond paper. When a customer buy 1 pack the cost is 9.25 but when a customer buy 19 pcs the cost is 0.5 per pc.

In our last inventory, we summed up the number of pcs of coupon bonds.

When a customer buy 1 pc, we enter in POS the price of 0.50 and a qty of 1.

But when a customer buy 1 pack, we enter the price of 9.25 and a qty of 1. Then we enter the same purchase with 0 price and a qty of 19. We do this just to deduct 20 pcs of coupon bond from the inventory.

We're not printing yet any receipt, but when the time comes, the receipt will show 2 nos of purchase for the same item but the later with a 0 price. Isn't this questionable to customers?

Any other ideas? Thanks.

[Dylan]

put an item with one peice in the stock table with a price of .50
then put another (BS) item with a negative price.
Now, ring up 19 pcs and it will be right.
Then ring up 20 pcs (=1 pack) and ring up 1 of the negative-priced
item - now that price is right.

There you go!

[Andrew]

We're not printing yet any receipt, but when the time comes, the receipt will show 2 nos of purchase for the same item but the later with a 0 price. Isn't this questionable to customers?

Any other ideas? Thanks.

Well I guess - seeing as DHPOS does not support "pack" items - you will just have to explain the receipt to your customers if you should get any questions.

It's not an incredibly difficult thing to explain - you just did it here in a few lines.

[Dale Harris]

JohnHeart,

You could lower the pack price to 9.20 and then ring up 20 at .46 each.

[JohnHeart]

Thanks for your suggestions.

[FormicaFun]

Another way around it:

Have two item codes. One for the pack of 20, the other for single sheets. So.... if a customer wants to buy the pack, you ring up ####1: "20pc bond paper" 1 x 9.25

Or.... if a customer wants to buy a sheet, or several sheets, you ring up ####: "1pc bond paper" ? x 0.50

Then to inventory, just check the sales on both items and do the math.

####1 sold 32, ####2 sold 129 ...so 32 x 20 = 640, 640 + 129 = 769

Therefore you should be less 769 pieces than when you started. Is this a pain to do? Maybe, but it's an option. At work we have three codes for doughnuts. One for each, one for 6 count, and one for a dozen. The Bakery Managers just do the math. It's really not that bad if you think about it.

[JohnHeart]

FormicaFun,

I have already thought about it and doing the math would require extra time from me.

So what we do now when a customer buy 1 pack:

• 1. We enter the price of 9.25 and a qty of 1 and
  2. Park the same purchase with 0 price and a qty of 19.

[Dale Harris]

JohnHeart,

Since you can only park 75 transactions what happens when you have already parked 75 sales and another person buys a pack of 20?

If you unpark the sale and then void it out the 19 pieces will be put back into inventory.

I am assuming that you have a sign that says something like...

.50 each or 9.25 for a pack of 20

Since you are giving a 7.5% when you purchase a pack of 20 how about a sign that says...

.50 each, 8% off a pack of 20

Then you can ring up 20 at .05 each and use the "[F9] Reduction" feature to reduce the amount by 8% and the software will do the math for you.

Of course this does mean that you will be giving an extra 5¢ off for a pack of 20. But if you give only 7% off then you will be making an extra 5¢ on a pack.

[RollerBall]

Exactly - the mark of a true entrepreneur

Use your discounts to increase sales. By all means have two codes - for singles and packs - but this would mean you'd need to enter stock as singles and packs which hardly seems necessary if a pack is only 20 and sales are probably not that fast moving (unlike the donuts). So I personally wouldn't do it. I'd just have one code for a single piece.

So just change your pricing a little - offer a price 'per piece' and as Dale says use the F9 system to give a discount for 20+. The beauty is that if someone comes in and wants several packs you can be flexible and give a slightly higher discount still for the extra volume if you want to. That's one of the beauties of the system - flexibility which is where the small man should always be looking to beat off the multi-nationals

[JohnHeart]

Dale,

So what we do now when a customer buy 1 pack:


1. We enter the price of 9.25 and a qty of 1 and
2. Park the same purchase with 0 price and a qty of 19.

• 3. Press +...Cash...
  4. Return to parked sale.

Zero (0) Parked Sale after each transaction.

[RollerBall]

Looks bonkers to me - and totally unnecessary

[Dale Harris]

JohnHeart,

It is possible to go from Chicago to Milwaukee by passing through San Francisco. But the direct route is so much quicker and easier.

However if you enjoy the ride and it works for you, then why not?

[Dale Harris]

JohnHeart,

If you want to come to the chat room and find anyone else there it is a good idea to come between 20:00 and 22:00 server time. (Once you enter the chat room look in the bottom left corner of the chat screen for the current server time.)

This is the same time as 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm CDT (Chicago time)

I'll be there, I promise, unless I am late.