[ic] Add weight to shipping

[interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com (Dan S.)]

On Sun, Feb 24, 2002 at 08:13:01AM -0800, Ed LaFrance wrote:
> At 12:59 PM 2/24/2002 +0100, you wrote:
> >Hello
> >
> >I have created a new shipping method based on the Post Office rates, that
> >is, shipping by weight.
> >
> >To the resulting rate I have to add a fixed amount which covers the
> >packaging.
> >
> >No problem for this.  It can be done.
> >
> >However I would also likte to add a fixed weight which covers the package
> >weight.  With this I mean that if I receive an order for a product that
> >weighs 990 grams, the shipping charges to any European country, according to
> >the post office rates, would be 6,95 Euro.  And this is the amount
> >Interchange will calculate.
> >
> >However, since I have to add an "envelope", total shipping weight might be
> >around 1090 grams.  This means that the real rate charged by the Post Office
> >(for weights in excess of 1000 grams) would be 10,25 Euro.
> >
> >Therefore a fixed weight of, say, 100 grams, should be added to each order
> >(not to each item, as in a single order, several items could be dispatched).

Why not add it to your shipping table. So you shift the prices by X weight.
This way 900g in shipping would be charged at the 1kg price.

-dan