If you're reading this, it means that I'm speaking to you through a multi-dimensional portal... Wait! That was the sci-fi movie I watched last night. This could only mean one thing: You've typed in a discount price in your product "Discounted Price" field, clicked save and nothing happened! Maybe, like me, you did the exact same thing again and... still no discounted price. In fact, the price you entered isn't even there. It just magically goes away.

The solution is simple. (Okay, this solution is simple if you're cart is new and you've never used the discount feature before).

You need to create the first entry in a different place. Virtuemart will then create a table where the rest of the data goes, but as of version 1.5, you still have to manually start things off. To do this, follow the steps below:

1. Navigate to Products>Product Discount List
2. There's probably no entries at all. If there are, you've got another problem that will not be fixed by this, er, fix. Click "New" in the upper right.
3. Just type in any ol' thing. I usually go 10 and set it as a discount. Go ahead and do it now. I'll wait.
4. You should see your first entry: 10.00 and the discount type set as percentage. This really isn't that important, what's important is that virtuemart has now created a table where the rest of the discounts you type in are stored.
5. Go back to your product's page and re-enter the discount.
6. Click save or apply and watch the excitement happen. Your discount takes and is reflected on the page.
7. Send me a check for $5,000

That's it! I can buy that new computer, and you have discounted prices that work!