Setting up Discounts and Surcharges

Setting up Discounts and Surcharges

Select Maintenance then Discount & Surcharges. 
You will see a list of the current discounts and surcharges that have been created.

Create a new discount or surcharge:

1) Press Add
2) Press Button Name, enter the name, e.g 25% Discount and press Ok
3) Press Amount
4) Press the Mode button until it shows the mode you want (if taking off a percentage it would be % Mode), explained below, then type in the amount
If this is a surcharge press ‘Applying Discount’ which will change to ‘Applying Surcharge’
5) Press Ok to save


Modes:
  1. $ Mode: This is a set a dollar value that will be taken off the bill
  2. Combo Mode: Where multiple items are given a single combined price, applied using Function > Combo
  3. % Mode: A set percentage that is taken off the bill
  4. Set Price: Sets all items to this price
  5. Item Mode: Discounts each item by the entered value

Extra Prompts:
  1. There are options to have a Description/Reason for a discount and to prompt for an amount.
  2. Use the tickbox on discount setup to select as required.
  3. Prompt for Description will force the user to enter a reason for using the discount
  4. Prompt for Amount will allow the user to type in the Percentage or Dollar Value of the discount , rather than use a preset value

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