Re: [mv] Shipping cost drops to zero beyond a certain amount...

[Jean-Philippe Bouchard <jeanphil@sitepak.com>]

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Thanks a lot kyle, it works like a charm!

"kyle@invisio.com" wrote:
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> At 05:17 PM 5/30/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >******    message to minivend-users from Jean-Philippe Bouchard
> ><jeanphil@sitepak.com>     ******
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> >Hello folks,
> >       I'm trying to devise a shipping mode using the weight of the order.
> >However, I'd like the shipping cost to drop to zero if the total price
> >of the order goes beyond a certain amount(50$ in this example). Here's
> >the entry in the shipping.asc:
> >
> >mode1   Shipping based on weight      weight        0       0       e
> >error
> >mode1   Shipping based on weight      price   50.00   99999.00        f
> >0
> >mode1   Shipping based on weight      weight        0       150       f
> >@@TOTAL@@
> >mode1   Shipping based on weight      weight        150       999999  e
> >error
> >
> >       I put the price rule early in the mode so that it matches first.
> >However, minivend seems to ignore the rule pertaining to the price.
> >Maybe I'm trying to do something impossible in minivend... Any
> >suggestions?
> 
> Jean-Philippe,
> 
> You may want to try chained shipping.....
> (NOTE: replace pipes with tabs)
> 
> mode1|Special Shipping|[subtotal noformat=1]|0|0|e Nothing to ship!
> mode1|Special Shipping|[subtotal noformat=1]|0|50|m >>by_weight
> mode1|Special Shipping|[subtotal noformat=1]|50|99999|e Free Shipping!
> 
> by_weight|Disc won't matter|weight|0|150|f @@TOTAL@@
> by_weight|Disc won't matter|weight|150|99999|e Too Heavy!
> 
> when mode 1 is called, the subtotal will be checked...
> 
> 1) if subtotal is $0 then the error "Nothing to ship!" will be returned
> (as well as shipping being set to $0)
> 
> 2) If subtotal is between $0 and $50 then shipping will look into by_weight
> to calculate shipping and by_weight is set up to look at weight as a criteria
> to determine shipping and, as by your example, will return $0 to $150
> (because @@TOTAL@@ will be the value of the total weight) or if greater
> than 150 lbs will return the error "Too Heavy!" (and shipping will be $0)
> 
> 3) if subtotal is greater than $50, then the call will not be made to
> by_weight,
> and so the error "Free Shipping!" will be returned along with $0 shipping
> charge.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Kyle (KC)
> 
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