This is a question for the QuickBooks gurus. I'm running QB 2003.

What is the best way to capture a payment which is made for stock items before delivery?

Quickbooks has three options which are
  1. Receive items and enter bill (bill and items received at same time)
  2. Receive items (items received before bill, enter them into stock)
  3. Enter bill for received items (enter the bill for items already received)

Now what is missing from that list is "Pay for items not yet received." Any suggestions?