Re: [mv] Shipping Cost On Each Item

[Victor Nolton <ven@pragakhan.com>]

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That helps if each item has the same shipping cost.

But in my example each item has a different cost per item for shipping.

Ven


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>>I have a customer who has items in a database and a field for the
>>cost to ship that item
>>
>>code	description	price	shippingcost
>>1	Picture Frame	10.00	1.25
>>2	Combo Frame	20.00	3.00
>>
>>I was curious how I can use the amounts in their column for
>>shippingcost to calculate shipping. I could set "price" to equal
>>price+shippingcost, but would rather not.
>>
>>So if they'd order code 1 and 2 it would be $30.00 plus $4.25
>>
>>Any suggestions?
>>
>>Ven
>
>One way is to use what I call the "pseudoweight" method - create a field
>called pseudo (or whatever you like) then set it to the item's shipping
>cost, then set shipping (in shipping.asc) so it looks like:
>
>peritem	Flat Rate Per Item	pseudo	0	99999999	x 1.00
>
>I call it pseudoweight because often when I'm not using the weight field
>for anything else, I'll just use the weight field for the shipping cost,
>and do it like:
>
>peritem	Flat Rate Per Item	weight	0	99999999	x 1.00
>
>It's using a fake weight value to calculate the shipping price.
>Don't forget to add the new shipping method to country.asc
>
>Good luck!
>
>
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