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Sally,
Ah yes - but - and its big "but" - in the world of
BPSS and ebMS -
there is a thread ID in the envelope header so you
know that the
Vit E does not go with the Vit A, but is starting a
new transaction.
BTW - with BOGOs I always make sure I stack "like
items" on
the check-out stand on top of each
other.
Dare I say - case closed? ; -)
A much more interesting store use case model is
reverse
shoplifting - that I first learned from Jeff
Duntemann of
PC Techniques fame - but that's another whole
story...
Basically this is taking something into the store
that
they do not sell - and then presenting it at the
check out
and paying for it - (works best with
magazines). The fun
does not really start till their backend accounting
tries to reconcile receivables with payables and
inventory...
DW
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 10:06
PM
Subject: [ebxml-bp] State Alignment
Hi all
Just an FYI
This
morning I went out to pick up the
Sunday paper. And 2 coffees & a muffin. The super market sales for
this week included vitamins --buy one get one free. I bought 2 multi-vitamins
@ $5.29 and 2 vitamin E @ $6.49.
The
stuff was rung up in this order: coffee1, coffee2, muffin, 1 multivitamin, 1
VitaminE, 1 multivitamin, 1 vitamin E, and a newspaper. The fine print of a
buy-one get-one deal is that you pay the higher price and get the lower priced
item free. So in this transaction I got credit for 2 $5.29 transactions, even
though I bought two identical pairs. This transaction cost me $1.20 more than
I expected.
The
store I purchased this at has an internet channel (Pea Pod). Assuming they use
the same checkout software, they have a state alignment problem. Unless they
are willing to rely on human intervention.
I
obviously had a problem which I addressed by going to the customer service
counter. I will spare you the details. However a copy of my receipt is
available for viewing, or I can provide the details.
I would
suggest this is a real world approximation of Anders Purchase Order example.
No I
did not point out that there was a state alignment issue to the guy
behind the counter. My pointing out the physical evidence & the obvious
inconsistency on the register receipt caused enough confusion.
Sally
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