Feature Idea: Layaways/Holds

[ChrisKraus]

Just An Idea:
You could ring-up items and then put them on layaway/hold. This way, It would deduct the Quantities from the Inventory or, If you wanted to, add a <B>Quantity on Layaway/Hold</B> field in the Stock Table. It would remain like this until the Layaway/Hold was canceled or the items were purchased. Also, You could attach Layaways/Holds to a Customer record and even put a Expiration Date or a preset amount of time after it was created until the Layaway/Hold automaticlly expires (Example: 30 Days after creation). You could even set it up to make the customer pay in advance or pay at time of purchase. You could even make it print things like Claim Slips, Item Tags, etc.

Just A Suggestion,
Chris

[Andrew]

Mmm, a good suggestion, but one that's been around for a while.

You can already "park" sales (but not the amount that has been tendered) and return to them later, storing your layway information somewhere else.

The customer accounts feature (I'm not sure of an ETA on this) could also do the same thing. e.g. charge the layway to the customer's account, when they come back in to pay some off, you apply the payment against their account.

[ChrisKraus]

What I am talking about is a way that it would actually temporarly deduct the Quantity from the Stock until the Layaway is canceled (the Quantity would be returned to the original number) or the item is purchased (the Quantity would be permadently be deducted like in a regular Purchase transaction)

Payment, On the other hand, could be either be done in advance or when the items were actually purchased.

- Chris

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Mmm, a good suggestion, but one that's been around for a while.

You can already "park" sales (but not the amount that has been tendered) and return to them later, storing your layway information somewhere else.

The customer accounts feature (I'm not sure of an ETA on this) could also do the same thing. e.g. charge the layway to the customer's account, when they come back in to pay some off, you apply the payment against their account.