My interpretation was that the "Replacement Cost" is what the patron gets charged, and that is free to be punitively large (like the retail price of the book, plus a handling fee) or forgivingly small (e.g. a low flat fee for children's books that the library may not intend to replace anyway), relative to the actual cost.
Of course I have no idea whether I have achieved enlightenment on this issue or just made up a nice story about it. --joe On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Nicole Engard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RE: http://bugs.koha.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2109 > > I am wondering what the point of the Actual Cost field is? I had this > discussion with Josh: > > Josh - "Well, based on a test I just did, it doesn't ignore actual > cost, but uses it as the actual cost of a single item when receiving > the shipment (not the Total, but the per item cost). Does that make > sense?" > > Nicole - "Okay - I see what you mean - but what does Actual Cost > actually mean? The cost it would have been if I didn't get a discount? > The cost I actually paid (cause if that's it then the budgeting is > wrong)? I see that it's there in the record after I receive an order > ... just not sure why I need it at all when I have a replacement cost > and a budgeted cost." > > Since we can't seem to figure this out among ourselves, I wanted to > ask the community. Does anyone know what the Actual Cost field is > supposed to be used for? I've had librarians ask me this and I > haven't been able to update the documentation to explain it because > I'm confused :) > > Any help you can provide would be appreciated. > --- > Nicole C. Engard <http://lists.koha.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-devel> >
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