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Re: [mv] Fed-Ex Shipping Tables
On Wed, Dec 15, 1999 at 05:21:37PM -0500, Tev Kaber wrote:
> ****** message to minivend-users from Tev Kaber <tev@acadia.net> ******
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> >****** message to minivend-users from "Mr. Christopher F. Miller"
> <cfm@maine.com> ******
> >There are a raft of FedEx files. The simple easy way
> >out is to have client arrange "One Rate" shipping with FedEx. ;^)
> >That is same rate for all zones. WAY EASIER!
>
> If only they would listen! =)
Way easier means way cheaper. They usually listen to that.
...
> >
> >Sorry, I can't help with how to plug that into vanilla shipping routines; we
> >do it differently.
>
> Very helpful, I've got the FedEx tables all set up, but one question - I
> haven't inserted custom code in MiniVend before - how exactly would I do that?
>
> Does anyone out there know how to make this work in a standard shipping way?
> I know I will have more clients that will want Fed-Ex shipping...
Every client doing even a small amount of business gets customized
rate tables and that is hard to generalize. We have a project
starting after New Year's that will instead set up hooks to
talk directly to FedEx system in Memphis. If that turns out
to be slow or unreliable they can provide a local server; they
don't yet offer that on linux so I'd rather not. ;^)
I don't yet know how we will do this - probably another daemon.
Ask me in three months. ;^)
cfm
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