Shipping is an entire 'nother world

[jpweber]

I want a $19.95 (USD) "handling fee" for everything ordered -- don't care what it is or where the customer lives. Same for all. But, if it's over a certain weight, say, over 500 lbs., then I need to have a truck load figure factored in. So if they order 2,000 lbs. worth of stuff, there will be a 19.95 handling fee + an "oversize charge" or something.

 

I have the regular paypal_oscommerce_ipn module installed, but this really doesn't do it. I *would* like to give them a next day option even though it'd be rare, or two day option. But UPS doesn't handle those kinds of weights ...

 

Anyone know of any sort of a solution or a contribution that sounds similar to this?

[Guest]

Would the Table Rate shipping module not cover this?

 

You can set the fixed handling charge then for the table rates something like 499:0,999:50,1999:100 etc

 

this would mean upto 500lbs is handling only then upto 1000 is $50 + handling etc etc

 

 

 

Tom

[jpweber]

Yeah Tom, thanks, I've looked into this. It's the closest thing I've got. I have a combination of the Table Rate and oscommerce_paypal_ipn right now; kind of a combination, you could say. But it's just not what I want. All my products are between 20 and 300 lbs., and they vary in length ... the longest being 14 feet by 8 feet. UPS just can't handle some of this stuff, especially on orders of multiples. Table rate works to an extent, but I don't want to charge ANY shipping .... none. Just a handling fee, and maybe an oversize charge if it's way too heavy and way too far away, so I don't take too much of a hit. I'll try tinkering with the table rate method some more, and see if I can mess around with it. Appreciate it, Tom.