Displaying shipping times for USPS
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Topic: Displaying shipping times for USPS
Posted By: katharina
Subject: Displaying shipping times for USPS
Date 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
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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
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Replies:
Posted By: macleather
Date Posted: 15-August-2008 at 2:38pm
Katharina,
Thank you for that. It will be a big help.
Alan
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Posted By: rotokirby
Date 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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Rotofugi Designer Toy Store & Gallery
Chicago > IL > US
http://rotofugi.com - http://rotofugi.com
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Posted By: katharina
Date Posted: 20-August-2008 at 2:44pm
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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.
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