plans for adding merchandise to gnu cash invoices?

[Guy]

Derek et al,
A "chargeback" as you mentioned, would work if we had line item feature.
Inventory module is excessive, as basically I just open the box/bag and look
to see how many jacks I have left. The whole intent here is to provide an
invoice, an expense report,  as "exempt", otherwise, it's common for small
businesses to report petty items as my income. 

It's just not practical to tailor receipts/bills for each customer, as a
separate purchase, as they would need to be done after the job is finished,
when I know how many jacks are used.
Thank you very much for responding
GK

-----Original Message-----
From: Derek Atkins [mailto:warlord at MIT.EDU] 
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2010 8:11 AM
To: Guy
Cc: gnucash-devel at gnucash.org
Subject: Re: plans for adding merchandise to gnu cash invoices?

Hi,

"Guy" <theguy at san.rr.com> writes:

> Hi ya'
>
> I'm a computer tech. I provide just a few items to my customers,
summarized
> from receipts transferred to my invoice, like Cat 5e jacks, patch cables
or
> a patch panel. Hoping you/gnucash might add minimal provision for
retaining
> purchase price for each line item and the subsequent ability to itemize on
> my invoice (as a expense report). I reluctant to get involved with markup
/
> sales tax. As it is not cost effective..

This sounds a little bit like the chargeback feature in the vendor
bills.  When you enter a vendor bill you can mark items specifically as
"Billable" back to a customer.  Then you can charge the customer based
on the item.

Note that this is not an inventory system; it's a 1:1 passthrough for
items you buy on behalf of a customer.

> Will donate via Paypal if feature may be added
>
> Thx
>
> Guy Krenik
>
> San Diego, CA
>
> PS I like portable app because I can make invoice onsite on customer's
> computer.

-derek

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