Displaying shipping times for USPS

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   Product cart does not give shipping times for USPS, but does pull it for UPS etc.  We are have been having problems with customers selecting parcel post and then complaining that it took to long to get to them.  Turned out that most were unaware that parcel post can take up to 2 weeks to get from coast to coast.  Bummer!!!!
Anyway I've edited the ShipRates.asp file found in the PC folder.  You are looking for lines 722 through 742.  Below you can see what I have edited for Priority Mail and Parcel Post, since these are the only two USPS services we offer.  You are basically looking for the |NA| and change the NA to the time you like.    It will show this at checkout under Shipping Time.  Now we don't have the issue with customers not knowing how long what service may take.
Enjoy,
Katharina

"
            if iUSPSPMFlag=1 then
                availableShipStr=availableShipStr&"|?|USPS|9901|"&"Priority Mail <sup>&reg;</sup>|"&iUSPSPMRate&"|3-4 working days, not guaranteed|"
            end if
            if iUSPSEMFlag=1 then
                availableShipStr=availableShipStr&"|?|USPS|9902|"&"Express Mail <sup>&reg;</sup>|"&iUSPSEMRate&"|NA|"
            end if
            if iUSPSFCFlag=1 then
                availableShipStr=availableShipStr&"|?|USPS|9904|"&"First-Class Mail <sup>&reg;</sup>|"&iUSPSFCRate&"|NA|"
            end if
            if iUSPSPPFlag=1 then
                availableShipStr=availableShipStr&"|?|USPS|9903|"&"Parcel Post <sup>&reg;</sup>|"&iUSPSPPRate&"|6-14 working days, not guaranteed|"
            end if
            if iUSPSBPMFlag=1 then
                availableShipStr=availableShipStr&"|?|USPS|9915|"&"Bound Printed Matter <sup>&reg;</sup>|"&iUSPSBPMRate&"|NA|"
            end if
            if iUSPSMMFlag=1 then
                availableShipStr=availableShipStr&"|?|USPS|9916|"&"Media Mail <sup>&reg;</sup>|"&iUSPSMMRate&"|NA|"
            end if
            if iUSPSLMFlag=1 then
                availableShipStr=availableShipStr&"|?|USPS|9917|"&"Library Mail <sup>&reg;</sup>|"&iUSPSLMRate&"|NA|"
            end if
"

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katharina Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25-October-2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote katharina Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Displaying shipping times for USPS Posted: 14-August-2008 at 10:28pm
	Product cart does not give shipping times for USPS, but does pull it for UPS etc. We are have been having problems with customers selecting parcel post and then complaining that it took to long to get to them. Turned out that most were unaware that parcel post can take up to 2 weeks to get from coast to coast. Bummer!!!! Anyway I've edited the ShipRates.asp file found in the PC folder. You are looking for lines 722 through 742. Below you can see what I have edited for Priority Mail and Parcel Post, since these are the only two USPS services we offer. You are basically looking for the \|NA\| and change the NA to the time you like. It will show this at checkout under Shipping Time. Now we don't have the issue with customers not knowing how long what service may take. Enjoy, Katharina " if iUSPSPMFlag=1 then availableShipStr=availableShipStr&"\|?\|USPS\|9901\|"&"Priority Mail <sup>®</sup>\|"&iUSPSPMRate&"\|3-4 working days, not guaranteed\|" end if if iUSPSEMFlag=1 then availableShipStr=availableShipStr&"\|?\|USPS\|9902\|"&"Express Mail <sup>®</sup>\|"&iUSPSEMRate&"\|NA\|" end if if iUSPSFCFlag=1 then availableShipStr=availableShipStr&"\|?\|USPS\|9904\|"&"First-Class Mail <sup>®</sup>\|"&iUSPSFCRate&"\|NA\|" end if if iUSPSPPFlag=1 then availableShipStr=availableShipStr&"\|?\|USPS\|9903\|"&"Parcel Post <sup>®</sup>\|"&iUSPSPPRate&"\|6-14 working days, not guaranteed\|" end if if iUSPSBPMFlag=1 then availableShipStr=availableShipStr&"\|?\|USPS\|9915\|"&"Bound Printed Matter <sup>®</sup>\|"&iUSPSBPMRate&"\|NA\|" end if if iUSPSMMFlag=1 then availableShipStr=availableShipStr&"\|?\|USPS\|9916\|"&"Media Mail <sup>®</sup>\|"&iUSPSMMRate&"\|NA\|" end if if iUSPSLMFlag=1 then availableShipStr=availableShipStr&"\|?\|USPS\|9917\|"&"Library Mail <sup>®</sup>\|"&iUSPSLMRate&"\|NA\|" end if "

macleather Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 23-June-2008 Location: Los Angeles Status: Offline Points: 3	Post Options Post Reply Quote macleather Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 15-August-2008 at 2:38pm
	Katharina, Thank you for that. It will be a big help. Alan

rotokirby Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 22-April-2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote rotokirby Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 19-August-2008 at 5:34pm
	Nice work! We actually just gave up on Parcel Post....too slow and not usually much cheaper than Priority.
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katharina Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 25-October-2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote katharina Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 20-August-2008 at 2:44pm
	We used to only offer Priority Mail and UPS, until the new USPS rate change this year. Light weight items usually went Priority Mail and things over 3 pounds with UPS. Priority Mail now has this dimensional thing. If your box is larger then 12x12x12 inches (1728 cubic inches) then it gets billed automatically at a 11 pound rate for zones 3 and higher. This can mean big charges for light items. That's why we are now offering parcel post, but we had the problem of people expecting their stuff within a week. The bad news it that it may take twice as long. That's why wanted to put that into the checkout screen. This may not effect you, since you are almost in the center of the country. We are in Oregon and shipments to New York can eat us. Under the old priority mail we used to pay 10 bucks for those oversized items, now it is 30 bucks.