Category specific quantity discounts with thresholds

[jsha2015]

Hello all, I would really appreciate your input on the specific scenario I am facing.

I have a Joomla 3.4.1 + Virtuemart 3.0.8 implementation.  I would like to apply a category specific quantity discount with thresholds.

The category is a specific manufacturer and the threshold discounts are:
0-4 items from manufacturer A - 0% discount
5-9 items from manufacturer A - 5% discount
10-14 items .... 10%

I would prefer to use base functionality in virtuemart for this purpose - do any of you know a way to do this?

If not, what plugin would support this scenario specifically.

Thanks so much for your help

[Jörgen]

You could setup prices for each quantity range. Add new prices under Products and it should work.

0..4 pcs
5..9 pcs
10..14c pcs

Jörgen @ Kreativ Fotografi

[jenkinhill]

Or if VM's inbuilt way is not suitable, then this plugin will do the job:  http://extensions.virtuemart.net/products/quantity-related-price-calculation-detail

[jsha2015]

Thank you both for your replies, they are much appreciated. 

Jörgen, I had looked at the possibility you suggested but didn't think it would work for our requires.

To clarify, i'll provide an example:

Acme is a manufacturer and is setup as a category of products in virtuemart - including 2 products; the Widget and the Gadget.
Albert is a customer of ours and chooses to purchase 3 Widgets (@ $10 each)and 2 Gadgets (@ $15 each) and a 6th item made by another manufacturer the Runcket (@ $20).
Logically we would like the 5% discount to apply to all of Albert's Acme purchases as he purchased 5 items from Acme, so:

Acme purchases = (3*10 + 2 * 15) = $60
Apply 5% discount of $3 = $60 - $3 = $57 
plus the non-discounted Runcket  $57+$20=$77

So in that scenario i don't think the price Quantity range alone solution would work, as it would require a customer to purchase 5 specific products before a discount was applied.

So do you agree? Or am i missing something?

P.S. Another very realistic scenario with this same requirement is where i have quantity discounts for anything in the "featured item" category.




jenkinhill, thanks a lot for the suggestion.  I am certainly open to a plugin, however we are trying to be much more diligent about our plugin choices as we have just finished a long an arduous virtuemart 1.X to 3.X upgrade which was made more complicated by a wide array of plugins which needed to be replaced.  So, my question for you is:  based on the scenario I provided above, in your opinion would the "Quantity related price calculation" plugin work for us?

thank you both again

regards
John

[Milbo]

I am quite sure about, yes.

It also combines different products of a manufacturer.

[jenkinhill]

@jsha2015 
Milbo replied for me. I have no real site experience of using that extension, I have only once configured it for a client whose requirements were doifferent to yours..