Shipping Using AusPost Contrib

[Guest]

I have added the Shipping Australia Post Contribution some time ago have just found a real problem and would like to hear from anyone that might have fix for the problem.

 

The problem is that if a client creates a new account and inserts their Postcode (which of course they need to), and puts a Space in the postcode details, when they go to purchase something on the Shipping page they will be presented with a whole lot PHP errors at the top of the page and shipping methods available.

 

As a temporary fix I have added in the catalog/includes/languages/english.php

Around line 206

Replace this:

define('ENTRY_POST_CODE_TEXT', '*');

With this:

define('ENTRY_POST_CODE_TEXT', '* (Do Not enter Spaces please)');

This will then show up in all pages where the client will create their account or edit it.

 

I would really like to know if there is some code that could be entered to check for spaces in this field.

Anyone know of any permanent fix for this?

[steveshay]

Hi

I tried to use that Aust post module as well and it really gave me grief it gave me really way out prices and after checking there wasnt too much i could do about it.

what i ended up doing was manually working out how much it would cost to post certain items..

basically i did the postage on the table rate i got rid of the aust post module altogether

the table rate went like this

1:.50,3:1.20,10:2.70,20:3.20,100:7.90

the 1 = the weight and the .50 = postage charge(standard letter)

the 3= the weight and the 1.20 = the postage chareg(large letter)

etc etc etc

the 1 and the 3 are supposed to be weight but i looked at them more like weight codes rather than weight.

 

 

in my case i sell lego

so what i do is on small pieces i assign them a value of .2 so i can get 5 pieces in a 50c envelope if they are bigger pieces i assign them a value of 3.

then what happens is you can post 3 iems with a value of 3 for $1.20 then the next rate kicks in of $3.20

i sell large lots of lego in one go so assign that a value of 100 straight away

confusing i know but now that i have done it once when i entered the products its easier than having customers coming back to me questioning why its going to cost $20 to post something that should cost $3.20

[Guest]

Steveshay

 

Just stumbled on your entry.

I can tell you exactly why you were having that problem.

Go to the Configuration menu select Shipping/Packaging.

Then in there you will see that the Package Tare Weight is set to by default to 3.

This equates to 3 kilos. This boots up your postage price considerably.

I enter my weights in like 0.20, 0.25, 0.50, 2.5 etc.

My best suggestion is to put it down to zero (0) and maybe addon a dollar or 2 in to the Shipping rates Handling feild, to ensure packaging cost at least are met and any error in calculations.

 

Hope this helps.