Update Prices in Baskets

[joshpappas]

Is there a way to update prices in baskets? I'm thinking maybe an overnight update as long as the cart hasn't been updated within the last hour, or something like that. Whenever we update prices on our website, we always end up with orders coming through on the old price for several weeks, because we have customers who spend a lot time putting together their orders. Would this require a custom module?

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

You would need a custom module to do this seemlessly.

I think it could be implemented as a SMT scripting doing something like:

On the Basket screen, create Basket Custom field with "time_created" value.
Then, on the Basket screen, compare "time_created" with an offset (say 7 days). If basket was created more than 7 days, roll up the current contents of product and attributes, delete the basket completely, then reinstate the products/attributes you saved before.

[joshpappas]

Yeah, that's what I was afraid of. I already have custom template code to refresh basket discounts, so maybe I'll roll that up together with this into a module. Thanks for the response!

[Rick Wilson]

Josh,

We just built a method of doing this, Nick is out the rest of the week, but we'll post our findings here or you can email Nick and I and he'll get back to you next week.

[joshpappas]

Awesome, rick , thanks for the info! I'll shoot him an email.