Weight allowance for ship materials

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   Anyone else come up with an answer - to plugging in an allowance for typical shipping materials in the Product Cart?  New PC website still under construction, and we must solve this problem.  Our current cart mechanism adds about 5 oz. of weight to the order BEFORE any products are added (using accurate weights) - so that we come out with an appropriate weight allowing for the box, bubble-pack, brochures, etc.  We need to duplicate this allowance in PC.  We cannot just add a random # of ounces to each product because that would create innaccurate shipping weights a majority of the time, and customer pays all shipping.  Any particular product may show up at various quantities within an order; so, it's just too complicated that was to make up for the weight of the box, etc. 

I cannot believe that the PC does not make allowance for such a simple but necessary functionality; if you're selling products, you MUST pack them and ship - where there is weight involved.
Thanks in advance for any helpful comments.  Terry

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TeamBiopet Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 17-October-2008 Location: LAS VEGAS, NV Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote TeamBiopet Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Weight allowance for ship materials Posted: 17-October-2008 at 6:20pm
	Anyone else come up with an answer - to plugging in an allowance for typical shipping materials in the Product Cart? New PC website still under construction, and we must solve this problem. Our current cart mechanism adds about 5 oz. of weight to the order BEFORE any products are added (using accurate weights) - so that we come out with an appropriate weight allowing for the box, bubble-pack, brochures, etc. We need to duplicate this allowance in PC. We cannot just add a random # of ounces to each product because that would create innaccurate shipping weights a majority of the time, and customer pays all shipping. Any particular product may show up at various quantities within an order; so, it's just too complicated that was to make up for the weight of the box, etc. I cannot believe that the PC does not make allowance for such a simple but necessary functionality; if you're selling products, you MUST pack them and ship - where there is weight involved. Thanks in advance for any helpful comments. Terry
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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: 17-October-2008 at 7:49pm
	We had this on numerous occasions, and I hope product cart will include this option. I'm all for it. We currently added 50 cents to priority mail (use boxes from post office) and 1 dollar to everything else to offset it. A weight addition would be better. Katharina