Products / Attributes and Inventory Controll

[stevel]

I have just installed osCMax successfully. I started messing around with the Product and Attributes Admin panels and here is my question.

How do I have a product attribute deduct inventory from a separate product?

Example: Let’s say I'm selling Tires. I have this tire called TireA. TireA comes in 5 sizes. I have a different amount of each size tire for TireA. Is there a way to set up the catalog where 1:) I can keep track of inventory for all sizes and 2:) give the user an options box for the sizes.

What is my best course of action?

[red_fraggle]

The only current way to do this is to use categories.

Category - Tires
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Sub-Category - TireA
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Each individual tireA size as a seperate product.