by loren_d_c » Wed Nov 28, 2007 12:48 pm
No, it wouldn't work to do buy two get one free, for that particular scenario check out the Rewards feature.
The regular Quantity Pricing works like (for example):
buy 1 of Product A and get it for $5
buy 5 of Product A and get them for $4
buy 10 of Product A and get them for $3
This works for a single product. The problem that Quantity Pricing Groups solved is that a lot of people have 'categories' of products that should all be additive to determine the discount of each individual product in that category, for example:
buy any CD and get it for $5
buy any 5 CD's and get them for $4 each
buy any 10 CD's and get them for $3 each
Actually, though, the Quantity Pricing of all of the CD's does not have to be the same. What happens if Quantity Pricing Groups are set up is that the quantity of all of the products in a particular group is totaled up, and each product in that group gets the price of whatever Quantity Pricing you have set up for that product as if you are purchasing that total number of them.
So you are buying 1 each of product A, B, C, D, and E, but because they are all in the same group, you will be paying for each of them at the Quantity Discount price you have configured for 5 of each of those particular products.
-Loren