RE: [mv] Complicated shipping problem (for me)

["Christopher Thompson" <ct@arborinternet.com>]

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I have done something similar on a site. I wrote a little [perl] to check
for the conditions and then remove the shipping types, so that when it
[loop]'s through the string to create the drop down to select shipping
types, they are not shown. I believe Mr. Heins has suggested writing a
custom UserTag to calculate your shipping in cases like this.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-minivend-users@minivend.com
> [mailto:owner-minivend-users@minivend.com]On Behalf Of Christopher P.
> Lindsey
> Sent: Monday, December 27, 1999 11:46 PM
> To: minivend-users@minivend.com
> Subject: [mv] Complicated shipping problem (for me)
>
>
> ******    message to minivend-users from "Christopher P.
> Lindsey" <lindsey@mallorn.com>     ******
>
> I have a really complicated shipping situation that I'm having
> a hard time
> dealing with.  I was wondering if anyone has any ideas on the best
> approach.
>
> Here's how it's supposed to work:
>
>    Orders to WA, OR, ID, CA, UT, & NV:    Ground    15% of
> total, $5.00 min.
>    Orders to OR, ID, CA, UT, & NV:        2day air  20% of
> total, $10.00 min.
>    Orders to all states except AK:        2day air  30% of
> total, $10.00 min.
>    Orders to AK:                          2day air  35% of
> total, $18.00 min.
>    Orders to British Columbia, Canada:    Ground    35% of
> total, $12.00 min.
>    Orders to other parts of Canada:       Ground    40% of
> total, $15.00 min.
>
>    Orders to Hawaii are not to be allowed, and any order to Canada
>    requires a Phyto Sanitary Certificate is to the tune of $35 per
>    $300.00 in the order.
>
> The problem that I'm having is in hiding shipping options that aren't
> available for a given state.  For example, WA only has ground shipping
> as an option.  For now I've been setting a really high multiplier in the
> hopes that someone won't place an order with $1,000,000 in shipping, but
> it's a hack.
>
> I also am not sure how to deal with the no orders to HI bit
> either.  I've
> been dealing with it in the same way -- high multipliers.  I know that
> I can use the 'e' shipping calculation mode to display a message, but
> that doesn't prevent someone from placing an order with $0.00
> in shipping.
>
> Is there a way to only display certain menus for certain states?  Will
> I have to set up a state database similar to country.asc?
>
> But the biggest problem that I can't solve is the automatic $35
> surcharge/$300 to Canada.  What's the best way to deal with that?
>
> I really appreciate any help, and if it's of any interest I'll post
> a summary of the final procedure.
>
> Chris
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