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RE: More Complex (i.e. real world) Shipping Calculations
> ****** message to minivend-users from Ryan Hertz
> <rhertz@gyb.baits.com> ******
>
> Christopher, have you gotten anywhere on this subject?
No. I have been busy, but I still need it.
>
>
> At 03:09 PM 6/17/99 , Thompson-Jordan wrote:
> >****** message to minivend-users from "Thompson-Jordan"
> <Thompson-Jordan@mindspring.com> ******
> >
> >I need shipping calculations that:
> >
> >- Divides the order into boxes and does individual UPS shipping
> >calculations for each box, as this is how UPS charges.
> >- Be able to associate a "ship from" ZIP code with items and do a UPS
> >lookup based on where the box is shipped from.
> >
> >I think these must be fairly common shipping needs, because not all
> >shipping is "one box from my location." I don't believe that
> Minivend can
> >do this currently, if I am wrong please let me know.
> >
> >My initial thought was to do this manually. I would add
> "shippedfrom" and
> >"boxsize" fields to the Products database. The "shippedfrom"
> field would
> >contain the UPS table from which to lookup the shipping. The "boxsize"
> >field that would contain the percentage of a box the item
> needs (e.g. 0.5
> >for half, 0.25 for a quarter). If these fields were empty or
> not present
> >it would assume one box from the default location.
> >
> >On the Checkout page, as I looped through [item-list], I would
> >
> >1. Divide items into lists using the "shippedfrom" field,
> >2. Further divide these lists into boxes by adding up the "boxsizes"
> >3. Calculate the weight for each box
> >3. Do an individual shipping calculation for each box based on
> its "from"
> >and "to" ZIP codes
> >4. Sum the cost to ship each box into the shipping total.
> >
> >Questions:
> >
> >- Can Minivend do this within its current shipping model?
> >
> >- Has anyone implemented this, and if so, would you make the code
> >available?
> >
> >- If this hasn't been done, and others are interested in it as
> well, could
> >a group of us come up with some UserTags to do these type of shipping
> >calculations and make them available to all?
> >
> >If this hasn't been done I will probably plow ahead and would
> appreciate
> >help from any Perl monkeys in the crowd.
> >
> >Christopher Thompson
> >
>
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